Being Green - 30 July 2021

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The Perfect Storm?
It’s been a really tough week or week-plus whether you’re in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere on this rocky planet, and I’m not talking about the geology.
The north-Americans and the Europeans have been rocked by off-the scale summer weather events. Heat and floods. Records don’t even make the news much any more. So it’s been the hottest day recorded ever; the largest bush fire ever …ho, hum…

30 Jul 2021 English South Africa Health & Fitness Glynis Crook

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