Welcome to SA's Green News Portal!
Are you concerned and excited about the greening of our society? The Green Times is your news portal. Use our GREEN CALENDAR to know what's happening - attend, be informed and spread this crucial education wherever you go. SUBSCRIBE to our fortnightly e-newspaper and consistently learn how to green up all aspects of your life and work. Become a green leader in our society transitioning towards a sustainable future. For there's no time to waste. If you'd like daily news, follow us on FACEBOOK or TWITTER.
Our E-NEWSPAPER has been sent to a national mailing list monthly for the past 5 years. We are so happy to communicate with 20 000 unique readers per month now. Join the upsurge of innovation, learning and sharing. If you're living creatively within these challenging times, don't keep it to yourself. Send us your news. If you are offering green products or services, join our GREEN DIRECTORY. If you want to learn to write for the earth - and she needs you - join our WRITE FOR EARTH course and contribute from wherever you are. This is a green community for anyone interested in creating a new world of respect for Earth and all her creatures.
Last month's upsurge in green building certifications is another sign that the green building movement is rapidly gaining ground in South Africa as developers and progressive businesses increasingly embrace sustainable building practices.
Green building is leading the pack of green innovation in our country with systems and verifications in place to educate, inspire and assist all those who are serious about a more sustainable future.
This is the first government building in South Africa to achieve a 6 Star Green Star SA rating from the Green Building Council of South Africa.
Company owners have a responsibility, as employers and as visitors on this planet to live as sustainably as possible. This is the only way we can survive long-term and hand over to our children in a responsible manner.
An exciting new green building is being erected on the N1, nearby the Paarl mall. It was launched last week and the plans are to open the doors on 1 August next year.
The Princess Vlei Forum, a non-partisan group of citizens concerned about a proposed commercial development on the shores of Princess Vlei, Grassy Park, is Standing for the Princess for five days: 17 - 21 September. Anyone is welcome to join.
A new report shows that green building is profitable and increases productivity of building staff.
For mobile phone companies, the challenge of sustainability means maximising the positive, enabling effect of mobile technology, while minimizing the possible negative affect of such activities. A new report tackling these issues has recently been published.
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association has announced that lead has been eliminated from all locally-manufactured plastic pipe products and that all plastic pipes manufactured by its members are guaranteed to be free of heavy metals.
Why has green building not become standard practice for new buildings and refurbishments in South Africa?
A start has been made with construction of South Africa’s first “green” town that in time is expected to operate largely independently of the national energy grid. It will also be the first rural town fully integrated with an existing agricultural component, in this case a professionally run dairy farm, and one in which future food security has formed an important component of the overall planning.
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has announced the launch of the Pilot Certification Programme of the 4th Green Star SA rating tool €“ the Green Star SA Public & Education Building PILOT Rating Tool.
The green movement in the built environment is spreading like wildfire and in the month of September alone the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) certified three new green buildings in SA under the Green Star SA rating system.
Exploring and exposing environmentally-sound solutions and giving visitors the know-how to go home and make their houses more ecologically friendly is the focus of Grand Designs Live, coming to the Coca-Cola Dome from 21 to 23 May.
