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A Thirst for Control

There once was a time when water fell freely from the clouds in the sky and bubbled from the springs…

Amazon tribe enlists Google

You may know it as Google, but in bamboo-and-thatch roundhouses deep in the Amazon rainforest the iconic brand goes by…

Worms at the Mount Nelson

Cape Town’s most famous hotel has embarked on a novel way of disposing of its waste: an on-site worm farm.…

Apec leaders reach climate deal

Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Sydney have agreed an “aspirational” goal to restrain the rise of greenhouse gas emissions to tackle…

Issue 14 Editorial

“Live simply, so that others can simply live…” It seems that this saying has never been more applicable than now,…

The peace of a meatless diet

Meat holds vibrations of violence, fear, pain, suffering and death. How can we be peaceful if this is what our…

702 Nuclear Debate

For those who missed the nuclear energy debate broadcast on 702 on 8 November 2007, featuring Dr David Figg (Earthlife)…

Genetically-Modified Food: the very antithesis of Slow Food

All genetically modified (GM) food crops presently grown around the world were devised to consolidate corporate control of the worlds…

Exploitation pays, conservation costs

It is okay if the dominant world system fails. It has failed more people on this planet than it has…

Superviruses and the epidemic of fear

A daily scan through the newspapers and TV news gives the impression that the entire world is constantly invaded by…