Environmental Info

Rolf Seeligur , Roger Godwin and Christian Endres are all experts in their fields and in this video they are discussing ways that we can avoid polluting the water. They are discussing how ridiculous the unavoidable by laws that are in part creating and worsening the water pollution crisis. The by ...

In this video Mark Heisteen from the Aquatron and cape winelands wilderness foundation shows us a wonderfully constructed sewage mechanism that can be set up domestically in the basement of proprieties and will help to keep pollution out of the rivers and that comes from informal settlements. The issue of sewage from ...

I had heard about John D Liu before and have often been advised to watch his you tube show Green Gold. Finally after an age (literally 5 years) I got round to watching it. What a revelation it was, basically not only an indication that we can restore damaged ecosystems ...

Pristine is relative to what type of ecosystem is in place at the time. The Sahara desert used to be a high rainfall area with jungle and as the rainfall dropped it became a desert. Does one now say that if it starts to come back we must start shoveling ...

In this series, ‘Recipe for Chaos’, Jason Sole introduces the investigation of soil, waterway and ocean pollution by the chemical industry in SA, including end-users, like municipalities, farms, golf courses, etc., including the ‘How To’ of pollution identification and tackling of an industry that should know better! The first step ...

This episode is brought to you from Stellenbosch which is university town and vineyard central where people go to turn into adults from young men and women. Jason tells us about the water and soil samples he took from various areas surrounding Stellenbosch and that the report is still being ...

Jason Sole of Motherchannel interviews Gregory London the professor of epidemiology from UCT. This interview is very interesting as this man has inside knowledge and is very informed. The professor tells us that there are fewer labs to test for new problems. He tells us that there is a low ...

What is the Heat Island Effect? Part One of the “What is?” series discusses the Heat Island effect, what it means to people living in urban areas and how it can be mitigated. Classically the heat island effect has a long history in climate change denialists narrative in that the ...

A tightening noose We set off last week to go and take water samples from our drinking water supplies. Our objective was to determine whether or not chemicals from nearby farms could be found in our storage dams. So you can imagine our absolute shock in seeing what was left ...

At this Science to Action Day at COP 22, Marrakech, Ms Charlotte Hebebrand, Director General – International Fertilizer Association (IFA), speaks on Climate-Smart Agriculture ~ What Role for Fertilisers? The presentation opened with a summary on the state of African soils by highlighting key issues, viz; 75% of arable land ...