Be honest. How often do you think about what ends up in your trashcans and what happens with that waste after the municipal trucks come and collect it on collection day? In South Africa, we see the trolley guys arrive in our neighbourhoods and watch them rummage through the bin collecting paper, hard plastic and
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For those of you who might not already know Biodiversity refer to the diversity of species both Fauna and Flora found within any giver ecosystem. We are facing a global housing shortage crisis and with the ever-increasing global population, the problem is not going away. The result of solving the housing problem are widespread urban
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Shelter and safety are some of the most basic needs for every human on the planet. For as long as people have been living together in groups we have collectively altered the environment around us to better suit our needs. Before the advent of the industrial revolution and the mass production of steel, glass and
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What a loaded question. If you ask this to most people in the street they wouldn’t care one way or another. So why is it important for the common man on the street to care about being ‘green’? After years of green-washing being used by the media and advertisement industry, most people have become disillusioned
