"This house is more comfortable than our previous place, and I am very happy that we have lights because there is no electricity here,” says Nosango Victoria Plaatjie, proud occupant of a prototype eco-friendly dwelling in the informal settlement of Enkanini, Stellenbosch, called the iShack.
I have never been keen on beauty pageants. When I found out about the Miss Earth competition I was concerned that they were focusing on outer beauty instead of environmental passion and action. But I was wrong.
South Africa's proposed carbon tax is set to act as just another tax on South Africans while inadequately addressing issues of climate change - the very problem it was designed to address. This is because the revenue generated will not be earmarked to tackle issues of climate change, rather it will simply flow into government coffers.
Drought, lack of funds and land ownership problems. This is but a few of the challengers the Blood River shack dweller community’s youth are facing.
Recycling in Pretoria is going from strength to strength. All homes, flats and townhouses are now served by a domestic recycling collection company.
With Summer nearing, Capetonians can once again look forward to lounging on the iconic beaches that stretch around the peninsula.
The All Hands on Waste team engaging with the community at Njoli Taxi Rank on 15 April 2011.
Katy, or Oumatjie as the community calls her, runs from her small one bedroom home in Grootboom Street, Erijaville, Strand with arms waving.
South Africans of all ages and backgrounds are encouraged to do their share to keep our country beautiful during Clean Up South Africa week which will take place from the 13th to the 18th of September 2010.
In 2007 a group of concerned Hout Bay residents created the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). This environmental action group focuses on creating awareness of how and why we should responsibly manage our waste.
Non-profit organisation, Mamelani Projects hosted their own €˜Move for Health Day, Saturday, May 6th, 2011 at the Chris Campbell Memorial field in Khayelitsha.
Survival International has warned on the eve of World Health Day (April 7) that uncontacted tribes face massive population loss if their land is not protected.
When you visit €˜Harvest of Hope€™ for the first time you realise how little you know of what is happening in our communities.
Their vision is to restore the beauty of God€™s creation so that all Stellenbosch communities can enjoy access to a safe and decent quality of life, through opportunities for work, housing, education, healthy living and enjoying nature.
Singita Grumeti Reserves, located on the Western corridor of the Serengeti in Tanzania, recently opened an Environmental Education Centre (EEC) on the reserve, answering the urgent call by government to boost environmental awareness within communities.
An urban micro-farming project with 3000 home and community gardens on the Cape Flats offers a food security model for the country.
Although winter drought has detrimental effects on some parts of the world, it gives us the opportunity to be creative and explore solar technology.
Renewable energy is fast becoming the solution for our planet€™s sustainability. The obvious question is how effective these alternative products are and which measures solar companies are taking to ensure the feasibility of these products for the environment and the consumer.
During the month of June, Trudon (Publishers of the Yellow Pages) is distributing 1 500 trees to the fortunate residents of Braamfischerville, Gauteng, as part of an ongoing effort to green townships. In conjunction with South Africa's premier social greening social enterprise, Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), Trudon has generously sponsored 10 000 trees for distribution in low cost housing settlements across South Africa as part of their ongoing commitment to social upliftment and poverty alleviation.
Two weeks ago, Pam and I got back from a woodland vacation in Ontario, Canada. While we were there, we learned the story of the privately owned forest we were staying in, the Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve.
