The City of Cape Town, which has been named the best municipality for recycling, has a raft of recycling initiatives in place including the roll-out of community based ‘swop-shops’.
Some 21 South Africans took part in solar training in Cape Town. The week long training focused on both theoretical and practical exercises, laying the groundwork for future solar careers.
The death toll from wet and icy weather in the Western Cape has risen to at least three.
Load shedding and escalating energy costs have had significant impacts on businesses in South Africa. Many businesses are starting to take matters into their own hands and look to self-generation in the form of solar power.
The City of Cape Town, not for the first time, wants to re-draw the “urban edge” – a hypothetical designation of where urban development must stop, in order to protect the agricultural land beyond it.
This year's YES Environmental Drama Festival was held at the Baxter Theatre last week. Participating schools and the audience were asked to examine electricity consumption and safety.
Justine shares her transformative and influential experience taking part in the Stepping Up to Environmental Leadership course held recently in Cape Town.
What is wealth and what type of growth is sustainable?
The City of Cape Town has installed a number of FreeCall lines across the city to bring municipal services closer to residents, no matter where they live.
The excitement started early on Saturday morning, when reports started flooding in to the ‘March Against Monsanto’ Facebook page, with Australia getting the international ball rolling with the first protests, followed soon after by South Africa.
As the diverse crowd gathered – just as they did in hundreds of cities around the world – it was clear that Monsanto and the issue of health and food sovereignty transcends political ideology.
“Local government is doing more than we think, but they are not doing enough,” said Lorena Pasquini, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cape Town, in her lecture ‘Hot, or Not: Local Government and Climate Change Adaptation.’
Earlier this month, Cape Town-based adventurer Ray Chaplin began a 2 300km source-to-sea expedition.
Woolworths recently installed its pilot solar roof system on one of the buildings of its Head Office in Cape Town’s central business district.
Renowned local artist Andile Dyalvane has kindly joined forces to help support the Pride of Cape Town, the public arts event set to launch at the V & A Waterfront this month. All proceeds will benefit international wildlife charity the Born Free Foundation.
We had the pleasure this week to experience hands-on the largest single rooftop solar installation in Africa, generating 542.4kW power. The impressive “White House’ Vodacom office building in Century City, Cape Town had all of 3600m² of roof tiles removed and replaced by solar panels.
“I have a confession to make. I wasn't born a greenie, I didn't have a passion for it at high school or anything like that. I was actually in banking, believe it or not.”
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Department is appealing to all residents to please adhere to the specified times for watering gardens, lawns and plants in order to prevent water wastage.
Motorists, residents and even officials are baffled as to how a hooded figure in a green boat landed up on the Black River.
The City of Cape Town has asked residents and motorists to consider public transport wherever possible or to walk or cycle in order to take the sting out of the recent significant fuel price hike.
