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Beyond the school wall

Could this be the catalyst for the major change that we are all so desperately seeking in our ailing education…

Peace in our hands

The Peace Government Southern Africa­— an initiative that aims to promote the involvement of private citizens in creating peace and…

Spray-On Solar-Power Cells Are True Breakthrough

Scientists have invented a plastic solar cell that can turn the sun’s power into electrical energy, even on a cloudy…

Reasons for Africa to reject GM

Africa is fast becoming a dumping ground for the GM industry and a laboratory for frustrated scientists. The proponents of…

Zero Waste: An Introduction

Zero Waste is a goal, a process, a way of thinking that profoundly changes our approach to resources and production.…

Your healthy heart

Blaming cholesterol for atherosclerosis (hardening and thickening of arteries) makes as much sense as blaming paramedics for the carnage they…

Campaigners storm the citadel of the 4X4

Workers at Land Rover’s Solihull production plant were left choking on their early morning tea yesterday when 30 Greenpeace activists…

News and inspiration from Soil for Life

It is Soil for Life’s mission to give poor and hungry people access to nutritious food which will allow them…

Chernobyl to be covered in steel

The authorities in Ukraine have approved a giant steel cover for the radioactive site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster…

Issue 15 Editorial

In this issue we have a great article about the plastic bag, often called the ‘national flower’ here in South…