South Africa’s slow uptake of sustainable, renewable energy resources, underlined by its dependency on poorly maintained, fossil-fueled power stations and protracted delays in commissioning two new coal-fired stations, has plunged the country in a series of nationwide blackouts. The move to renewable power, as the government struggled with the principle of loosening its grip on […]
You’d never guess when arriving at New Zealand’s Auckland International Airport that the country is in a state of ecological war. The exhaustive questionnaire you are required to fill in before touchdown, the cute but ironically non-endemic Beagle that sniffs your luggage after your arrival and the steely-eyed scrutiny by customs officials if they find […]
