Microplastics: A Continued Environmental Issue

Microplastic pollution is one of the most pervasive emerging environmental issues that we face today. The world’s oceans, freshwaters, soils, and air are increasingly contaminated with tiny plastic fragments, particles, and fibers, raising concerns about the associated environmental and human health impacts. Microplastics are tiny plastic particles with a length of fewer than five millimeters [...]

By |2022-11-01T11:15:30+02:00November 1st, 2022|

Mobilising Support For Project 90

Mobilising Support For Project 90 - We need to cover costs for 3 months to continue inspiring and mobilising society towards a sustainably developed and equitable low-carbon future.  About The Project:  Entering 2020, Project 90 by 2030 was celebrating a record number of 21 YouLead Initiative participants receiving their Bronze President’s Award and one young [...]

By |2021-02-12T14:39:45+02:00February 12th, 2021|

YOULEAD WARRIORS LEARN THE BASICS OF SOLAR TECH

Playing with Solar 2019 Project 90 by 2030's youth development initiative - YouLead - is a structured skills development program for 40 (per year) Khayelitsha-based youngsters between the ages of 15-24, who learn about environmental stewardship through focused activities designed to make learning fun.  One such component is "Playing with Solar", where the YouLead Warriors [...]

By |2019-06-24T16:31:24+02:00June 24th, 2019|

Fuller’s Ten Suggestions to Take Civil Action Against Climate Change

Project 90 by 2030, Director, Lorna Fuller shares her Ten Suggestions to Take Civil Action Against Climate Change. I attended the discussion on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, released for decision makers early in October.  This was yet another report, prepared by the UN scientists reminding us that we (as a global “we”) [...]

By |2021-07-06T12:43:18+02:00November 30th, 2018|

Renewable Energy Projects in Communities (Pilot)

Project 90 by 2030's #JustEnergyTransition 2018 speaker, Thabo Sibeko - Program Officer for Earthlife Africa - delivers a presentation on "Pilot Renewable Energy Projects in Communities" - undertaken in various school communities in Gauteng. The project deliverables include the installation of solar panels and biogas digesters for power generation; and the development of food gardens [...]

By |2021-07-20T10:31:52+02:00July 2nd, 2018|

Humans need two planets to sustain current way of living

WWF's 2010 Living Planet report, released last week, warns we are living beyond the capacity of the planet, pumping more CO2 than the earth can absorb, using up resources quicker than they can be regenerated. If we continue this rate of consumption by 2030 we would need two planets to sustain us. The findings are a stark reminder that we need to change the way we live and the choices we make. We've put together a few simple ideas for you to start cutting carbon by changing the way you live.. and you can start all of these today!

By |2017-07-24T12:00:47+02:00October 18th, 2010|
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