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Juliana Rotich

Environment Editor

Stories

April 19th, 2009

Sub-Saharan Africa

On the blog Safari Notes, Omar Basawad writes some pertinent qoutes from a profile of Prof. Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Prize winning environmentalist.

April 8th, 2009

The Mara Triangle blog is looking into a controversial project that would result in construction of a ‘cheetah zoo'. William posts about the news that the Kenya Wildlife Service had stopped construction of such a zoo, and provides links to more information about the project.

April 7th, 2009

Sub-Saharan Africa

Urban Sprout! The recently concluded SA Blog Awards featured a category for Best Green Blog, which Urbansprout clinched this year. The blog celebrates the news and gives kudos to another longtime Green Blogger - Rory Williams of Carbon Smart. Rory Celebrates 5 years of writing about various energy and environmental issues.

February 19th, 2009

Kenya: Much Ado About an Atlas?

Juliana Rotich · 22:04 · Sub-Saharan Africa

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Kenyan bloggers are talking about UNEP. First, regarding news of an Atlas that shows Kenya's changing environment, and secondly, the hypocrisy of driving into a UNEP meeting in a gas guzzler. Global Voices environment has covered the reaction of bloggers to UN's use of SUV's, please see this post on ... 0 comments · read »

January 29th, 2009

China: Plateau in Peril

Juliana Rotich · 19:29 · China

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A newly launched interactive site 'China Green' focuses on China's environmental and climate issues. The first project is about Tibetan Plateau, shows how the effects of global warming on the plateau is posing a grave threat to a third of humanity. This is because most of Asia's might river systems ... 3 comments · read »

December 18th, 2008

Sub-Saharan Africa

The Capetown Oracle posts gift ideas for a green christmas “Buying green gifts at Xmas time is just another small way to make a difference to your carbon footprint, so why not?”