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Friday, 28 September 2012 16:15

Six years of corporate green

For the sixth consecutive year, Nedbank Group has been included on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index; one of only two South African financial institutions and five South African companies to feature on this important benchmark of global corporate sustainability.

Published in Business

Spring is a great time to clean out the bathroom cupboard and take a close look at those chemicals you no longer want to burden your body or the environment with.

Published in Natural Health

Households and businesses in the Pretoria region are being urged to recycle their polystyrene. Used and recycled polystyrene can find a second life in a wide variety of different products, including picture frames, stationery and seedling trays.

Published in Waste

Treeplanting Cape Town greenies celebrated their 2nd birthday earlier this month at The Assembly in Cape Town.

Published in Gatherings
Thursday, 27 September 2012 13:57

Secrecy increases over Nuclear Energy in SA

Greenpeace Africa together with the South African History Archives (SAHA) have today submitted four requests for information on the management of nuclear energy in South Africa. These requests have been submitted due to the increasing lack of transparency and growing secrecy in this high-risk sector.

Published in Energy
Thursday, 27 September 2012 13:24

Illegal fishing in Mozambican waters robs people

Foreign fishing vessels are stealing fish from the Indian Ocean, and depriving local communities of their livelihood.

Published in Action
Thursday, 27 September 2012 11:36

Orphaned rhino doing well at rehab centre

An orphaned Timbavati rhino calf whose mother was slaughtered for her horns last week is adapting well at a specialist wildlife rehabilitation centre.

Published in Species Protection
Wednesday, 26 September 2012 12:50

Breathing new life into Platbos Forest

Recently, our team spent a relaxing weekend at the 1000 year old Platbos Indigenous Forest, near Gansbaai. We slept in huts made from wood and canvas, and heated up the geyser by making a fire beneath it.

Published in Trees
Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:00

Fracking in SA: how can they say it's safe?

As part of a global anti-fracking day, more than 400 people from various walks of life gathered in front of the gates of Parliament on Saturday 22 Sept, to call for a ban on fracking in South Africa.

Published in Action

The massive and widespread 2012 drought that has gripped the nation of USA since the spring refuses to die, according to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor — In fact, it has expanded a little.

Published in Climate Change