Bhopal India 3/12/1984
Toxic gas leaked from Union Carbide pesticide plant
1000s died
100s of 1000s live with illness, contaminated water, intergenerational harm.
41 years on Union Carbide & Dow Chemicals walk free
Survivors do not
Bhopal, UPL Chemical harm is not accidental
#EnvironmentalJustice

New investigation by @Public Eye reveals shocking double standards by Nestlé.

Read more here: groundwork.org.za/sugar-scanda...

#ProtectOurChildren #NestléDoubleStandards #FoodJusticeSA #HealthyKidsSA #CorporateAccountability

As COP30 begins in Belem, do you remember what you were doing on this fateful day of 10 November in 1995 when Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 Ogoni colleagues were hanged for campaigning nonviolently against the oil company Shell - for defending their most basic rights?

Today is #GlobalFertilizerDay, but here’s the truth:
Chemical fertilizers poison our food, pollute water & air, while tying global food prices to fossil fuel markets. A few corporations profit. The rest of us pay the price
Learn more 👇
bit.ly/4nYirn7
#GlobalFertilizerDay #FertilizerDay #FoodJustice

VACANCY! Action Appointments is recruiting a Human Resources Officer for groundWork, based in Durban, SA
info link:
www.actionappointments.co.za/.../human-re....
#Hiring #groundWork #HumanResourcesOfficer #EnvironmentalJustice #NonprofitRecruitment #Durban

17 September 2025: Civil society organisations welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling, that has denied Eskom authorisation to build a 3000MW gas-to-power plant in Richards Bay.

SDCEA and groundWork hail the judgement a victory for affected communities who weren't adequately consulted.

Fossil fuels drive climate change, they damage human health, destabilize communities, and put our future at risk - from cradle to grave.
Every organ, every body

Read: climateandhealthalliance.org/cradle-to-gr...
#CradleToGrave #HealthNotFossilFuels #JustTransition #PublicHealth #ClimateAction

Principles for a Rapid, Equitable & Just Transition to Renewable Energy Systems:

Demand: #EnergyDemocracy
Reject: #FalseSolutions

Get the Principles here:
En: drive.google.com/file/d/15Zvr...
Fr: drive.google.com/file/d/1OEEB...
Por: drive.google.com/file/d/1A6ZK...

#RenewablesWithJustice

Day 5 IX Maputo Workshop on Corporate Impunity and Human Rights: African voices gathered to rethink democracy embracing Pan-Africanist alternatives to capitalism. Powerful voices on community resistance, feminist leadership, land sovereignty and confronting extractivism to reclaim Africa’s future.

Download our Q2 June Newsletter here: groundwork.org.za/wp-content/u...
Featuring legacy 25th Anniversary Exhibition.

Also read about breakthrough banning of Highly Hazardous Pesticide (HPP) terbufos flowing from intervention by the SAPToA

What’s the NDC? How can YOU help shape SA’s climate future?
Join our Public Brown Bag on 18 July with Brandon Abdinor to learn how to engage with SA’s next big climate commitment.
🕧 12:30–14:00
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#NDC2025 #LifeAfterCoal #ClimateJustice

EThekwini Municipality panel discussion #WorldEnvironmentDay2025 to #BeatPlasticPollution.
Speakers:
Merrisa Naidoo
Dr Tamlyn Fleetwood
Preston Chetty
Dr Princess Sibanda
Comment below on ways to #BeatPlasticPollution.
@FOE

Durban students join us for an activation on waste: Bin There, Done That! by Dr Princess Sibanda is a Zero Waste satirical paly set in a university residence, where discarded items like Paper, Plastic, Cardboard, Puthu, and Bones come to life.
#climatejustice
#activismthrougharts
#JustTransition

Labtalk: #DefendOurDefenders
KZN activists share experiences in the face of unlawful expansion of coal mines in KZN that wreaks havoc on the lives, lands, homes, infrastructure and livelihoods of communities on the fencelines.
#environmentaljustice
#ExhibitionWalkabout
#dbnart
#kznsa

Join Rico Euripidou for a Walkabout of the groundWork exhibition for a close-up look at the 2021 UPL disaster in Cornubia 4 years on.

#environmentaljustice
#ExhibitionWalkabout
#dbnart
#kznsa
#climatejustice
#durbanexhibition
#activismthrougharts
#JustTransition
#groundwork2025
#lightplaceorg

Opening night: 25 Years of Activism for Environmental Justice exhibition
@kznsa.bsky.social
curated by collaboration with Vaughn Sadie
Programme: Thursday 22 May
16:30-18:00 Reclaiming Health Activism
Saturday 24 May
10:00-12:00 Walkabout with legendary activist Bobby Peek
14:00-16:00 Book Launch