The Cape flats are situated in the North side of Cape Town. Described accurately as the 'dumping ground of apartheid' it was here that thousands of 'non-white' households were forced to move because of the Group Areas Act, and today it is home to over a million people who manage to live out an existence [...]
In June 2022, two of our young #ClimateLeaders made their way to Germany for a line-up of climate and social justice events, engagements, and conferences, set up and supported by our partners and friends at Misereor and Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend (BDKJ). These events sought to bring together youth from South Africa and [...]
MEDIA RELEASE: 07 October 2021 Young Climate Activists from Khayelitsha embark on ‘Playing With Solar’ programme following their Climate Action outside Parliament (Cape Town) last week and the Build Up to COP26. On Saturday, 9 October 2021, young climate activists from Khayelitsha, hot off the heels from the 24th September 2021 Parliament (Cape Town) [...]
This past Saturday we had our first YouLead 2021 event! This was an opportunity for the parents of our future warriors to get to know more about us, more detail about the programme, and what their child can expect over the course of the year. In total 37 people were present, and through safety [...]
My Experiences at the Virtual Youth Summit Have you wondered what happens next when you have finally learned what you needed to get through a certain stage in life? I know I have. You see I have been a climate activist for about more than a year now and I have always wondered what would [...]
Every year youth day comes around it’s important to connect with the past and why we celebrate it. More than 20,000 youth in 1976 marched in Soweto, Johannesburg, where sadly hundreds lost their lives for standing up for their rights against the apartheid government. Forty four years on it marks a day to think about [...]
The history of police and military brutality in South Africa, especially the death of Collins Khosa and others more recently; as well as the recent Black Lives Matter protests in The United States of America -we should be reminded of the unnecessary and unconstitutional brutality that black people face all the time. It does not [...]
"Bending the Curve" through Social Solidarity Robert Zipplies is a long-time partner of Project 90 by 2030. In 2008 he published one of the first books on climate change in a South African context. His book, Bending the Curve was a pioneer in highlighting the need to reduce our carbon emissions significantly to prevent runaway [...]
With less than a month to prepare for what may be the biggest global climate strike action to date – scheduled for Friday 20 September – 350 Africa, Project 90 by 2030 and HoneyBush Communications will host a first-ever Youth Artivism Workshop, at Community House in Salt River on 24 August from 9am – 4pm. [...]
Climate change is enormously complex, and yet quite simple. Amidst the doom and gloom there is also hope, and each of us have a part to play in shaping the future. Short of nuclear war, climate change will be the greatest challenge to face human civilisation with mass extinction of earth's species' - including us [...]
