You’re older than 15, but younger than 35? You expect at least another 50 years of the good life on planet earth? But you have heard that there are some problems? Sorry to disappoint you, but there are some seriously big ones. One of them is climate change, and it will hugely impact upon [...]
"Reaching a 15% renewable target by 2020 will not cost the earth..." This is one of the key findings in a recent study by Dr Andrew Marquard, Bruno Merven and Emily Tyler from the Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town. Commissioned by the Climate Change Programme of WWF South Africa, the study explores the [...]
Dear friends, Elections 2009 is upon us! So is Earth Day - 22nd April! One of our regular contributors, David Le Page, explores which South African political party is the greenest of them all. So if you want to identify the greenest party to vote for on Wednesday 22, how do you choose? It’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]