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Wind power: a remarkable Danish story
 Four groups of twelve hippies sitting in circles. Some sheep grazing. And a large concrete tower with some shaky scaffolding tenuously attached to it. Those were my first impressions of the community of Tvind that I visited in the summer of 1977. Tvind in Denmark’s west Jutland region was an experiment in alternative schooling that included the concept of a travelling scho
John Young
Apr 275 min read
Water solutions are available
 PHOTO: Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve. ## The De Rust WaterWise Ways project is showing the way. This article first appeared in [Western Cape Business](https://web.archive.org/web/20200918133008/https://www.globalafricanetwork.com/) 2020 Edition A pilot project in the small rural town of De Rust has shown that a constructed wetland system and wastewater reuse can improve the health of a catch
John Young
Apr 275 min read
Turning green into gold
 We have pure canola in the tank. [The Nordic Folk Centre for Renewable Energy](https://web.archive.org/web/20200918124552/https://www.visitdenmark.com/denmark/explore/nordic-folkecenter-renewable-energy-gdk606263), Thy. PHOTO: John Young ## Denmark has found a way to grow its economy and reduce energy consumption. The House of Green in central Copenhagen is a sophisticated,
John Young
Apr 272 min read
The oceans economy holds great promise for local and foreign investors
*A national focus on trying to develop the country’s maritime potential is playing to KwaZulu-Natal’s strengths*.  Viking Sun, 2019 Two of the most important ports in South Africa are at the heart of KwaZulu-Natal’s central position in the nation’s transport and logistics network. As the second-biggest contributor (16%) to national gross domestic product (GDP) after Gauteng and a major m
John Young
Apr 277 min read
Stop flooding, save R100-million and create a lovely park – it can be done.
 When a little town north of Copenhagen was buffeted by a once-in-a-generation flood, the estimated cost of building canals and dams to prevent it happening again was put at 100-million Danish Kroner. Even for a rich country, R200-million is a lot of money to fix a stream – and for something that not might not happen again in a lifetime. By taking a holistic approach, engineerin
John Young
Apr 272 min read


Doubling tourist arrivals is a national priority
 A hotel on a train on a bridge in a game reserve. This is not the plot of a children’s story, rather it is the Kruger Shalati Development, Thebe Tourism Group’s latest accommodation offering in the Kruger National Park. PHOTO: Thebe Tourism. ## Airports Company South Africa is on a massive spending drive. More than twice as many foreign tourists will visit South Africa in 2030 th
John Young
Apr 146 min read


Experience in icy Greenland pays off in sunny Uganda.
## Solar-powering up a community for improved living conditions – and profit. When the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) realised that the forests on the shores of Lake George in the southern Ugandan district of Kasese were being depleted by villagers in search of wood to burn, they turned to a Danish think-tank to help them find a solution. Access²Innovation found the perfect partner in SystemTeknik, an Aalborg-based company that ironically had many years of experience of pro
John Young
Apr 142 min read
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