Everyone is talking about greening their lives, the state of the planet and global warming, but most people don't know how to get involved. Going Green, written by South Africa's most popular weather man and climatologist will help readers 'go green' one day at a time.
Governments and corporations will gather in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2007, to plot a way forward on climate change.
...South Africans as climate change sets in: a rooibos tea farmer, a traditional fisherman, a commercial maize farmer, a political refugee and a sangoma. Most live on a knife-edge because of poverty and their dependence on an already capricious natural environment...
'There is no disputing the impact of climate change. The 2011 vintage marks the third consecutive harvest characterised by higher temperatures outside the regular parameters, as well as unseasonal rains, dry spells and excessively strong winds, all of which have affected crop size.Short, sharp and brutal,€ is the way Erhard Wolf, Distell's chief grape and wine buyer (pictured), has described the 2011 Cape vintage.
Bending the Curve was born out of a need for South Africans to have access to better information about how specific sectors of society can contribute to tackling climate change. Bending the Curve is not just another book about the climate crisis, but a guide - co-authored by 24 experts - that will help you move from deliberation to action.
International Rivers is proud to announce our new 22-minute movie on the movement to protect rivers and rights. It was made by an independent filmmaker from Mexico, and filmed mostly at the "Rivers for Life" meeting of activists that took place in Mexico in October.
Kilimanjaro's melting ice cap is directly threatening Tanzania's coffee farmers, who are reliant on the glacier melt for water. These organic coffee farmers live and grow their coffee under the shady forest canopies on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. As the ice disappears there is less water to grow their crops.
Bending the Curve, South Africa's most comprehensive book on taking action to tackle climate change and create a more sustainable future, is now available in e-book format. Its impact on the environment is lowered and we are able to offer this valuable resource at a much reduced price.
Bending the Curve, South Africa's most comprehensive book on taking action to tackle climate change and create a more sustainable future, is now available in e-book format. Its impact on the environment is lowered and we are able to offer this valuable resource at a much reduced price.
'Although South Africa has outlined ambitious targets to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, time is indeed running out to secure our children's future. Climate Change is one of the greatest threats to the survival of the human species on this planet, and both urgent and meaningful action is required to combat it,€ so says Kevin James of the Carbon Protocol of South Africa, on behalf of the Climate Change Leadership Awards (CCLA).
Obama installed Solar Panels on his roof, Japanese Sumo wrestlers rode bicycles to practice and in Vietnam children planted 1,010 trees as millions of people across the globe got together to work on Climate Solutions on Sunday 10 October. All determined to get CO2 levels back down to 350parts per million (where we need to be, to prevent runaway climate change).
Sunday, 10-10-10 saw the biggest global Work Party for Earth ever to happen in human memory! Organised by 350.org more than 7000 groups of people in 180 countries got together and did something constructive. And if you think South Africans are asleep when it comes to green actions, think again. Across the country we rose to the occasion in a wide range of events in solidarity with the environmental cause.
On 16 Sept 2010, CAP, in collaboration with partners Endangered Wildlife Trust and Conservation International South Africa (CI-SA), the South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservation Communications Forum and the British Consulate General, hosted a screening of 'The Age of Stupid€ at the Kirstenbosch Research Centre. The British Consulate General approached CAP to screen the film as part of their campaign to encourage people to reduce their emissions by 10% in 2010.
An event about Climate Change awareness and the need for us to find the Courage 2 B Cool for the Earth turned into a celebration of the human spirit and of the possibilities of making a difference. The event hosted by the Scenic South website focused on a talk by Lewis Gordon Pugh and included an environmental expo by local environmental organizations.
If South Africa wants to adapt to climate change, it needs to move away from an immoral economic agenda towards value-based development. Otherwise it will be too late to find a solution to environmental degradation.
A Stellenbosch University researcher working on aspects of climate change, Dr Susana Clusella-Trullas (pictured), has received an Antarctic Science 2010 Award to study how marine invertebrates on Marion Island in the sub-Antarctic respond to changing temperature regimes.
People in Africa are daily struggling with the effects of climate change €“ and don't understand enough about this social injustice to respond effectively.This was indicated by a groundbreaking report by the BBC World Service Trust and the British Council, called Africa Talks Climate launched in Cape Town.
We, from the major faith communities of the world, meeting at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Melbourne, Australia, from 3rd to 9th December 2009, send warm greetings to all who are gathering at Copenhagen for your crucially important Conference.
Take an early afternoon off from work (beat the traffic!) and join a bunch of concerned citizens (including Rob Zipplies €“ back from his epic climate-change-awareness-raising cycle from Cape Town, via Joburg and Pretoria to Durban for a symbolic candlelight vigil outside the US Consulate in Westlake, Cape Town. Bring a candle, a jar to protect the flame (or a candle cut-out if the south-easter is blowing!), a placard, or just yourself and join us in a peaceful demonstration to demand a meaningful commitment by the US government to CO2 reductions.
Take an early afternoon off from work (beat the traffic!) and join a bunch of concerned citizens (including Rob Zipplies €“ back from his epic climate-change-awareness-raising cycle from Cape Town, via Joburg and Pretoria to Durban for a symbolic candlelight vigil outside the US Consulate in Westlake, Cape Town. Bring a candle, a jar to protect the flame (or a candle cut-out if the south-easter is blowing!), a placard, or just yourself and join us in a peaceful demonstration to demand a meaningful commitment by the US government to CO2 reductions.