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World Scientists Warning of a Climate Emergency
Image Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/scientists-declare-climate-emergency-1.5347486 Scientists have a moral obligation - it...
Nov 12, 2019


How dare you A Message for our Leaders
Many of us despair in the current system, knowing how close we are to collapse. Every unnecessary single-use plastic item, every flight...
Sep 29, 2019


Stories and feelings from recent travels Sudan, Mexico, Ethiopia, China and Vietnam
For this weekly, after having been quiet for a few weeks, I thought to ramble on without purpose about a few thoughts and feelings...
Aug 28, 2019


Industrial Corridors as a Backbone of Namibia's Development (by Detlof von Oertzen and Justine Braby
After my last weekly, one of my readers emailed me and asked me to give a concrete example of how development in Namibia could be...
Jul 3, 2019


Timber...or living forests
My language is vastly unable to express how I feel about what we, humans, are doing to our home, our fellow Earthlings. The depth, the...
May 14, 2019


The kind of businesses we should be supporting an example from e-waste
The picture you see above is from Agbogloshie. You may have heard of it. A roughly 4 square kilometer scrapyard in the heart of Accra,...
Apr 7, 2019


Let's talk water...again
Almost every day for the last month we have stared at the cloudy skies with hope that they will break and deliver us with much needed...
Mar 4, 2019


Will technology save us from collapse
[Image Source (quote added based on Dana's Meadows assumptions by humanity): https://www.redletterchristians.org/root-humanity-messy-reca...
Jan 14, 2019


Plastic. Let's talk.
[Image Source: https://sciencing.com/raw-materials-plastic-bottles-5747796.html] I have written about plastic before. Plastic and water....
Nov 12, 2018


Risking human existence for a few years of profit
[Image Source: www.polyp.org.uk] So I have been trying to fly less, and when I do fly, I try and fly as direct as possible. You would...
Oct 14, 2018


Forget 'sustainable', let's move to 'regenerative' development
Image source: https://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/deta... We abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us....
Aug 4, 2018


Changing the way mobile phones are made
Image: Miners in DRC showing minerals after two days in the mine pit. Source: Fairphone, https://www.fairphone.com/en/ The mobile...
Jul 22, 2018


Fuel prices are increasing could this be a good thing
The fuel prices are going up, and everyone is in high distress. Of course, in our current system, increasing fuel prices will inevitably...
Jul 15, 2018


Two innovative ways to deal with food waste
When we speak about global hunger and ending it, often the solution that is focused on is amping up industrial and large-scale...
Jun 24, 2018


The GDP Trap - and the possibilities to get out
[Image Source: Ida Kubiszewski et al, “Beyond GDP: Measuring and Achieving Global Genuine Progress,” Ecological Economics, 93, (2013).]...
Jun 3, 2018


National clean-up campaign sees some great activities come to life
President Hage Geingob called on all Namibians to stand together on Africa Day in turning up for a national clean-up campaign in their...
May 27, 2018


The Namibian Environmental Education Network meets for their annual conference
The Namibian Environmental Education Network (NEEN), a network of environmental educators in Namibia, just had their conference over the...
May 6, 2018


Biomimicry as a transformative paradigm_Guest Author Gamelihle Sibanda
[Image Credit: Toktokkie harvests water from fog in the Namib Desert. Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/483644447462282492/] A friend...
Apr 29, 2018


Come on! Capitalism, short-termism, population and the destruction of our planet
The book 'Come On! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet - A Report to the Cub of Rome' is a read that...
Mar 26, 2018


Namibia footing a climate change bill of N$400 billion in coming years
Remember the Paris Agreement? The one the USA pulled out of? Each country should come up with their Intended Nationally Determined...
Mar 12, 2018
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