The Wild Coast continues to be under threat from both the application to undertake sand dune mining and the N2 toll highway. The record of decision (ROD) for the N2 toll road was released on 19 April.
World leaders have failed to make good on their commitments to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, instead there is an alarming decline in biodiversity worldwide. So says a new paper published in the journal Science.
In one of the continent's largest collaborative conservation projects to date, South Africa has become the first of the world's mega-diverse countries to fully assess the status of its entire flora ' a staggering 20 456 species.
On the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's famous journey around the world, the three-masted 'Clipper Stad Amsterdam' sailed into Cape Town harbor for her last port of call.
This year's OUR SCHOOL CARES environmental competition started off with a good show of enthusiastic learners eager to clean the Strand beach on Earth Day. No less than 9 schools, 18 teachers and 310 learners, plus 60 dedicated Peninsula Beverages (the sponsors) staff and their children, pitched in and systematically stripped the beach of 400 bags of rubbish in one hour!
Experts are lobbying for rainwater harvesting to help solve Africa's water crisis. This is a neglected, yet cheap and simple water supply technique. The continent is running out of water, but many governments are not moving fast enough to replenish sources or enact water-friendly laws.
Earlier this week, we ran a story about the continuing oil-spilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Here we have an update which comes to you from a website specially created by the Center for Biological Diversity, which updates daily on the status of this situation.
It all began began on April 20th when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, caught fire, then sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Venice, Louisiana, leaving 11 crew members presumed dead.
Event greening is the process of incorporating social, environmental, responsible decision making into the organizing, implementation and participation of an event. It needs to make financial sense.
'Sustainable hydropower as a feasible solution to Africa's energy needs' is the focus of the HYDROPOWER AFRICA Conference happening at Emperor's Palace in Johannesburg from 16 to 20 August.
A bright future lies ahead for hydropower in Africa as a critical component of Africa's energy mix. The resource uses proven technology and is easily accessible across the region.
Finding alternative energy solutions is everyone's dilemma . We are expecting significant black-outs after or even during the World Cup and of course the government's rebates on solar geysers have become really attractive now. We know this will make a significant difference to our carbon footprints, so what more are we waiting for?
Good news! It is possible for you, the consumer, to offset the 25% average increase in electricity tariffs. All you need to do is to reduce your energy consumption by 20% in 2010. However, you must know and understand your energy status ' your current baseline as well as which improvements would be most significant.
Almost every pet suffers from some sort of skin condition. Even veterinarians are lost when it comes to treating skin allergies and 'hot spots' and many acknowledge the severity of this ailment. Treating with cortisone or changing to another flavour of processed food will not solve the problem.
On Earth Day, Accor Hospitality celebrated Earth Guest day and announced that it had crossed the initial one million trees threshold of its Plant for the Planet project.
The greenest candles in the country ' Soylites Candles - landed the license as the official candle range for the FIFA World Cup. SoyLites are our country's first specialists in hand-poured and scented Soybean Massage and Moisturising Candles.
All FIFA long burning candles will be poured into re-usable glass or travel metal containers (with lids) and branded with various FIFA logos and marks using either screen printing or high quality digital stickers.
More than 233 000 children across the Western Cape who receive their main meal of the day at school will no longer be eating mostly soya content 5 days a week, but from May are enjoying lots of fresh fruit and veggies.
Although soya mince will still be on the menu twice a week, the new menu will also include pilchards in tomato sauce and Breyani lentils.
'We are excited about being able to offer the children a more nutritionally balanced meal,' said Andy du Plessis, Director of the Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA). 'And we really hope that our donors will continue to support us through the increase in costs which are inevitable with the new menu.'
In one of the continent's largest collaborative conservation projects to date, South Africa has become the first of the world's mega-diverse countries to fully assess the status of its entire flora ' a staggering 20 456 species. The assessment has been published in a book entitled the Red List of South African Plants. It was appropriately launched by SANBI in Cape Town on Earth Day ' 22 April 2010.
Pigweed, and other "weeds", are rendering much of the farmland in the south of the USA inoperable. You may wonder why farm workers don't just pull out the pigweed. That's just it - most of the affected farms are huge farms of 10 000 or more acres. Farms which are not feasible to farm manually - they're normally looked after by a plane flying over dropping herbicides and the like, and a combine harvester racing around at harvest time.
South Africa is the only country in Africa that has allowed the genetic modification of food crops to date and the only country in the world to have allowed the modification of a staple food - maize. Great numbers of consumers around the world have rejected GM food because it is not labeled as such in shops, and its effects are unpredictable.
This is the first part of our new series on using homoepathy for everyday domestic aches and pains. Since raising 5 children on homeopathy and becoming a registered homeopath in England, Genie Rowson is on a mission to share this knowledge with everyone keen to find more gentle and powerful healing for their families.
