Amazing recycling ideas
Today is National Recycling Day - I've put together a few really brilliantly clever re-using and recycling ideas to inspire you.
Painting a colourful picture of our energy future
Why does Eskom not adapt its operations to better suit the world we live in today? This is the question Happy Khambule is asking in an article published in the Green Times. He writes about Eskom and the role they are playing in South Africa's energy future.
New project to improve schools’ water and energy access
Mikhail Grant, a volunteer from the USA joined our Community Partnership Programme on a site visit in Kwa Zulu Natal. Project 90 is about to launch two new projects which will combine the work of our Community Partnership Programme with our Leadership Clubs Programme. We have selected two of our Leadership Cubs schools to improve their electricity and water access. The CPP team set out to rural Kwa-Zulu Natal to assess the energy and water situation of the two schools.
P90 flash mobs Silvermine
We love flash mobs and held our first at Silvermine.
Your chance to input into SA’s energy future
The public consultation phase on the IRP2 process (which will decide South Africa's energy future) closes on Friday. We are mobilising as many people as possible to support a renewable energy future by making your own submission. We've made it as easy as possible, all you need to do is read through our submission and, if you agree with it, add your own contact details and send it through. Feel free to add or change anything or, if you're feeling up to it, draft your own submission. This is your chance to make a difference!
Winning Project 90 Clubs – What did they get up to?
Curious to know a little bit more about the Project 90 winning clubs, and what sort of ideas they had and projects they implemented? Our regional clubs coordinators have written a little about each club for us, so read on to find out more.
Project 90 Winning Clubs Announced
Project 90 clubs have done some amazing work to cut carbon emissions this year. Read on to find out about winning clubs, and excerpts written on each club by our clubs coordinators.
Voices of the Youth
By Cape Town Clubs Coordinator Daniel Robinson Last week, Project 90 Club members were taking part in an exciting workshop run by Lee Middleton, an American journalist based in Africa for the past five years, and Mbali Vilakazi, an award winning performance poet and radio host, from the Children's Radio Foundation based in Cape Town.
Humans need two planets to sustain current way of living
WWF's 2010 Living Planet report, released last week, warns we are living beyond the capacity of the planet, pumping more CO2 than the earth can absorb, using up resources quicker than they can be regenerated. If we continue this rate of consumption by 2030 we would need two planets to sustain us. The findings are a stark reminder that we need to change the way we live and the choices we make. We've put together a few simple ideas for you to start cutting carbon by changing the way you live.. and you can start all of these today!
Leaked documents show French nuclear power station design flawed
Project 90's director, Brenda Martin, has been awarded a full scholarship to study a Climate leadership programme in Munich. She is travelling in Europe at the moment and on her arrival in France she she saw the alarming news headlines describing leaked documents which show that the design on French company EDF's nuclear power station is flawed and could cause a catastrophic accident.