I’ve sent this mail to many of my friends and family, herewith some feedback: The petition was successful!!! Quoted directly from the mail I got this morning: Dear friends, We did it! The proposal to legalise whale killing went down in flames in Morocco — and our campaign helped to tip the balance. In...
Wow, what an eventful, fun filled and absolutely tiring day! I had some prawns last night, which led to deep conversations with George during the night.
This past Saturday I dropped of the bulk of the equipment I’m donating to the Refilwe charity / community project. the guys have already setup a nice big shade net enclosure, sorting their worms and are busy setting up the vegetable garden. Setting up the dams, pumps etc will follow shortly. A few odds and ends...
Supermarket food is at risk of being contaminated by a 'highly toxic' chemical found in the glue of packaging labels. The chemical, which is in the same class of toxicity as mercury, asbestos and hydrochloric acid, can seep through and contaminate food, according to a study.
From Activist.co.za: Success! Woolworths commits to switching over to free range eggs and apologises for “unintentionally” misleading customers. The First 60 products were promised by April 2010 – now we follow up FREE RANGE EGG UPDATE FROM WOOLIES In an e-mail to Wendy Hardie on 19th April, 2010, Julian Novak apologised for the delay...
From TimesLive: “Seed giant Monsanto has applied to the South African authorities for permission to import Smartstax maize, which objectors call “one of the most controversial and risky genetically modified organisms (GMOs) ever produced for commercial use”.” … “The ACB recently published a report featuring Smartstax entitled ‘The stacked gene revolution: A biosafety nightmare’....
Life's been happening thick & fast this past week or two. I'm sorta settled in my new place, quite nice if I say so myself. Bit of a rush decision, but it worked out well in the end.
……is to wipe your ass with it. “Japanese scientists have come up with an ingenious method of recycling the mountains of office paper waste – by turning it into toilet paper. The oddly named ‘White Goat’ machine is 6ft-tall and weighs a hefty 94st. It works using an automatic system that creates one new roll...
via Activist.co.za and UrbanSprout.co.za: Battery eggs are produced by hens who live in cramped, caged conditions with a space allowance each of 75% of an A4 sheet of paper. Their beaks are always seared off and they do not have access to sunlight or the ability to exercise any of their basic behavioural needs...
