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    How to Practice Conscious Consumerism

    The current market is full of beautiful and attractive items, some of which are essential to our daily lives, and some for aesthetics. Sometimes we consume to satisfy an insatiable urge to buy new things.

    Barbra Kangwana
    7 December 2022
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    Greenpeace Africa documentary exposes Big Oil’s toxic impact on Durban community

    Greenpeace Africa’s newly released documentary CRUDE: Wentworth Community vs Big Oil is a shocking reminder of the true cost of the oil industry in Africa.

    Chris Vlavianos, Angelo Louw
    25 November 2022
    2 min read
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    Fossil Fuel Companies Are Continuing the Scramble for Africa & We Need to Talk About It

    The way oil giants like Shell and Total are gunning for African oil, is reminiscent of colonialism.

    Thandile Chinyavanhu
    17 November 2022
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    We will win again: African activists promise resistance at home to oil-and-gas touting leaders

    Sharm el-Sheikh, 16 November 2022 - Climate activists from across sub-Saharan Africa gathered this morning in response to the dash for fossil fuels by African leaders at COP27. 

    Tal Harris
    16 November 2022
    4 min read
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    Should climate funding be a deal breaker for climate action in Africa?

    As the world looks yet again with hope and anticipation to the current round of talks in the global climate conference in Egypt (COP27), it is clear that one of the most critical ways to address the climate quagmire is to make polluters pay. 

    Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack
    14 November 2022
  • Farmers' Protest in Gerona, Philippines.
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    A safe and fair future for all can be delivered at COP27

    A safe and fair future for all can be delivered at COP27

    Gaby Flores
    4 November 2022
    4 min read
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    Decolonisation: An Indispensable prerequisite to environmental justice in Africa

    All across the African continent a colonial approach of extraction and exploitation continues to plague and paralyse economies. It pushes ecosystems to the edge and puts pan-Africanism on a back burner. 

    Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack
    12 September 2022
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    Activism Conservation GreenpeaceAfrica

    Insurrection in KwaZulu Natal left hundreds of people devastated.

    During the insurrection businesses were looted and burnt caused by the Kwazulu Natal political protests the past few months , any business was a target in any suburb – but…

    Desiree Laverne Greenpeace Africa activist & climber
    5 September 2022
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    In Conversation with anti-apartheid activist Pregs Govender

    South African Women’s Day marks the anniversary of when 20,000 women marched against the apartheid government’s pass book laws, on 9 August 1956. Renowned anti-apartheid activist, politician and author Pregs Govender chats to fellow author and Greenpeace Storytelling Advisor Yewande Omotoso about her activism – then, and now.

    Yewande Omotoso
    8 August 2022
    4 min read
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    Water Crisis In South Africa

    South Africa's water crisis has devastating effects on the well-being of her entire population, especially the poorest and most vulnerable. This water crisis remains a major challenge, especially in the context of climate change.

    Joan Igamba
    5 July 2022
    12 min read
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