NH #213: South Africa’s “Radioactive Gold” w/Mariette Liefferink

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INTERVIEW:

South African environmental activist Mariette Liefferink, CEO of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment, widely recognized as the most prominent of the environmental activist stakeholders in the mining industry.   She reveals the truth of South Africa’s “radioactive gold” – the connection between gold mining and uranium pollution in the country.  Plus, she shares advance word of the upcoming November conference in Johannesburg on The Nuclearisation of Africa.

Mariette Liefferink
Mariette Liefferink and one small reason she does the work that she does.

NEW FEATURE:

SOCIAL MEDIA SUPERTRICKS FOR ACTIVISTS

Social media expert Dave Parrish, founder of Operation: Save the Earth and host of Fuku Friday Happy Hour Hangouts, kicks off a series of tips and tricks for anti-nuclear activists to “up” our online game. Why we need to it, what to do and how to do it – all in weekly bite-sized pieces.

NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:

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But if you’re going to promote Fukushima beer made out of buckwheat grown in the evacuation zone, it should at least contain enough alcohol that you can get drunk and blot out awareness of the radiation risk you’re taking by drinking it!

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 Much more to come!