Bicycles have been touted as one of the best ways to stem the over-reliance on oil powered transportation and, at the same time, can significantly improve personal health. In Zimbabwe, bicycles are increasingly becoming popular, albeit for a different reason: money and economics. With a current world record inflation of ... keep reading
Written by Masimba B. in September 2008, about Health, Transport
From North Alaska to the Pacific Islands, the phenomenon of climate change is threatening the lives and livelihoods of people. At first glance, human rights and climate change appear to be disconnected, but as the world increasingly experiences climatic devastation, the human rights of people, particularly the poor and marginalized ... keep reading
Written by Masimba B. in August 2008, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Politics
According to a news report recently published in the UK's Guardian newspaper, European nations are planning to harvest the sun in the Sahara desert in Africa to "provide clean electricity for the whole of Europe" but there is no mention of how such a development will also benefit Africa ... keep reading
Written by Masimba B. in August 2008, about Clean Technologies, Economics, Energy Saving, Politics (1 comment)
Zimbabwe, which currently faces seemingly intractable social, political and economic problems, also has some of the worst environmental indicators in the world with ecosystems either in decline or under severe threat. The country did institute some good environmental protection programmes in the decade following independence from British rule in 1980 ... keep reading
Written by Masimba B. in August 2008, about Agriculture & Food, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics, Water
Editor’s note: With this post we are very pleased to welcome Masimba Biriwasha to the Celsias writing team. Masimba was born in Zimbabwe and lives in Thailand where he works in public health. He also wrote “The Dream of Stones”, a children’s book that won a Zimbabwe National ... keep reading
Written by Masimba B. in June 2008, about Environment & Wildlife
