Bottled water vs tap water
Does bottled water taste better than tap water? The Project 90 team decided to find out...
The 40th Earth Day Celebration
Today is Earth Day! We've posted some ideas you could do to support the need to protect our fragile planet.
Daniel reflects on the recently completed Climate Challenge with Rob Zipplies
Changing behaviour begins with changing the way we think.
Just Fix It and Use the Old One
The economic downturn is a perfect opportunity to fix rather than throw. ‘It’s cheaper to get a new one’ – how often have we heard or said that? Or ‘beyond its sell-by date’. Built-in – or planned – obsolescence, with us since the 1930s, means manufacturers design their products’ demise or non-functionality within a certain planned timeframe specifically to pressurize the consumer to make another purchase.
Leonie Joubert: measuring the real value of the world
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?
Eric Mair’s Energy 101: Part 9
Part 9 of Eric Mair's Energy 101 Series, exploring building planning and design, using sustainable materials.
Demystifying Renewable Energy: Eric Mair
Dear friends, Eric Mair, from Capstone Renewables, will be hosting a Demystifying Renewable Energy presentation on the 8th of August 2009. This is a 90 minute presentation on what can be and, indeed, is being achieved both in the domestic and utility scale markets with renewable energy resources and technology available today. It is an [...]
Climate Champions: Michaelhouse School, KZN
Two students at Michaelhouse private school in the Midlands, KZN have started their own small scale biogas system. Read their story of what they did, what worked and the successes they've had. Hopefully this project can the foundation a school wide biogas generation project.
Abalimi Bezekhaya: growing sustainable urban neighbourhoods
Abalimi Bezekhaya: growing sustainable urban neighbourhoods Dear friends, Rob Small is like a force of nature and spending time with him will invigorate you or exhaust you or both, but you will not regret any of it. I first heard about Abalimi Bezekhaya back in 2000 as an organisation doing amazing work in townships. Abalimi [...]
Shared Earth Magazine: Issue 2!
Dear friends, We received our latest copy of Shared Earth Magazine yesterday, and what an inspiring and utterly practical second edition it is! The magazine embodies its vision of Practical ideas for self-sufficiency and sustainable living through its many no-fuss do-it-yourself features. Of course we are also very proud of Project 90 by 2030's inside [...]