Climate change is the most widespread & complex problem humanity has ever faced! There is no time to waste and we need to turn green talk into profound green action. This is the intention of the GREEN TIMES.
Load shedding and escalating energy costs have had significant impacts on businesses in South Africa. Whilst South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPP), which has been at the forefront of South African energy news, is going some of the way to addressing South Africa’s energy requirements, many businesses are starting to take … [Read more...]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sought to end the protests against his government with a mixture of duplicity and brutality. He is being aided and abetted by the leaders of the protests, who are playing into his hands. The mass demonstrations against Erdogan’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) government began in Gezi Park in Istanbul in opposition … [Read more...]
The first-ever summit to focus specifically on the issue of marine debris around the African continent will be taking place during World Environmental Week and World Ocean Day, 6-8 June 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa. Plastics|SA, the umbrella body representing the South African plastics industry, has announced that it will be joining hands with the Department of … [Read more...]
The annual paddle event from the Indian to the Atlantic Oceans along Cape Town’s waterways takes place on Sunday 9th June. This paddling adventure passes through many neighbourhoods of the city through its canals, lakes and rivers. This year Riaan Manser joins the paddle. Riaan has ridden around Africa on his bike, paddled right around Madagascar and Iceland. Now he is going … [Read more...]
Of 1,3 million tons of plastic manufactured in our country, only 250 000 tons was recycled in 2011 – and most of that was post-consumer waste. This means that a big chunk more could have been recycled, according to Jacques Lightfoot, Sustainability Manager of Plastics SA. He opened the Third Annual Waste Management and Recycling Conference held at the Birchwood Hotel in … [Read more...]
Even in these belt-tightening times, consumers worldwide are going green, showing with their wallets an increased interest in products that have been produced in an environmentally conscious manner. Since its inception in 2009, the main thrust of the Nedbank Green Wine Awards has been to reward and elevate the quality of wines made from organically grown grapes, honouring … [Read more...]
Registrations are underway for the 3rd Annual Waste Management and Recycling conference, which will be held on 18 &19 April 2013 in Johannesburg. Over the two days, speakers will address topics such as: Mobilizing communities in domestic waste management Raising participation in recycling programmes using social marketing Progress in tyre recycling; the … [Read more...]
Africa, with all its natural resources, is the ideal location for renewable energy infrastructure investment and development. With potential growth in renewable energy investment set to grow from US $3,6 billion in 2012 to US $57 billion by 2020, the 'gold rush' has started. The large volume of foreign direct investment into the South African Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) … [Read more...]
Solar energy, one of our most abundant locally sourced energy resources, plays a critical role in South Africa today. Experts are therefore welcoming the growing interest by developers and investors. The full potential of solar and its competition position as an alternative energy source still requires extensive exploration. According to Edwin Koot, CEO of leading global … [Read more...]
As ministers arrived at climate talks in the Qatari capital Doha, Greenpeace urged European countries not to take the side of Poland and Russia in a battle over whether to maintain the Kyoto Protocol’s biggest loophole and to make real progress on a deal to prevent catastrophic climate change. Europe has traditionally been seen as a progressive force in climate negotiations, … [Read more...]
A new report by the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) has shown that less than 11% of currently provided climate finance meets the UN commitment of being "new and additional." The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), a centre of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and an integral part of the Climate for Development in Africa programme (ClimDev-Africa), … [Read more...]
