Wildlife Feature: Southern Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus Leadbeateri Southern Ground-Hornbill (English Name) DENDERA (Shona name) The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the Southern Ground Hornbill as vulnerable to extinction. Their distribution range has hugely decreased recently, due to persecution and habitat alteration through extensive farming, pollution, deforestation as...
Indigenous knowledge systems and the environment
The word ‘indigenous’ can be traced back to French (indigène) and Latin (indigena). In both languages, the word means ‘sprung from the land’, a native or literally ‘in-born’. Thus, it can be comprehended that indigenous knowledge refers to the way of knowing and application of...
Diapers become a menace
Since their introduction in the 1950s production, demand and use of diapers globally has increased, feeding directly into the increase of solid waste. In the first 2 years of a child’s life, approximately 3796 diapers are used on them. This creates 391.4kg to 537.6kg of...
Energy Efficiency and the Environment – A Reciprocal Nature
Energy is the ability of doing work. It exists in the following but not limited forms; thermal, electrical, chemical and nuclear. There are two sources of energy, non-renewable energy and renewable energy. Non-renewable energy includes coal, oil and natural gas, while renewable energy includes solar,...
Environmental impacts of abattoirs and meat processing
In most cultures, meat is considered a delicacy. Whether cooked, roasted or done through a barbeque – meat has stood the hands of time since the time of nomadic pastroralism, hunting and gathering. With the growth in human civilization, greater focus is being placed on...
Economic Independence Through Waste Management
The international current challenges of resource scarcity can only be busted by the implementation of the circular economy concept. Through implementation of the circular economy concept, economic aspirations such as scaling to higher economic status can be achieved. The thread can be in waste management....
COP 26: A failure and a success in one sentence
Climate change conferences are now an oxymoron. There is certainly hope, frenzy, anger, glitz and glamour which is a reflection of how the world politicians look at the whole thing. Fascination and mild concern. Theoretically, world leaders were in Glasgow to negotiate the mechanisms for...
Can Electric Vehicles work in Zimbabwe?
The global craze towards electric mobility has gripped many countries around the world. At present more than 10 million vehicles are on the roads in different parts of the world. Zimbabwe is beginning to have discussions along the lines of e-mobility. We delve into some...
