Renewable energy is one of the most tangible ways of making a fundamental shift from our current climate trajectory. Weening off from fossil fuels for energy will decrease our dependence on these limited and climate altering resources and allow us to move towards creating a low-carbon generation. The African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) was created [...]
The first quarter of 2016 for our community engagement work has been nothing short of eventful. We just completed our first year of the Energy Smart Citizens in Action project funded by the European Union. The Citizens in Action project partners with eight communities in the four provinces: Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal and Western Cape. [...]
Philippi Hub, Monday, 11 March 2016: The Keep It Bag added the element of energy saving in an environmentally respectful way to the Humane Society’s Green Monday Campaign. The event was aimed at familiarising marginalised women with the ethical, health and environmental benefits of eating vegan meals prepared from locally grown food and was attended [...]
It is that time again when we briefly share the many but fruitful activities we have participated in as the P&R team over the past couple of months. As the Policy & Research (P&R) team, we try to facilitate discussions around transparent climate actions necessary for a low-carbon world, but we also enjoy being part [...]
The past few weeks will undoubtedly go down as some of the most incredible and memorable weeks in the history of the Project 90 Leadership Clubs. It saw eight Project 90 Leadership Clubs in the Western Cape embark on a Low-Carbon project collectively (aptly named the Playing with Solar project) to build a solar mobile [...]
Neoka, our Policy & Research intern, writes from COP21 in Paris. As we enter the last 48 hours of negotiations, I wanted to focus today’s post on some of the people and solutions that have inspired me on this journey through COP21. 1) Bringing down fossil fuels The day before I left for COP21 I [...]
When I was a little girl, each December I would excitedly wait for my Christmas card from my Granny Esther. It always had a two Rand note in it, and with that I could buy a lot of sweets! My parents would string up all our Christmas cards in the lounge, our mantelpiece overflowing with [...]
Three weeks ago as the South African government negotiating team prepared to leave for Paris, a coalition of civil society organisations sat down together to draw up their ideal mandate. This consisted of a series of non-negotiable, climate ‘red lines’ that would help create the kind of ambitious and fair deal on emissions reduction and [...]
It is hard to imagine how quickly the last two years have gone by. To recap our activities of the past two years, we are sharing with you our latest organisational report: Project 90 by 2030 Biennial Report 2013-2015.
By Dan Wasserman. Copyright The Boston Globe. By Neoka Naidoo So I will start by asking you a few questions. In the world we live in, what is the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to investing? I would say… Money, moola, bucks, financial liquidity - whatever you want call [...]
