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Dear Reader
Firstly, before the monthly sustainability articles, I would like to start this newsletter with a list of recycling points across the island. Please make an effort to recycle as much as possible. Recycling points (tri selectif) provided by Mission Verte across Mauritius: You can also find your closest recycling point on Google Maps. The above list was kindly provided by AMORIS Environnement Ltd. via Facebook. This month's issue looks at how climate change and the need for sustainable development is affecting different countries around the world – namely, South Africa, Australia, India and Japan. Water security is becoming a major issue in many countries due to unpredictable weather patterns. The first article mentions, "It has long been a popular assumption that the major wars and conflicts of the future will be fought over water". Potable water is becoming scarce and several countries in the African continent as well as Australia are at risk of, or already facing, droughts and water shortages. The first article looks at what South Africa is doing to rethink its water security issues.
We also take a look at two recent conferences: the third Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability and the Ceres Conference and what lessons can be taken from these gatherings and discussions. Finally, the last article reveals Japan's plan to make it compulsory for all new buildings and houses to come fitted with solar panels by 2030, to help wean the country off of nuclear power and push them into a cleaner, safer future. Yours sincerely, Emma Kauppaymuthoo-Özsen Sustainability Consultant at Build-Green Consulting
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The subsequent articles take a look at nuclear waste storage turmoil in the U.S. after the Fukushima disaster; 'Invisible environmentalists' in India; solar power in rural Bangladesh and Koalas threatened by climate change in Australia.
Japan is considering a plan that would make it compulsory for all new buildings and houses to come fitted with solar panels by 2030, a business daily said Sunday.
While the awards alone might not be big news, the story behind them reveals some great advice for companies at the beginning of the sustainability journey.
Over four days in Stockholm this week, the third Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability has convened dozens of thought leaders to address the theme of “Transforming the World in an Era of Global Change.” John Francis, the Vice President for Research, Conservation, and Exploration at the National Geographic Society, is an inside observer. In this second dispatch from the proceedings, Francis reports on a mock trial: Planet Earth vs. Humanity, and the verdict rendered by the jury of intellectuals.Stockholm – I came to the challenges of this convention with a bias, especially concerned about how effectively laureates and academicians might generate the Great Transformation proposed for the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability. The objective was to gather in Stockholm some 20 Nobel laureates and, as it turns out, another 40 experts who care deeply about global sustainability. They have three days to seek solutions. Many have already devoted a lifetime.
Climate change is likely to push koalas into populated areas where they'll be vulnerable to habitat loss, dog attacks and vehicle collisions, a Senate inquiry has been told.
(Reuters) - Solar power is in place in nearly a million homes in rural Bangladesh, which is drastically short of electricity, the World Bank said on Monday.
Sarasa Satish is a waste picker. Every morning, she starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. going door to door, collecting throwaway materials from houses in the Rajendra Nagar slums of Bangalore, India.
Japan's nuclear disaster and the abandoned Yucca Mountain repository are combining to create a more complex puzzle for U.S. policymakers wrestling with the future of nuclear power in the United States.
Pretoria - It has long been a popular assumption that the major wars and conflicts of the future will be fought over water. This has framed the thinking around which most states and communities around the world, South Africa included, have sought to ensure water security.
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