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More walking the walk

More detail on the green and pro-development efforts at the conference. The decor is all native plants. The lunches are served on cardboard, with wooden cutlery. And here is more on those sedge bags: http://www.sizanacraft.co.za/contentpage.aspx?pageid=3745. Meanwhile, the café in the tent is run by Umzi Wethu, a vocational training school for "vulnerable youth" that places its graduates in the ecotourism industry—and takes them hiking.

Posted by Emma Marris on July 5, 2007 02:37 PM |

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