The Running Commentary

Firstly though I would like to salute all of the activists and delegates from countries who fought so hard to keep the Climate agenda in the forefront of world news. While I thought that some of the “scuffles” were unnecessary, one must understand the passions in play.

Many scientists now believe the Arctic will be completely ice free in the summertime between 2011 and 2015, some 80 years ahead of what scientists had predicted just a few years ago.

I learned that it takes some 450 years for a laser cartridge to bio-degrade!

I have just, this week, returned from a trip to the UK and France and was absolutely awestruck by just how second nature it has become for them to recycle. Single dustbins have been replaced by colour coded dustbins so that consumers simply dump their trash into the correct bin. While the cities are not necessarily [...]

It was really sad hearing that the whales that had beached at Kommetjie beach on Saturday had to be euthanized. Listening to the news and reading the various articles about the saga it appears that this was the only option open to the authorities at the time. I understand that many attempts were made to rescue the whales [...]