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The African Youth Climate Justice Caravan- Winnie’s Diary

Climate organizer and Sauti Project participant, Winnie Asiti, along with 160 other youth embarked on the 15-day African Youth Climate Justice Caravan,  which took them from Nairobi, Kenya across several borders, through rain and shine and all the way to … Continue reading

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350 joins coalition fighting against US funding for dirty coal in South Africa

Environmental groups like 350, Friends of the Earth U.S., GroundWork/Friends of the Earth South Africa and the Sierra Club are banding together to protest against a proposal for the U.S. government to finance the construction of a massive coal plant … Continue reading

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Khayelitsha lights up South Africa!

It was chaotic, crazy and cloudy, so our solar cooker “picnic” never happened, but we did manage to create an amazing image together with 40 solar parabolic cookers and huge lengths of fabric!

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Princessveli wetland, Cape Town, South Africa

Khoi-San people join Climate Action Partnership and Wildlife and Environmental Society to plant indigenous trees at Princessveli which is their site for ancestral worship and is being considered for development of a shopping mall. Photographer: Len Swimmer

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Hilton, South Africa

Girls from St Anne’s Diocesan College show their support for reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Photo by Claire Lock Arrangement by Ranji Padayachee, Andrew Gilfillan, Megan Randall, Brenda Wereszczuk and Jess ter Wolbeek

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