Hi, I hope they produced their plaint on papyrus or hyacinth paper that had not been bleached and wrote on it with charcoal from a natural forest fire. This advocacy thing it getting out of hand and at this rate we might have to start chaining ourselves to the court registry doors to stop these busy bodies, have they tabulated how many trees get cut down to produce paper and pencils? Regards "When Tony Blaire's wife gave birth when he was still PM of Britain the argument was whether they will use diapers or cotton nappies, an analysis was done and it was realised that diapers had a lower carbon footprint than nappies" Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, 30 May 2013, 16:14 Subject: [kictanet] NGO moves to court to stop free laptop for schools project A lobby group has moved to court to stop the government from issuing laptops to pupils joining class one in all public schools claiming the gadgets will cause harm to the environment. Green Hand Organization ( GHO) raised concern that if the programme is implemented at once, the right to clean and healthy environmentenshrined in the constitution will be threatened. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000084818&story_title=green-hand-organization-moves-to-court-to-stop-free-laptop-for-schools-project&pageNo=1 _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.