| |
|
| Leigh Andrews #Cocreate to make SA great. It's more than just a hashtag, it's an initiative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that serves as a platform for Dutch and South African counterparts to exchange ideas and innovations for a sustainable future... read |
|
|
| Katherine Lake The inability of previous climate summits, notably Copenhagen in 2009, to deliver a legally binding agreement led some people to declare those negotiations a failure. But in practice, this should not be the central criterion for gauging success... read |
|
| National Treasury has published the draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment. This follows the announcement made by Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene in the 2015 budget... read |
|
|
| Biniam Bedasso Inequality has a profound impact on people's ability to accumulate skills and knowledge... read |
|
|
| A team for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on shale gas development will hold briefing sessions with communities in the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape as well as the Western Cape this week... read |
|
| Nathi Olifant Texas-based company Rhino Oil and Gas faced a barrage of angry questions and objections at a public hearing into fracking plans in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands... read |
|
|
| Melissa Fourie The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has released its eighth annual National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER) on 2 November 2015... read |
|
| Olebogeng Molatlhwa Johannesburg residents need not panic. Taps will not be drying up any time soon... read |
|
| Gert Nel, principal hydrogeologist in SRK Consulting's East London office, says the current drought in many parts of the country has re-focused attention on the frequent lack of monitoring of groundwater use... read |
|
| Melissa Javan "It is critical that we protect our marine heritage for future generations," said Pinkey Ngewu, the operations manager of Dyer Island Conservation Trust... read |
|
|
| Philippa Garson NEW YORK: Climate change is having a profound impact on animal habitats, but what disease risk does this pose for humans? read |
|
| Angel Projects has launched a campaign in a bid to raise enough funds to provide gifts and food hampers to approximately 1,500 children in townships across South Africa via the crowdfunding website, StartSomeGood.com... read |
|
| Jacklyn Cock Environmental justice is a travelling discourse which has taken on distinctive meanings in different parts of the world. South Africa is no exception... read |
|
|
| Hotel Verde has been named winner in the Highest Rated Building category for its Existing Building Performance (EBP) Pilot tool rating during the Green Star SA Leadership Awards 2015... read |
|
| Neil Cameron Sustainability remains a hot topic as it's the right thing to do. It's the hard returns that will get companies taking action... read |
|
| Nicci Botha The Green Building Convention, at the CTICC in Cape Town from 2-6 November 2015, showcases green and sustainability ideas and innovations from local and international thought leaders, which make a difference in the way business is done within the built space... read |
|
| Barry Mendelow In the same way that manned aircraft received much of their technological impetus from their deployment as weapons of war, so too have unmanned aircraft, or drones... read |
|
| French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday, 4 November, that sharing emissions-cutting technology with emerging nations like India and China will be a key part of the "success or failure" of climate change talks in Paris next month... read |
|
| Srikanth Murugan In the telecoms and data centre industry, "energy efficiency" is undoubtedly a watchword, with many ICT companies how having corporate social responsibility programmes... read |
|
|
| A new plastics-to-oil conversion plant at the City of Cape Town's Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management Facility (KIWMF) will see roughly 500kg of plastic converted to 500 litres of oil per day... read |
|
| Leigh Andrews Here's why UBCI GROUPE BNP PARIBAS and Havas Worldwide took home a gold Ubuntu Loerie for their 'Recycle to learn' campaign... read |
|
|
| Nicci Botha Gridlock. Traffic jam. Congestion. Every person who commutes has experienced the agony and frustration of sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic for what feels like forever... read |
|
|
- Project Isizwe makes changes to its board - more info
|
More people Submit a Person |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Print any item in this newsletter. |
| Email any item in this newsletter. |
| Comment on any item in this newsletter. |
|
|