Learning Activity 12

1. Kohler (2017) states that the South African water challenge is that we have little annual rain, only a small part of our grounds can be utilized and that the real drivers of widespread water intensity changes and the optimal policy needed to manage our water resources are lacking in general agreement. As the rain doesn't come in much, the soil evaporates the water when it showers and it returns nearly immediately to the atmosphere and that confirms a problem facing South Africa as a country.
2. Sarkodie & Adams' (2020) energy problem is that wealth disparity affects electricity access whereas earnings and human development have a favourable impact on electricity availability. Sarkodie and Adams (2020) continues that vulnerable people in South Africa struggle to afford energy and they choose not to buy instead of buying they temper the electricity and that lead to power failure. Electricity is only available to the "wealthy" people because they can afford
3. Calma et al. (2011) states that social justice is striking the best level of balance between our collective responsibilities as a society and our individual responsibilities to help build a just society. Social justice is essentially in a way that it balance our responsibilities as a society and our individual responsibilities.
4. According to Rathzel (2018), social justice in the environment indicates that justice in the environment is for people who have "left out" and that environmental Social Justice is a kind of social justice designed to address equity and fairness issues arising from environmental crises' inequities.
5. In 2008, almost 2000 individuals were employed in the Wetland initiative to alleviate poverty. The Wetland project contributes to water purification, water supply and the management of water circulation in poor areas.
6. Climate change and energy crisis issues are most prevalent when it comes to environmental status. They want us to move on to renewable energy. However, as result of our country's past, this transition is not easy as many people are poor and they do not have access to energy