What if climate solutions were causing more harm than good?

Indianna Lawrie

Greenpeace Africa, 2025 Across Africa, Indigenous Communities are being displaced, with their land being auctioned off in the name of ‘saving the planet’. At the centre of this injustice lie carbon credits, a so-called solution to the climate crisis. We created a powerful video that breaks it all down, uncovering the truth behind this curated…

Dirty water… and antics: Over 50% of municipalities face criminal action over sewage crisis

Indianna Lawrie

Water pollution. Picture: iStock By Enkosi Selane – 2 January 2025 Municipalities with critical systems must develop and implement monitored corrective action plans to improve their situation. Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has revealed that more than 50% of South African municipalities are facing criminal charges for failing to address raw sewage spillages into…

Fernando Tolosana

Indianna Lawrie

Make your own earthworm farm!  Remember to keep the box in shade / indoors or cover if exposed to sun at any time of the day. Secondly, take note of air holes – earthworms breath oxygen so add as many as you can (you can cover with a mesh to help keep other bugs out)….

Recalling two years of radical experiment in participatory democracy, the Stroud Area Assembly wishes you a “Radical Restmas”

Indianna Lawrie

A delightful cross post from the Stroud Area Assembly, charting their progress. To begin with: This project is called Stroud Area Assembly. It is a collaboration of governance practitioners, community development leaders and movement builders, and part of the work of Parents for Future Stroud and a national initiative, ‘Lifehouses – Collapse Preparing Communities’. Citizens’. We are also linked…