by pennyurquhart | Jul 19, 2018 | climate conversations, Uncategorized
My latest conversation on climate was with Tsunma Tsondru, a Tibetan Buddhist nun living in Cape Town and Spain. As Christine Jardine, she completed undergraduate studies in microbiology in the late seventies at Rhodes University, and then transferred to the...
by pennyurquhart | Jan 23, 2017 | climate conversations, Uncategorized
“It’s very easy to make a desert, but very difficult to go back” Professor Karoli Njau is a Tanzanian environmental engineering water expert who grew up in the foothills of Kilimanjaro. He is Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor: Academic Research and Innovation at the...
by pennyurquhart | Jul 27, 2016 | clean technology, Uncategorized
I know. Things really do look bad out there, from many different perspectives. Climate change, conflict, terror, toxic politics – these, it seems, have become our daily bread. I am not advocating sticking your head in the sand or excessive Pollyanna-ishness. But we...
