Dear friends, This month I have investigated a variety of common household heaters in an attempt to evaluate the costs, and more importantly, the resulting CO2 emissions associated with their use. This might have come a little late in the year, with spring on our doorstep, however the same information will apply next winter. First [...]
The economic downturn is a perfect opportunity to fix rather than throw. ‘It’s cheaper to get a new one’ – how often have we heard or said that? Or ‘beyond its sell-by date’. Built-in – or planned – obsolescence, with us since the 1930s, means manufacturers design their products’ demise or non-functionality within a certain planned timeframe specifically to pressurize the consumer to make another purchase.
A decent cup of coffee could set you back R24, you’ll pay about R1.62 for a glass of milk, and squeezed citrus will cost around R13 per litre. But how much should we pay for a sip of clean water. And what’s the value of a glass of fresh, unpolluted air, asks Leonie Joubert?
Sue Bellinger re-imagine National Cleanup Week. One of the most sustainable activities that I’ve come across is ‘cleanups’. We do them over and over again, in the same places and the same way. Come September we’ll ‘celebrate’ National Cleanup Week. Hordes of community members, schoolchildren and corporate employees will be urged to ‘celebrate’ and participate. [...]
With the world's attention on the Copenhagen climate change negotiations happening later this year, a group of NGO's have drafted a climate treaty as a guide for governments to use at the negotiations. The proposes treaty brings together the need for ambitious and urgent action on adaptation and emissions reduction.
Two students at Michaelhouse private school in the Midlands, KZN have started their own small scale biogas system. Read their story of what they did, what worked and the successes they've had. Hopefully this project can the foundation a school wide biogas generation project.
You’re older than 15, but younger than 35? You expect at least another 50 years of the good life on planet earth? But you have heard that there are some problems? Sorry to disappoint you, but there are some seriously big ones. One of them is climate change, and it will hugely impact upon [...]
Dear friends, Here's a group of great people that's doing some amazing awareness-building and action-taking-work on climate change across the globe - 350.org 350ppm. An important number. Important because this number 350ppm (as in parts per million), is the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. But 350 [...]
“We wouldn’t be the first life form to make itself extinct. But what would be unique about us is that we did it knowingly. What does that say about us?” - The Archivist, The Age of Stupid (Peter Postlethwaite) This new documentary film is set in 2055, a little less than half a century on [...]
At Project 90 by 2030 we are always on the hunt for what we call "Climate Champions". These are individuals or groups of people who just get in there, take action and make simple changes in their lifestyle/behaviour and in living more sustainably. There are probably many to speak about, but we will be be [...]