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Climate Change Archive
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Is the Tourism Industry Ready for Climate Risk?
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsIt is always interesting how those most vulnerable to a risk are the least prepared. Does it mean that they are blissfully ignorant; do they choose to ignore the threat... -
Managed relocation, assisted migration or assisted colonisation?
Posted on June 27, 2009 | No CommentsIn a previous post I speculated about the likely effects of climate change on South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region, one of the most biodiverse floral kingdoms on the planet, and... -
Global Warming and Community Relocation
Posted on May 15, 2009 | 2 CommentsLet me first introduce myself first. Being brought up a very sheltered life I accepted everything as true. If my teacher, priest, doctor, parents, scientist or President said it was... -
Malawi energy
Posted on September 8, 2008 | 3 Comments“Development” is the predominant industry in Lilongwe. A veritable alphabet soup of NGO and aid agency acronyms adorn the doors of the many Japanese 4×4′s that congest the streets of... -
Kruger and climate change
Posted on August 2, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe IPCC‘s technical paper on Climate Change and Water (pdf), published in June, features some dire numbers for South Africa’s premier national park, the Kruger National Park. Should the global... -
Corridors, Climate Change and Democracy
Posted on April 16, 2008 | No CommentsCorridors are the sexiest thing in conservation. It has been realised for some time now that Africa will be one of the continents hardest hit by the effects of climate change. ... -
Power down in South Africa continued…
Posted on February 2, 2008 | No CommentsHere’s an excellent post from my favourite blog about energy and the crisis that faces us, The Oil Drum: Understanding the current energy crisis in South Africa, in which the... -
Powerdown and travel
Posted on January 24, 2008 | 1 CommentThe CEO of the Southern African Tourism Services Association (SATSA), Michael Tatalias, attracted the ire of both Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, and FIFA, world football’s governing body, when he... -
Powerdown in South Africa
Posted on January 22, 2008 | 4 CommentsThis post is only tangentially related to travel, but it has a lot to do with sustainability, so I thought I would vent here on this blog anyway. As I... -
Free Energy – 1st in Commonwealth Vision Awards
Posted on January 2, 2008 | No CommentsNestling between the sweep of False Bay and the dragonback Helderberg Mountains near Cape Town (and not far from the ecoAfrica Travel offices) lies Khayelitsha. This sprawling shanty town was...