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In the Cape Town suburb of Plumstead stands a house poisoned by the over-application of a pesticide by a fumigation company some 11 months ago.
The imminent sale of De Beers€™ diamond mining operations on the Cape West Coast must be halted until full disclosure and proper consultation with all affected parties has taken place, says the community of Hondeklipbaai.
"We are worried about school; we have no bags, no stationery, no uniforms. We will fall behind in our education whilst other children will work".
Relief and charity organisations have initiated a wide-scale aid relief effort after tornadoes wreaked havoc in two provinces.
The 1st Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC 2012) will be held from
the 21st to the 23rd of May 2012 at the Protea Hotel in the Technopark, Stellenbosch.
In the red: We've already eaten into - and substantially so - our future carbon budget, explained Prof Harald Winkler of UCT's Energy Research Centre in his inaugural lecture, 'Climate Change Mitigation in the Context of Development'.
There are still people who believe that economy and ecology are mutually exclusive systems. How then did the earth thrive for so many millions of years?
The Heritage Environmental Management Company today announced the introduction of the new Green Globe App for Apple mobile devices €“ an application promoting responsible tourism businesses across the continent and globally.
Nedbank has received a 4-star rating for green office design from the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) for its new regional head office currently underway at Menlyn Maine, Africa's first green city.
Proudly South African announced the winners of their 5th Annual Homegrown Awards competition at a glamorous gala dinner event celebrated at Sandton Convention Centre sponsored by PetroSA.
May I share with you why I think the Earth is screwed?
If you watch the news for just one day you will see that money and related issues take up 90% of every broadcast. It's the Greek crisis, it's the fact that economies worldwide are not growing, and it's the stock markets. These are the urgent issues of the day.
And these issues resonate with us. After all, if the stock market in Ho Chi Minh City is down 43% how on earth are we going to pay our bills at the end of this month? And there is nothing quite so urgent as this months bills.
