Ayakha Melithafa, a 17-year-old climate justice activist from Khayelitsha has been invited to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland from 19-24 January 2020. There she will represent the youth of South Africa on a number of panels with world-renowned youth climate activist Greta Thunberg. The Forum brings together stakeholders to help address the greatest … [Read more...]
YouLead Warriors receive youth empowerment award
One of South Africa’s prominent youth climate activists, Ayakha Melithafa along with her fellow ‘YouLead Warriors’ who have completed the year-long YouLead Initiative, have received their Bronze Presidents’ Awards for Youth Empowerment at a ceremony on the 22 November 2019 at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. The YouLead Initiative is run by local environmental … [Read more...]
How political parties plan to address climate change
“We urge South Africans to #VotefortheEnvironment when they head to the polls on 8 May. Citizens must choose leaders who recognise the urgency for climate change action and prioritises it in its policy agenda. We need a political party that stops protecting big business, but instead develops policies that will protect the environment, protect our workers and empower our … [Read more...]
Call for urgent clarification of SA greenhouse gas objectives
A range of civil society organisations are taking their call for urgent clarification of greenhouse gas emissions objectives to the Public Protector. The complaint regards failure to implement provisions on mitigation in the National Climate Change Response White Paper, adopted by Cabinet in October 2011; most particularly the setting of “desired emission reduction outcomes” … [Read more...]
Youth go for low-carbon actions
Learners and educators from eight Cape Town schools attended the annual Project 90 by 2030’s Leadership Clubs Summit hosted by Rhodes High School in Mowbray. Project 90 by 2030 is a national organisation that seeks to bring about massive change in how people engage with the environment and each other. The Leadership Clubs are a part of the Young Leaders Programme - its aim … [Read more...]
The energy facts are in for SA
The facts are clear. Numerous recent detailed reports with peer-reviewed hard facts from experts working within major civil society organisations are now in the public domain. All of them show that South Africa can meet its energy and many socioeconomic needs through renewable energy and energy efficiency. With rapidly developing technological advances, and dwindling water … [Read more...]
Learners tackle 10% challenge with fun
On World Environment Day Project 90 took seven of their Western Cape school clubs on an outing to Goedgedacht Farm near Malmesbury. Fifty learners from seven schools joined us for a day of fun in the sun. Project 90 clubs are tasked with reducing their school's carbon footprint by 10% each year. Clubs decide on how they are going to do this and formulate a project, getting … [Read more...]
Two Oceans awarded top environmental status
The Two Oceans Aquarium was recently awarded Platinum status by the Heritage Environmental Management Company in recognition of its efforts towards sustainability and reducing the impact of its operations on the environment. This achievement comes just four years after the first audit when the Aquarium achieved Silver status. The Aquarium joined the Heritage Zoos and Aquaria … [Read more...]
Wind power for Two Oceans Aquarium
South Africa is one of the world's most carbon intensive economies, primarily because the majority of the country's electricity demand is satisfied through coal-fired power stations. This heavy dependency on coal and fossil fuels directly contributes to the current environmental crisis that is climate change and global warming. Unless the citizens of the world, including … [Read more...]
Solar water heater campaign
Let's buy South Africa four million solar water heaters, not 40 years worth of carbon dioxide, coal pollution and climate change! As part of the 2010 Climate challenge and in partnership with Project 90 by 2030, OXFAM, 350.org and Urban Sprout, Activist is running the Solar Water Heater Campaign. South Africa is warming up three times faster than the rest of the world. While … [Read more...]
