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Aloes Medical Waste Incinerator

ALOES COMMUNITY: WHERE YOU TASTE THE SMELL! Your urgent help needed in relocating a poisoned community! The Aloes community of about 1,000 people is in a fight for their lives. This small community, outside of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern...
Posted by Toussaint at 09:05 PM October 24, 2005 | Comments (0)

Waste Exchange 2004: Biographies

LLEWELLYN LEONARD Llewellyn Leonard graduated from the University of Durban Westville and has an academic research background, with a Bachelor of Paedegogic, a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and an MSc in Water and Environmental Management. After completing his MSc, Llewellyn...
Posted by Toussaint at 01:15 PM July 19, 2004 | Comments (0)

Waste Exchange 2004: US Host Organizations

New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) advocates for safe, secure jobs and a healthy, sustainable environment. To achieve these goals, WEC is organizing an alliance of working people, unions, environmental and community organizations....
Posted by Toussaint at 01:05 PM July 19, 2004 | Comments (0)

Waste Exchange 2004: Introduction

In June 2004, groundWork organized an exchange of three South African environmental justice activists
Posted by Toussaint at 12:47 PM July 19, 2004 | Comments (0)

Waste Exchange 2004: Los Angeles

23 June 2004 At the Southern California offices of Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), the South African delegation heard about the environmental injustices faced by residents of Los Angeles, home to the most polluted air in the country. Organizers...
Posted by Toussaint at 04:47 PM July 15, 2004 | Comments (0)

Waste Exchange 2004: San Francisco Bay Area

The South African delegates met at the home of Anne Leonard, an international co-coordinator for the Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA). There, they met with Indian environmental activist Madhu Dutta. They also discussed the plans for the upcoming week.
Posted by Toussaint at 03:30 PM July 15, 2004 | Comments (0)

Waste Exchange 2004: New Jersey

June 14 2004 On the morning of June 14th, 2004, the delegation of South African Environmental Justice activists arrived at New York City’s JFK airport. groundwork USA’s new coordinator, Toussaint Losier, greeted the delegation and transported them to New...
Posted by Toussaint at 12:03 PM July 15, 2004 | Comments (0)