by pennyurquhart | Jun 17, 2013 | Africa, McGregor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wellcomeimages/7822307470/ We are close to the longest night in the southern hemisphere, and yet mosquitoes still rise in unexpected numbers when I enter the courtyard off my bathroom in the morning. Not enough to disturb me in my...
by pennyurquhart | Mar 24, 2013 | climate justice
Thursday was Human Rights Day in South Africa. We had a lot to think about. Like, how much progress can we truly say we have made in the country since 1994, when violence towards women continues at horrific levels? When lesbians are raped and murdered as...
by pennyurquhart | Jun 28, 2012 | climate change, environment, green economy, Rio+20
These are dark days, these days post-Rio+20. You only have to read George Monbiot’s recent column in The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/25/rio-governments-will-not-save-planet) for an excellent – and deeply distressing –...
