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Sh!t Matters

anna — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:14:16 +0000

– especially on World Toilet Day. CLTS is using the opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable and safe sanitation systems around the world.

Delays show fragility of Nigeria's oil delta amnesty

sharif — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:33:10 +0000

YENEGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria has yet to begin the process of educating and reintegrating thousands of former militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta, prompting some to question their decision to lay down arms for clemency.

Twitter can't be gagged: online outcry over Guardian/Trafigura order

sharif — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:33:15 +0100

Trafigura, a London-based oil trader connected with dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006, was the most used word on micro-blogging site Twitter this morning.

Stand up to Mandelson's draconian internet piracy laws now

sharif — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:41:52 +0100

Mandelson’s law would mean that the government could disconnect anyone they suspect of downloading anything copyrighted. Only in June this year the government had ruled out draconian measures like this but now it appears Mandelson has caved in to the wishes of the music and film industry.

New Africa broadband 'ready'

sharif — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:26:30 +0100

The launch of the government-backed East African Marine System (Teams) comes as providers face a backlash over slow connection speeds and high prices.

Kayak protest over climate change

sharif — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:34:35 +0100

Campaigners sat in kayaks outside government offices in London to protest at “false solutions” to climate change. Twenty activists wearing flippers and goggles demonstrated at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to mark the end of the Climate Camp.

Climate Camp's YouTube letter shows the police's charm offensive has failed

sharif — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:45:34 +0100

It looks as if all the recent efforts by the police to put their best caring-sharing face forward have fallen a little flat. After last years violence by police just around the corner from GreenNet's office, watch this video letter response to the Met.

Celebrate cycling in London

anna — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:47:28 +0100

by ding donging your bell on 9th September. Ding Day is a day for London cyclists to ring their bells with impunity

Greenpeace says HP is all Hazardous Products

sharif — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:04:21 +0100

Greenpeace has attacked HP for using toxic chemicals in the production of PCs. In California, US, staff at HP’s global headquarters were greeted with the message “HP = Hazardous Products” painted on the roof

Kenya cable ushers in broadband era

sharif — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:03:20 +0100

The first of four undersea cables bringing high-speed internet to eastern Africa has gon live. The BBC’s Anne Waithera, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, finds a nation impatient to join the broadband revolution.