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[Earth Focus] Nuclear red. Renewable energy green
[Roger Metcalfe] Given South Africa's world-shattering potential for renewable energy, it is inexplicable why our government is seriously considering the purchase of eight nuclear reactors at an estimated R1tn... read more>>



Biodiversity
Eden to Addo: A 400km hike that is a journey for the soul
Imagine escaping from it all. Leaving behind a frenetic urban life and forgetting about cellphones, traffic, noise and pollution. It doesn't have to be a fantasy... read more>>

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Environmental Impacts & Management
Government urged to support WWF-SASSI Marine Campaign
Discrepancies in the implementation and monitoring of small scale fishing policies have hampered the development of most... read more>>



Pollution & Waste Management
SA accedes to convention on hazardous substances incidents
Cabinet, at its ordinary meeting on Wednesday, 12 August, approved for South Africa to accede to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 2010... read more>>
Landfill 2015 attracts international waste industry experts
The Landfill 2015 conference and exhibition is set to take place on 15 and 16 September at the Waterval Country Lodge in Tulbagh in the Western Cape... read more>>
Bosveld Phosphate guilty of water pollution
Bosveld Phosphate has been found guilty and sentenced in the Phalaborwa Regional Court in relation to environmental degradation and water offences... read more>>
PSPC's new website a virtual showcase of recycled polystyrene
The Polystyrene Packaging Council's (PSPC) new-look website has been designed to be a virtual showcase of... read more>>
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Setting has never been better for renewable energy sector

Amanda Dinan

A decade ago, if I had raised the topic of environmental practices with businesses in South Africa, the automatic association would have related to 'compliance'. Some might have categorised green activities as an opportunity for PR. A handful were embracing the business opportunity associated with the sector... read more>>
Renewable technology gets the green light

Nicci Botha

A home-grown green technology to power off-the-grid streetlights has been recognised as one of top 10 innovations with the potential to improve socioeconomic development in remote corners of the globe... read more>>
Sustainable Development
[#WomenInBiz] Nurturing nature, Q&A with Catherine Constantinides

Sindy Peters

Catherine Constantinides is a social entrepreneur, climate activist, business mogul and one of the most inspiring youth leaders in South Africa with a number of accolades to her name. She's the driving force behind Miss Earth SA, encouraging women to actively participate in protecting the natural environment. Her hero is her mom... read more>>
Operation Phakisa to help SA economy
PRETORIA: Operation Phakisa is a good example of government and the private sector coming together to share views and implement plans... read more>>
Philippi Village a space for people to find inspiration
Philippi Village in Cape Town is a transformation of genius that was designed as a thesis project for a Masters Degree in Sustainable Design by one of Cape Town's acclaimed architects, Philip Briel... read more>>
International
Canary in the Gold King Mine: legacy of abandoned mines means more spills

Ronald R H Cohen

You are gazing over the clear stream, thinking of fishing the crystal waters in the Rockies. The next morning, you are stunned to see an orange-yellow sludge covering the stream as far as you can see. Is this the Colorado Gold King Mine spill into Cement Creek of August 5, 2015? read more>>
Amazon slowly eaten away by gold rush's illegal mines
Seen from above, the Amazon resembles a huge billiards table - a field of intense green pockmarked by brown stains... read more>>
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Business
Concern about silence on key threats to SA's economic longevity
South Africa has a leadership crisis, but this is not limited to government. Trevor Ncube, entrepreneur and publisher of SA's Mail & Guardian newspaper, recently addressed corporate leaders on their silence on key threats to the country's economic longevity... read more>>
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