The popular “3Rs” of waste management, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, have been the emphasis of many environmentalists worldwide. Generally speaking, the 3Rs offer a guide to developing a sustainable process to managing waste. Currently, recycling is the more popular term of the three. However, it is mostly capital intensive and minimised by Reducing and Reusing. Reducing wastage…
Anyone who says progress in Africa is a slow process has yet to fully grasp the growth that has occurred within the last 10 years especially within the areas of sustainable living. Sustainable living and growth within Africa isn’t a new concept. Our forebears recognised the importance of Mother Nature; from the early days of…
While I fall into the category of people who are typically the biggest busy-worshipers (working class, educated), I always assumed that I wasn’t a part of that crowd until over the holidays, one of my friends had asked me how I had been doing, and I immediately responded with the words, “Fine-but I’ve been so…
Its that time of the year again when the harmattan dust settles on practically every nook and cranny of our living spaces. In that irritating manner, it results in a situation where one wipe down isn’t sufficient anymore for the whole day. Before we get too carried away with our frustrating cleaning routines, lets take…
