University campuses should address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and integrate sustainability into their curricula to benefit students and help create a thriving, modern community. That was the message of the fifth annual African Green Campus Initiative Conference, which saw students, academics and environmentalists coming from universities all over South … [Read more...]
Monitoring household food security in South Africa
The recently held Department of Science and Technology and Human Science Research Council's Science Seminar revolved around the complexity of measuring and understanding food security. Practically, such scientific knowledge is meant to guide Government policy, in accordance to the National Development Plan, towards food security and its associated programmes, such as … [Read more...]
Exciting speakers announced for international recycling colloquium
PETCO, the PET Recycling Company (Pty) Ltd, has just released an exciting line-up of speakers and topics for its forthcoming colloquium with the European Plastics Recycling Organisation (EPRO) that will be taking place in Cape Town on Thursday, 21 November 2013. This exciting event not only sees global collaboration, but local partnerships with the National Research Foundation, … [Read more...]
Integrating climate change into municipal planning
The rollout of the Let's Respond toolkit kicked off with several introductory workshops coordinated by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA). In these workshops, role-players from private and public institutions as well as universities shared the work they are doing in collaboration with local governments. The South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas … [Read more...]
Lots on offer at this year’s Sustainability Week
Sustainability Week will be held at Sandton Convention Centre from 24 – 28 July and will feature various Eco Product and Technology Exhibits, 8 conferences and the Green Home and Lifestyle Fair over the weekend. Don't miss out on one of the highlights on the South African events calendar. Green Building Conference and Exhibition Module 1: 24 July - Morning … [Read more...]
New decision makers introduced for green energy
This February, political and business decision-makers in South Africa will be able to attend a programme to enhance their knowledge about renewable energies. In its sixth year, the German-based Renewables Academy (RENAC), brings their international capacity building project TREE (Transfer Renewable Energy & Efficiency) to South Africa. The programme is sponsored by the … [Read more...]
A week of sustainability
Responses to the global challenge of climate change cannot be disconnected from the other global challenges of the financial crisis, peak oil/energy security, food security, waste generation, water and soil degradation, and the destruction of habitat and the extinction of species. From the food we eat to the buildings we occupy and the vehicles we drive. From the goods and … [Read more...]
Learn about our Solar Future
The immense potential of solar energy is slowly being realised and the South African solar industry is experiencing steady growth. New policies, investments and major loan guarantees by institutions such as the African Development Bank have accelerated the development of this upcoming market. A conference devoted to South African solar On 25 January Solarplaza will be … [Read more...]
COP17: Media and Climate Change
On Monday the 5th of December MediaClimate held a seminar titled “Media meets climate: A problem or a solution for social movements” at the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard campus. MediaClimate is an international research group that looks at media coverage of the annual UN climate summits.The facilitator of the seminar Andreas Ytterstad … [Read more...]
Cop17: Anti-Coal Seminar
Friday, the 2nd of December Earth Life Africa held an anti-coal seminar at the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard campus). The seminar titled “Anti-Coal Movements in Germany, South Africa and beyond?” highlighted many of the negative consequences associated with coal energy, and some of the concerns and desires in terms of climate change and … [Read more...]
The dilemma of office waste
The 'Waste in Business Seminar 2011', organised by Alive2green, considered the detrimental effects of current waste disposal techniques on the environment by looking at improvements to current technologies and the advancement of renewable and sustainable solutions. With the growing awareness of the detrimental environmental effects of current waste disposal methods there is … [Read more...]
