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  • “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...

    Malawi energy

    “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...

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  • Someone asked me recently to describe what the world would be like if we didn’t heed the warnings to do something about climate change and the unsustainable exploitation of the...

    Look Outside The Boxes

    Someone asked me recently to describe what the world would be like if we didn’t heed the warnings to do something about climate change and the unsustainable exploitation of the...

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  • The global environmental crisis is forcing us to take a long, hard look at our use of energy.  Most of us have been guilty of firing away, using and abusing...

    Does Eco Building Decrease Energy Consumption?

    The global environmental crisis is forcing us to take a long, hard look at our use of energy.  Most of us have been guilty of firing away, using and abusing...

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  • The title of this post is also ecoAfrica‘s slogan, and one of the questions it immediately raises is: what sort of a difference? Another would be: what is “eco-travel”? These...

    Eco-travel in Africa makes a difference

    The title of this post is also ecoAfrica‘s slogan, and one of the questions it immediately raises is: what sort of a difference? Another would be: what is “eco-travel”? These...

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  • Madikwe, short for Madikwena, meaning Mother of All Crocodiles is a shining example of ecotourism success in Africa.  This 76,000 hectare reserve was created in 1994 and was the subject...

    Mother of All Crocodiles

    Madikwe, short for Madikwena, meaning Mother of All Crocodiles is a shining example of ecotourism success in Africa.  This 76,000 hectare reserve was created in 1994 and was the subject...

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  • Nestling 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...

    Free Energy – 1st in Commonwealth Vision Awards

    Nestling 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...

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  • The concept of the Peace Parks is gaining recognition for the vision that it is.  I have written about it many times before as a model that shows the way...

    Why community-based tourism is so important

    The concept of the Peace Parks is gaining recognition for the vision that it is.  I have written about it many times before as a model that shows the way...

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