SA Not Safeguarding Air Quality

Air Quality is no joke and demands a long term solution The day after the national lockdown commenced, a one-line poetic injustice appeared in the Government Gazette. It took the form of an amendment to the Air Quality Act that doubled the upcoming emissions limit for sulphur dioxide (SO2): one of the pollutants that is [...]

By |2021-07-05T13:11:15+02:00April 23rd, 2020|

CAPE TOWN YOUTH TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE USING ART AS THEIR ‘WEAPON’

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. [...]

By |2019-08-22T15:05:39+02:00August 22nd, 2019|

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|

CLIMATE CHANGE WILL SHIFT POLITICAL POWER STRUCTURES

  Political Party Manifesto Debate at Community House, 25 April 2019 Election 2019 results show that the African National Congress (ANC) has maintained its position as the country’s governing party despite the party’s lack of focus on the critical issues of our time – namely climate change and environmental degradation – in their [...]

By |2019-05-13T10:49:45+02:00May 13th, 2019|

VOTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ON MAY 8

SOUTH AFRICANS NEED AN ENVIRO-CONSCIOUS GOVERNMENT On Thursday 25 April, a coalition of environmental and social justice groups and members of the public interrogated political parties – represented by Faiez Jacobs (ANC); Farouk Cassim (COPE); Beverley Schafer (DA); Jeremy Acton (Dagga Party); Jason Sole (Green Party); Shaheed Mahomed (Socialist Workers Party); and Ncedisa Mpemnyama (BLF) – in [...]

By |2019-05-01T11:55:17+02:00May 1st, 2019|

THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Project 90 by 2030, together with partner organisation 350 Africa collaborated on an infographic in order to drive home the effects and consequences of climate change on the economy in our country: JOB LOSSES Climate change will lead to job losses, specifically in the following sectors: agriculture, tourism and energy.  Tourism affects over 722 000 [...]

By |2019-05-13T14:14:03+02:00April 26th, 2019|

WILL YOU BE VOTING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ON 8 MAY?

While the country’s politicians vie to secure support from citizens in the run-up to the National Elections next month, a coalition of environmental and social justice groups hosted a Public Political Party Manifesto Debate to draw voters’ attention to the growing threat of climate change impact to life on Earth. The debate – which was [...]

By |2019-04-26T10:22:16+02:00April 26th, 2019|

Project 90’s Richard Halsey attended an “Emotions” Workshop at COP24

Parallel to the large main events of the COP24 negotiations, there are a wide variety of side events. One I attended was a small discussion group at the Climate Hub around the EMOTIONS that climate change induces... How do those people active in the climate change space maintain hope when it sometimes seems so hopeless? [...]

By |2018-12-12T12:36:21+02:00December 13th, 2018|
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