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Three stories in the press over the last few weeks, have given South African’s unusual concerns about swimming off Cape Town’s beaches, surfing around the estuaries of Eastern Cape Rivers and canoeing in the Umgeni River. Sharks Around Cape Town Beaches A Zimbabwean man holidaying in Cape Town was killed, when he was attacked by what is [...]
In order to save human lives and study the effects of being buried in avalanches, researchers buried live pigs in snow while monitoring them as they died. The research was conducted in order to better understand the effects of oxygen deprivation from being buried in the snow as well as study the timescale of death. A total [...]
Permaculture expert Penny Livingston-Stark explains how natural systems can teach us how to make more informed decisions about how we live, what we eat, and the manner in which we interact with the world. By observing basic permaculture concepts, we can create a more sustainable existence. Ms. Livingston-Stark is also one of the co-founders of [...]
While Brisbane’s waste removal system battles to discard perfectly good mangos, this contrasts starkly with the difficulties and opportunities associated with agricultural produce gluts in poor communities in rural Africa. Brisbane Mangoes So good is the mango harvest this year, that residents of Brisbane’s suburbs are battling to get rid of their excess mangos. Apparently [...]
Give people a little winter weather and they cry out that global climate change is a myth. Well, unfortunately, that is not the case. Before we get too excited about the cold weather, here are a few things to look at, including the fact that the scientist who said we were entering “global cooling” doesn’t [...]
