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?
This December, all eyes turn to Denmark, when scientists and governments will come together to discuss the fate of the planet’s atmosphere. Leonie Joubert visits some of the country’s green solutions ahead of the all-important United Nations climate summit.
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.
A summary of our latest climate change adaptation workshop with small scale farmers within the Swartland region of the Western Cape. This workshop is part of a larger pilot study which provides farmers with information about climate change and tools to adapt of shift their farming practices.
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, 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 [...]
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 [...]