Resources

This section of the website brings together information we have collected about specific environmental issues. Not all of the documents are ours, so please take care to credit the authors. Simply click on the issue that interests you.

Participatory Impact Monitoring -- Some thoughts on how to involve rural communities in evaluating their own environmental impacts

Action Research -- Its become something of a sexy buzzword. But what is it really all about?

Community Knowledge Exchange -- Most adults learn little in a class-room context. Many of is view "experts" and consultants with some suspicion. Learning from the experiences and wisdom of one's peers through exchange visits can be a powerful way of learning new things and harnessing energy and enthusiasm. This link takes you to a site providing a toolkit for organising exchange visits.

Desertification - in a nutshell

Energy - A few EMG publications

Globalisation - This is a big topic and there are better resources than the EMG website. We offer just a review of two books.

Marine resources - We reference 4 publications from EMGt

Mining - Three EMG publications are referenced

SA politics - Who was the greenest political party to contest the 2004 General Elections?

Sustainable development - Some inform on the debates at the UN Commission for Sustainable Development

Environment and Trade - Here we reference a few EMG publications on the topic

Waste - A few EMG publications referenced

Water - Various initiatives that EMG has been involved in (World Comission on Dams, Water Dialogues, etc.) are covered more fully here.

WSSD - The Worlds Summit on Sustainable Development hit Johannesburg in 2002. It seems an awful long time ago! But some of these links may still be of interest to those exploring international environmental negotiations.