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.
A giant soccer ball made of used aluminium foil is planned by an aluminium collection drive and competition with great prizes.
Cape Argus/Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour and Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon's greening has exceeded their objectives for waste collection and recycling.
Industrial ecologists use the term "partially diminished fraction," or PDF, to assess the extent to which a product somewhere along its life cycle harms ecosystems.
On June 11th 2010, as the world witnesses the first ever 2010 FIFA World Cup kick-off in Soweto, 120 kilometres away, Greenpeace Africa and residents of Jericho village Brits, will also join in the celebrations as they watch the matches at the Solar Public Viewing Area. Youth, joined by their parents and other community elders will gather at the Jericho Community Hall at 8:30 that evening to watch games that have been powered by solar energy.
Is your pet considered to be a domesticated wolf or wild dog? The answer to this important question will prescribe the diet that you should be feeding your dog and what the appropriate diet really is. The consequences of inferior diets are dire and affects your animal's behavior as well as general well-being, health and longevity.
Allan Savory has spent the last 50 years refining and evangelizing for a method of reversing desertification that he calls "holistic management." The African Center for Holistic Management International, an NGO he helped found, will take home a $100,000 grant.
The Buckminster Fuller Challenge is meant to award big, sweeping solutions to seemingly intractable problems. As the Institute's executive director, Elizabeth Thompson, told FastCompany.com, "The approach was pioneered by Fuller. We're looking for strategies that solve multiple problems at once, not just surgical implementations that don't address the root problem."
In celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity and World Environment Week, The World Wide Fund for Nature unveiled its vision for Living Farms: An agricultural sector which farms in balance with nature. This vision is supported by two new products available from WWF. The Living Farms Reference, a comprehensive compilation of current legislation and better practices already demonstrated in many of the leading agricultural sectors and an overview report of the current status quo entitled Agriculture Facts and Trends, South Africa.
Many people struggle with colds and flu during the winter months. This is unnecessary, if you know how to naturally boost your body's own defence mechanisms to keep you healthy and strong.
A creative climate change communications conference 'Tipping Point' was held at the Spier Wine Estate. For two days, scientists and artists gathered to participate in dialogue around how best to communicate climate change to our society in a fun and effective way. Jessica Thorn was invited to attend on behalf of the Climate Action Partnership (CAP) ' an alliance of conservation NGOs working together to adapt and mitigate climate change at a landscape level, and as part of the scientific community involved in the climate change sector. She wrote this story for us.
It's been a dramatic week, a milestone in human history, with the development of the first synthetic life form. Two years after biologist Craig Venter (no, he's not South African - he's from Utah) mapped the human genome, he and his team have crossed another boundary, and created a synthetic life form.
