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 [...]
Microplastic pollution is one of the most pervasive emerging environmental issues that we face today. The world’s oceans, freshwaters, soils, and air are increasingly contaminated with tiny plastic fragments, particles, and fibers, raising concerns about the associated environmental and human health impacts. Microplastics are tiny plastic particles with a length of fewer than five millimeters [...]
Now that it's all over, I take a look at which environmental initiatives will remain after the World Cup.
Get some great ideas from our Howick High Club about how to live sustainably. Let us know if you have any more to add.
Read our tips on how to stay green at the games.
We took seven of our school clubs on an outing to Goedgedacht Farm to celebrate World Environment Day on Saturday. Fifty learners from seven schools joined us for a day of fun in the sun and presented their well thought-out and creative ideas for reducing the carbon footprint of their school. Read on to find out what their ideas are.
Find out how you can join Project 90's 2010 Climate Challenge.
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.
Sue Bellinger re-imagine National Cleanup Week. One of the most sustainable activities that I’ve come across is ‘cleanups’. We do them over and over again, in the same places and the same way. Come September we’ll ‘celebrate’ National Cleanup Week. Hordes of community members, schoolchildren and corporate employees will be urged to ‘celebrate’ and participate. [...]
In her latest article, Sue Bellinger explores the energy wasted whilst preparing our food... read on for an alternative to modern day cooking technology. All that energy going to waste! All that heat and hard work – could we swap it for relaxation and quality time? Recently collecting some more Sunstoves for delivery to increasing [...]
