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Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
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Umcebo Trust is appealing
to members of the public to donate their used 2 litre plastic coke bottles
and wine corks to the Trust which will be used in the construction of
a 6 metre high Eco-tree. This will be the highest tree made from recyclable
materials and the Trust hopes that the tree will make it into the Guinness
Book of Records. By donating these materials to Umcebo, you will not
only be helping Umcebo Trust but you will be doing your little bit for
the environment as well. Umcebo Trust is a non-profit organisation that
is focused on the development and training of local artists.
The Trust
produces original art pieces and aims to empower individuals by enabling
them to earn a living and develop self esteem in individuals with disabilities
or from disadvantaged backgrounds. It was started by Robin Oppermann,
a former maths and art teacher, who worked with children with disabilities.
The crafters have produced work for Oprah Winfrey and Richard Branson
and two of the Trust’s beautiful beaded artworks can be found in the
newly constructed Moses Mabhida Stadium.
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
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Pecha Kucha is a series of powerpoint presentations focussed on art, design and architecture. It is unique in that each speaker has 20 slides and can only show them for 20 seconds each so each presentation only lasts 6 minutess. It is really stimulating with lots of variety.
Carol Brown will be presenting some of the stadium artworks and other Durban speakers will be showing their projects. There is a R10 donation requested per person at the door and a cash bar. It will be on Thursday 28th Jan at 6.30 for 7 at the Durban Art Gallery.
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
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“Fair Miles: Recharting the food miles map“ by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) & Oxfam
warns that Western concern over climate change can do more harm than
good if it cuts demand for food produced in developing nations. The
authors say locally produced food can actually cause greater emissions
of greenhouse gases, and that consumers can harm the livelihoods of
poor farmers in developing nations if they stop buying their produce.
“Climate change will hit poorer rural people in developing nations
first, fastest and hardest,” says James MacGregor of IIED. “High-value
trade with such nations is critical to build rural economies that are
resilient to climate change. The trade in fresh produce is one part of
a global solution to this challenge…When consumers focus on ‘food
miles’ they are ignoring the other social and environmental issues
embedded in their shopping decisions…More than one million livelihoods
in rural Africa are supported in part by UK consumption of imported
fresh produce. We urge consumers to avoid knee-jerk reactions and think
instead of ‘fair miles’ and recognise that there are also social and
ethical aspects to choices about where food comes from.”
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
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On the 29th of December 2009 a tournament was
organised in Umbumbulu by the eThekwini Municipality Sport and Recreation Department and the LOC. All teams in Ward 100 were
invited to participate.
The tournament was held at Ngonyameni Sport Ground, starting
at eight in the morning. There were eight team who participated in
netball, a sport I am particularly interested in. Msholozi team won the second prize with the first prize going to
a team called Shining Stars. Both teams won a netball kit, trophy and medals which made the players very happy.
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