Project 90 is an organisation that was ahead of the times – choosing a definitive name and optimistic goal when climate change was not fully understood. Ten years later, climate change is now an accepted concept and its huge impacts are clearly visible. From the Pope’s encyclical to the Paris climate deal - citizens are [...]
The Playing with Solar project has been an immense undertaking for Project 90 since the start of February, and at the same time it has been an incredible learning opportunity for us. One of our biggest learnings has been being able to better appreciate different people with different perspectives - Playing with Solar has allowed [...]
I've been lucky to see Project 90 from various perspectives. I've been a curious onlooker as it first started up, hearing of their work in 2009, a member of staff in 2011 and 2012, and a member of the board from 2016. I have always been impressed by Project 90's work - initially with their [...]
Keep It Bag recipe 1: Cabbage and Potato Curry + Butternut Serves 4 Cabbage and Potato Curry Ingredients: Oil – 3 Tbsp Cinnamon - 1 small stick Bay Leaf – 1 Fennel seeds - 1 tsp Cumin seeds - 1 tsp Onion – 1 large, sliced thinly Potato – 1 large, peeled and cubed Cabbage [...]
On 21 June 2017, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) hosted their quarterly National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) meeting with presentations from a variety of government departments including the Department of Energy (DoE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). The DoE’s presentation did not include any new [...]
We are moving into the last segment of the EU funded SMART Citizens in Action project, which will draw to a close in October and there is quite a bit of excitement about seeing many of the project outputs coming together. The most recent milestone has been the completion of the documentary about the project [...]
In early June Richard Halsey joined the South African delegation to the BRICS Political Parties, Think-tanks and Civil Society Organizations Forum in China. The event was held in Fuzhou on the southeastern coast of the country and was attended by over 400 people in total. The gathering bought together representatives from the BRICS nations (Brazil, [...]
It’s not very often you find an awesome volunteer who’s really up for a challenge! Enter Kayla Patel. Kayla is currently in the second year of her Strategic Brand Communications degree at The Vega School, Cape Town. She started out studying media and film at UCT but soon realised it wasn’t for her and followed [...]
Ingredients (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250ml) 1 cup chana dhal (yellow lentils) Soak chana dhal in 2 cups of water, preferably overnight and use the same water to cook dhal Other Ingredients: 1 medium sized onion, finely chopped 1 medium sized tomato, finely chopped 10 to 12 curry leaves (optional) ½ inch ginger [...]
An exciting opportunity has emerged at Project 90 by 2030! We are looking for a dynamic and experienced individual to take on the role of Policy & Research Thematic Expert at Project 90! See link below for more information. If you enjoy working in an environment that is collaborative, energetic, creative, fun and inquisitive, please apply [...]
