On our last day in South Africa I took a tour with Rocky Rohwedder, who teaches the other section of Sustainable Communities, and a small group of students to two wetlands restoration projects. The projects not only restore wetlands, but also provide much needed jobs (the unemployment rate in South Africa is currently about 25%). The sponsoring group is called Working for Wetlands (http://wetlands.sanbi.org/wfwet/). It was a great tour and the students asked good questions linking the project to the three aspects of sustainability: environment, economy and equity. We sail for Mauritius tonight and will be rounding the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean.
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