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Conservationists invited to Youth Forum for People and Wildlife
IFAW invites young conservationists to join the first ever... read


CSI & Sustainability
#Cocreating SA's design future

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
Climate Change
Will the Paris agreement be legally binding?

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
Draft Carbon Tax Bill out for public comment
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
Education & Training
How unequal access to knowledge is affecting South African society

Biniam Bedasso

Inequality has a profound impact on people's ability to accumulate skills and knowledge... read
Energy
Communities to hear more about shale gas development
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
Get the frack out of our land

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
Environment & Natural Resources
DEA releases environmental compliance report

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
No taps will be drying up, yet

Olebogeng Molatlhwa

Johannesburg residents need not panic. Taps will not be drying up any time soon... read
Role-players must be educated to manage groundwater use
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
Dyer Island Trust teaches people to protect marine heritage

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
Health & Welfare
Will climate change = more disease?

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 launches campaign for needy children
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
How the environmental justice movement is gathering momentum in South Africa

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
Infrastructure and Technology
Hotel Verde wins GBCSA Green Star award
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
Going green adds real bottom line benefits

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
[#gbcsa2015] Building better business

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
How drones can improve healthcare delivery in developing countries

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
Tech-sharing key to success of climate summit: France
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
The future of solar-powered data centres

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
Pollution & Waste Management
Plastics-to-oil conversion plant opened in Cape Town
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
How Havas Worldwide Tunisia gilded the 'Recycle to Learn' concept

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
Sustainable Development
[#gbcsa2015] On the move to green

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
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