Em Durban, crianças apoiam os esforços para a redução de emissões de carbono. Crédito: Zukiswa Zimela/IPS

Stephen Leahy

Durban, África do Sul, 5/12/2011, (IPS) – A sociedade civil alertou em Durban sobre o perigo de se transformar terras africanas destinadas à produção de alimentos em cultivos com vistas a comercializar créditos de carbono. Continue Reading

By Andre Marais – Amandla Magazine*

DURBAN, Dec 5 – (TerraViva) Durbanite Prevan Chetty is the frontman of a rock outfit called Dismantling The Sky. This quintet combines heavy metal, classical Indian music, grunge, and R&B with an ecological message and an anti-consumerist sensibility.

The band’s distinctive sound is partly due to their use of instruments rescued from the scrap heap, such as reconditioned guitars as well as instruments built from scratch using materials like tins and plastic. Chetty dubs it “recycled metal”, suggesting the band’s fresh new take on heavy metal classics by groups such as Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin – which he credits as major influences. Continue Reading

Por Kristin Palitza

DURBAN, Sudáfrica, 3 dic (IPS) Con ruidosos cantos, miles de personas recorrieron las calles de la ciudad sudafricana de Durban hasta la sede de la cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climático para reclamar “una inmediata y drástica” reducción de emisiones de carbono destinada a salvar el planeta. Continue Reading