.@antloewenstein @OpenBookFest really enjoyed the talk - I'd love to think more about disaster capitalism and women's rights.
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@jen_thorpe@openbookfest thank you, yes, both very relevant issues, thoughts about how womens right affected by#disastercapitalism? -
@antloewenstein I suppose it's about measuring the real impact of those interventions to see whether it has made a difference -
@jen_thorpe agreed. some NGOs i've covered, say in haiti like kofaviv, do essential work protecting women. others are more paternalistic
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@antloewenstein Great talk tonight; wish we'd had a longer Q&A session. If you're keen for a good example in SA look to govt nuclear plan. -
@mikebaillie thanks very much, keen to hear more about SA nuclear plan. thoughts? -
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@antloewenstein Despite the incredible opportunity for decentralized community-based RE projects in SA, govt is hell bent on nuclear. 1/2 -
@antloewenstein Nuclear will be entirely centralised and outsourced to Russian corporate to the tune of up to R1 billion. 2/2 -
@antloewenstein Here's a pretty good summary of the situation: http://m.mg.co.za/index.php?view=article&urlid=2014-09-18-editorial-nuclear-ambition-could-cripple-sa … -
@MikeBaillie thanks, interesting and rather bleak. Seems like climate change not hugely on South African media agenda.
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