25.september.2008
The Centre for Civil Society presents the Howard Wolpe Lecture panel, by Muna Lakhani, on "Wasted Lives"
Presenter: Muna Lakhani (Institute for Zero Waste in
Africa)
Date: Thursday, 25 September 2008
Time: 5-7pm
Venue: Howard College Auditorium, UKZN Howard
College Campus
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Transport and refreshments are offered for civil society organisations thanks to the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, SA National Energy Research
Institute and Howard Wolpe Memorial Trust
"Wasted Lives" - Waste, abuse of energy and pollution are rampant in the South African economy. This dynamic slideshow presentation interrogates the waste of resources in a country that has deep systemic social,
economic and environmental problems. Lakhani suggests ways forward that represent a genuinely sustainable economy, to deliver on government's most advanced environmental, social, political and economic mandates.
Muna Lakhani is a renowned environmentalist, the founder/coordinator of the Institute for Zero Waste in Africa and a member of EarthLife Africa. He is a researcher, analyst, practitioner, educator and activist, and has made numerous innovations in water/sanitation, energy and waste, ranging from practical projects to policy/legislative inputs.
(A film - Gone Tomorrow - by New York documentarist Heather Rogers, about the political economy of waste in the US, will be aired from 5-5:30pm.)