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Contamination Control
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Solvents
House owners are by far the biggest polluters in this department. This is not to say it is their fault, for the most part, they never had much of a choice. For years the Direct Sales industry has been producing soaps and detergents that are bio-degradable and non-toxic. From
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Soil Erosion
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Africa is a beautiful Continent, a huge mass of brown earth hiding the world’s richest reserves of literally every mineral. However what we so often take for granted is the soil covering and containing this wealth.
Soil erosion is the wearing away of the land surface by running water,
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Heat Island Effects
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Simply put – Cities are
Islands of Heat.
Cities of a million people or more raise temperatures by 3⁰C in the day and a whopping 12⁰C at night. This does have a dramatic effect on energy requirements, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, heat related illnesses and water quality. Worldwide, communities
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Rainwater harvesting
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Rainwater Harvesting
Water is, has and always will be an integral part of our lives. For thousands of years ‘harvesting’ water from roofs has been practised, especially in India. Most South Africans who grew up outside of the cities had homes with underground tanks, or the old ‘Everite’ tanks. These
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