Climate change, the main existential crisis of our day, remains under the public radar in 2019 South Africa. Inadequate media coverage is in part to blame. Whether or not South African media are reporting on the climate crisis and encouraging public participation, and how they do it, affects how the public perceives and engages on the issue. Climate change is already … [Read more...]
Green Party aims for harmony between humans and the environment
The Green Party of South Africa is standing for the Western Cape provincial elections this year. The party's core goal is to have humans live in harmony with each other and our environment. It is an ideology shared to some level by every citizen of this country – from those who wish they could end poverty for others, or for themselves, end animal cruelty, etc. and for those … [Read more...]
The time has come to un-muzzle the SABC
The SABC is under attack - corrupted into a pro-government megaphone that deafens democracy and drowns out dissent. Six journalists have now been suspended for criticising the propaganda policies of SABC chief, Hlaudi Motsoeneng. Policies that silence reports on public protests and require 80% of SABC news to be good news - news the government likes. As elections … [Read more...]
Demand justice for Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe
Cecil the Lion was the most famous lion in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park – but now he's dead, and his killer may not even face any jail time. Reporters are working to confirm the horrifying details of Cecil's death. Here's what sources are saying: this month an American dentist named Walter James Palmer used bait to lure Cecil out of the park, then shot him with a bow and … [Read more...]
Entries open for Environmental Media Awards
Welcome to the 26th Annual SAB Environmental Media and Environmentalist of the Year Awards. The SAB Environmental Media Awards seek out to continuously acknowledge and recognise the work of dedicated members of the South African Environmental Media who excel in their reportage of all current environmental matters. Over the last few years, SAB has made a commitment to keep … [Read more...]
UNESCO publishes climate change guidebook for journalists
African media can and should do more to tell the story of climate change, observes a new UNESCO publication, titled Climate Change in Africa: A Guidebook for Journalists. “This guidebook is part of UNESCO’s overall effort to raise awareness of the interdisciplinary core of climate change, and how journalists can reflect that in their practices”, says Fackson Banda, UNESCO … [Read more...]
Do we need the green news?
"This global crisis... will necessitate levels of collaboration, selfless behaviour, compassion & respect for the lives & future of our own & other species hitherto unknown on such a broad level.” (Robert Zipplies in Bending the Curve – Your guide to tackling climate change in South Africa) Our news platform challenges the role of the news media and our … [Read more...]
Please help keep The Green Times alive
Green Times is a free social-environmental and educational news platform responding to the biggest story of the 21st century – climate change. Worldwide there is an escalating need for the news media to inform the public about climate and environmental solutions and constructive responses, yet particularly in the developing world this is not happening. Africa is … [Read more...]
