New Zealand commits to 90% renewable electricity by 2025
In a speech this week, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke announced New Zealand’s intention to commit to 90% renewable…
Why you should be growing your own food: lessons from the Cuban experience
Over the next several years food prices will increase sharply. These coming price increases are as unavoidable and inevitable as…
We scoop an award — and we’re so proud!
On 6th November 2007, Soil for Life joined a record number of entrants (all environmentally aware organisations, groups and individuals)…
Concentration, Memory and Mental Sharpness
When it comes to exams, the stress associated to exams, or the need to focus while reading or driving or…
The Himba water well project
On my return from South Africa to Europe in January 2005 I had a 5-day stopover in Namibia and…
Biofuels are increasing poverty
The replacement of traditional fuels with biofuels has dragged more than 30 million people worldwide into poverty, an aid agency…
Salem: Gottfried Müller’s active brotherly love
For Gottfried Müller, his trip to the orient was a crucial experience. As he knew Kurdistan from a former visit…
The hidden lives of chickens
Several research teams have recently published findings on chicken intelligence that have challenged old notions about avian cognitive abilities. For…
Eden Campus: The Karatara Project
South Africa’s first free rural eco-business school for entrepreneurs has been launched. “We don’t just want to teach them to…
Pet food labels
Apart from the government stipulations regarding the listing of the guaranteed analysis and the contents, there’s a good chance that…