Dear Friends, We recently stumbled upon this very inspiring news from the Maldives Islands, or rather the Republic of Maldives, also referred to as The Maldives. The Maldives, southwest of India, is made up of a chain of 1192 small coral islands that are grouped into clusters of atolls. It has a total area of [...]
Dear friends, I spent the past weekend with some fantastic people participating in a "Grow to live" gardening course with Soil for Life, a non profit organisation based in Constantia, Cape Town. Soil for Life teaches people to grow their own food and it works with the premise – healthy soil, healthy plants, and healthy [...]
Dear friends, A current inspiration at our office is a new book by author and weatherman Simon Gear titled: Going Green, 365 ways to change our world, published by Penguin Books. Brenda Martin, our Director, recently penned this review in our March 2009 newsletter (to receive our monthly newsletter, send us an email with your [...]
Dear friends, In our search for practical solutions to reduce car travel, we stumbled upon this innovative 'low carbon' shopping bike. The design looks fairly simple, and potentially something that one can do at home. We give you, the Cart Bike! The picture above is a project by Ryan McFarland. See his design and guide [...]
Dear friends, So, Earth Hour 2009 has come and gone. What happened on Saturday night at 8h30pm? Did the whole world join in on this craze to switch lights and electrical appliances off for an hour? If so, how successful was it, and what happens now? After the build up over the last few weeks [...]
OSLO, March 24 (Reuters) - A proposed U.N. study of climate extremes will be a practical guide for tackling natural disasters and fill a gap in past reports focused on the gradual effects of global warming, experts said. Floods, mudslides, droughts, heatwaves or storms are often the main causes of destruction and human suffering [...]
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 [...]
How well do we utilize the resources that we pay for? This is the question that Sue Bellinger explores in her post about consumer behaviour, waste reycycling and what ends up in our landfill sites. A must read if you care at all about happens to 'stuff'!