Monday, March 1, 2010

Waste Pickers Unite for the Environment

Listen to "Waste Pickers Unite for the Environment"

Bobby Peek, director of the environmental justice NGO groundWork, shares the origin of this organization among residents turned activists in South Durban, South Africa and his soon-to-be realized vision for a school for training environmental justice activists.
We also talk with Musa Chamane who is engaged in creating networks of a new community of workers called waste pickers who recycle in South Africa's waste dumps and the challenges and successes of his work as Waste Campaign Manager.

Read the article: Wasting good waste

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