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Polluters in firing line
If South Africa implements the WHO's landmark resolutions on air pollution, the government will have to take action against polluting companies, including Eskom. read more>>

What Africa can do to manage the fallout of climate change

Coleen Vogel

Africa's climate, including climate change and climate variability, add challenges and opportunities to the continent's development...

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South Africans urged to protect biodiversity

The Local Government Support Strategy provides a platform for a more coordinated and structured mechanism of dealing with sustainable environmental management in local government...

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Electric motorcycles industry calls for government support

Zero Motorcycles has been awarded a grant of $1,009,220 from the California Energy Commission (CEC)...

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CSI & Sustainable Development
Unilever and Wildlands hand over hampers to tree-preneurs
Unilever and Wildlands recently hosted a Bright Future Activation Day in Ndwedwe, Verulam in KwaZulu-Natal where 68 tree-preneurs received 122 hampers as part of a unique barter model... read more>>
Five for a chain reaction

Jessica Taylor

As individuals experience the rewards of helping someone, they improve the communities they live and work in with a huge multiplier effect... read more>>
Ecotourism & Biodiversity
Police clamp down on rhino poachers
Police efforts to curb rhino poaching at the Kruger National Park continue to yield positive results... read more>>
Poachers kill half Mozambique's elephants in five years: survey
Poachers have killed nearly half of Mozambique's elephants for their ivory in the past five years, the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday, 26 May... read more>>
Pollution & Waste Management
Beyond recycling: solving e-waste problems must include designers and consumers

Josh Lepawsky

Agbogbloshie, Ghana is in the news again. International media such as The Guardian, Al Jazeera and the Washington Post have helped turn this place into an infamous example of electronic waste (e-waste) dumping... read more>>
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
BKB R8m roof-mounted, solar PV installation to reduce South African carbon footprint
A roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) energy harvesting system is to supply clean energy and reduce the South African wool and mohair industry's carbon footprint... read more>>
International
France seeks new impetus for climate talks
France sought on Monday, 1 June, to breathe life into talks for a UN climate pact, calling for a "pre-agreement" to be forged weeks before a crucial conference in Paris in December that must seal the final deal... read more>>
Mondelez International reports good progress against global well-being goals in 2014 Report
Mondelez International published its Call For Well-being 2014 Progress Report... read more>>
Bad weather casts doubt on Solar Impulse 2 Pacific flight
Solar Impulse 2 was in a holding pattern near Japan on Monday, 1 June, as organisers warned that bad weather in the days ahead could block the aircraft's ambitious bid to cross the Pacific Ocean... read more>>
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Business
The workplace of the future
Philip Gregory talks about the workplace of the future, how it will impact on the workforce and how businesses can navigate the tension between employee demands and the needs of the corporation... read more>>
New events to diarise
Is Load Shedding Getting To You?
Cape Town Science Centre - 27 May 2015, Cape Town

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