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Friday, December 19, 2008:

Green Issues: Annual goat rant and more about the credit crunch

Latest additions to the World Land Trust website:
"It is very depressing to see Oxfam and the rest still flogging goats to Africa. If the world is led to believe that increasing the goat (and other livestock) population is going to solve the problems of poverty in Africa, we truly are in a mess."
Read this Green Issues post in full: "Annual Goat Rant"
"While the worldwide credit crunch could undoubtedly have a serious impact on charities like the World Land Trust, there could be a silver lining. Ever since the beginning of 2008 there have apparently been declines in the value of real estate; and this means that the cash the WLT raises can potentially go a lot further."
Read this Green Issues post in full: "Credit cruch and good news"

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