Six of South Africa’s top Water Explorer teams recently gathered at Umgeni Valley in Howick to present their inspiring water saving efforts to an expert panel. The incredible teams included Mjila Primary, Chelsea Preparatory, Port Shepstone Junior Primary, Home School Amazing Gig, Ebomvini Primary and Shea … [Read More...]
Eskom’s latest bid to continue pollution contested
Five of South Africa’s largest environmental justice organisations have come out strongly against Eskom’s further round of multiple applications … [Read More...]
Could mushrooms solve the war on plastic?
Fungi could be the key to winning the war on plastic, leading scientists at Kew Gardens has said. The first ever report on the state of the … [Read More...]
Climate change to revolutionise politics in cities across the world
Rainfall in Cape Town is a dramatic affair. In the winter wet season, ominous clouds and strong winds rumble in from the northwest, carrying with them the life-saving moisture of the Atlantic Ocean and dumping it in … [Read More...]
The impact of climate change on waterborne diseases
Half a century ago concerns about climate change, environment vulnerability, population density and the sustainability of earth systems reached a broad audience. This was clear from books like the Silent Spring … [Read More...]
Blaauwberg Nature Reserve the first to win green award
The Blaauwberg Nature Reserve will be the first coastal site in South Africa to receive the Green Coast Status Award. The award, presented by the Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa (Wessa) on … [Read More...]
Call for climate justice as millions brace for intense storms
Millions of people braced for two destructive tropical storms making landfall in the Philippines and US on Friday. Seaside towns evacuated and farmers scrambled to harvest rice early in the path of Typhoon … [Read More...]
A teenager’s plan to trawl for plastic in the Pacific becomes reality
Few things exercise green sensibilities more these days than marine plastic litter. The detritus looks unsightly when it washes up on beaches, and cruel when it chokes photogenic sea creatures. Scientists estimate … [Read More...]
New alliance pushes for 10% SA ocean protection by 2020
There’s no doubt that all forms of life need to be protected and sustainably managed to ensure its perseverance. Therefore, when it was revealed that only 0.4% of South Africa's ocean regions are currently being … [Read More...]
Krill fishermen curb harvest to protect penguins around Antarctic Peninsula
In the waters off the northern tip of the world's southernmost continent, one of the most important creatures is also the most profitable: pinky-length Antarctic krill. These swarming, translucent, shrimp-like … [Read More...]
Nuclear mud dumping has begun in Wales
Opponents to a controversial scheme to dump mud from a nuclear plant off the coast of Cardiff have launched a last-minute legal challenge. About 300,000 tonnes will be dredged from the seabed near the Hinkley … [Read More...]
1 million told to flee US East Coast as Hurricane Florence approaches
Hurricane Florence is a "monster" bearing down for a direct hit on the coast. But not everyone is fleeing as the storm approaches. Among those who are staying put despite evacuation orders to over 1 million … [Read More...]
15 cities tackling pollution by curbing cars
Cities around the world are facing a crisis: Cars are wreaking havoc, snarling streets, and contributing to increased air pollution. The World Health Organization says that around three million deaths every year are … [Read More...]
US court quashes Monsanto’s ‘undemocratic’ plea to Avaaz to hand over internal documents
The Manhattan Supreme Court has quashed Monsanto's subpoena to Avaaz, a civic campaigning network of around 48 million subscribers around the world, to handover all documents, emails, correspondence and other … [Read More...]
Understanding the implications of SA’s coal phase-out plan
South Africa is highly coal and energy intensive, and has an economy characterised by extremely high levels of inequality and poverty (with more than half of the population living in poverty). In the long run, … [Read More...]
South Africa’s transition out of the nuclear era
Prof. Emeritus Anton Eberhard from the University of Cape Town’s graduate school of business provides a view from a South Africa perspective in his foreword to Mycle Schneider Consulting’s highly acclaimed World … [Read More...]
Water sector in South Africa needs to transform to a circular economy
Implementation of circular economy principles in the South African water sector is in line with the United Nations sustainable development goals as well as the Paris Agreement on climate change to which South Africa … [Read More...]
87 elephants killed by poachers in Africa’s ‘last safe haven’
At least 87 elephants have been killed for their ivory in Botswana in recent months, according to the conservation nonprofit Elephants Without Borders, which discovered the carcasses. It’s a sharp and disturbing … [Read More...]
