How do carbon credits benefit workers on an organic farm and the environment? Twenty-seven employees of the Spier wine estate, in Stellenbosch, have, through a climate change mitigation initiative, shared half the R204 000 paid out from carbon credits – derived from practicing regenerative farming on a section of the organically certified wine farm. An average of R4 000 … [Read more...]
Steps and incentives to energy saving
In the current energy landscape in South Africa everybody agrees on the need to consume and waste less energy. But how? Many tips to saving are free and involve simple behavioural changes; such as switching off lights which aren't in use, turning off your geysers when you go away for the weekend or switching off your TV or any other electrical appliances at the wall rather … [Read more...]