20 Environmental Stories From South Africa
By David Bristow
This exciting book covers everything environmental in South Africa that you always wanted to know about.
Subjects including pesticides, poaching, petrol, plastics, population, pollination, pollution, pods, politics, pharmaceuticals, people, prophets, power and poop.
Impact of state capture
Find out what industrially manufactured foods and large-scale farming are doing to us; how state capture has derailed our civil service and triggered sewerage spills, oil slicks and air pollution; who benefits most from health supplements; and what are the real costs of generating power and what works best – coal, nuclear, fracking, solar or wind.
You will also read about the good deeds of our eco heroes: those who bring water and hope to stricken towns; who farm regeneratively and sell us wholesome foods; who clean up other people’s messes; as well as individual superheroes who nurture their own back gardens. This book celebrates some of them.
Written in the same engaging style as his previous two books in the series stories from the Veld (The Game Ranger, the Knife, the Lion and the Sheep and Of Hominins, Hunter-Gatherers and Heroes), this book is a journey into unravelling the environmental landscape of South Africa.
And then comes the hardest questions: are you going to contribute to a green future or a brown past?
About the author
As well as being South Africa’s most experienced travel writer, David Bristow – also known as The Eardstapper – is the author of more than 20 books on South Africa and Africa beyond.
Colleagues at Getaway travel magazine – where he was editor for 14 years – dubbed him the walking enviro-pedia.
With degrees in journalism and environmental sciences, you could say he has a well-rounded grasp on most things that do not involve rocket science. David has an abiding passion for all things pertaining to nature, culture, travel, history, Africa and just about anything else that is interesting.
- PUBLISHER | Jacana Media |
- ISBN | 978-1-4314-0900-6 |
- Recommended Retail Price | R260.00 |
- Classification | Environmental Activism |
