The average household owns 24 electronic products, which are responsible for...
TVS Manufacturers are now designing more eco-friendly TVs, which are oriented towards energy savings. Here's how South Africa's favourites stack up, according to Greenpeace: · Thumbs up: Philips...
View ArticleKNOW YOUR GREEN FROM YOUR `GREEN'
TECHNOLOGY HAS BECOME NOT JUST A PART OF OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT ALSO A CLEAR ILLUSTRATION OF THE STANDARDS AND PRIORITIES WE SHARE AS A SOCIETY, WRITES ELIZABETH DIAZ ZUNIGA Each day, around the...
View ArticleTALKING job that Ev WASTE MANAGEMENT
JUST WHERE DOES SOUTH AFRICA STAND IN TERMS OF RECYCLING OPTIONS? KIM NOVICK FINDS OUT The National Waste Management Strategy (2011) specifies that all metropolitan municipalities, secondary cities and...
View ArticleSELFISH SUSTAINABILITY?
I HAVE BEEN UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE CONCEPT OF "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" EVER SINCE I FIRST CAME ACROSS IT IN SECOND_YEAR GEOGRAPHY, BACK IN THE `90S, WRITES SIMON GEAR It is certainly a noble goal, to...
View ArticlePUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD
THERE'S AN EASY _TO _UNDERSTAND GUIDE THAT WILL GIVE YOU A BASIC UNDERSTAINDING OF HOW TO GO ABOUT REDUCING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT, WRITES CARA BOUWER E ach stage of production, service or manufacturing...
View ArticleFEEL_GOOD FACTOR
ECO_TOURISM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA, BRING MONEY INTO THE ECONOMY AND CREATE JOBS, WRITES LISA DEWBERRY W ith tourism being the fastest-growing sector in South Africa,...
View ArticleFARMING FOR THE FUTURE
BIG BUSINESS IS PUTTING BIG EFFORT INTO SECURING THE WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY _ "SUSTAINABILITY" IS THE NEW "ECO_FRIENDLY", REPORTS TREVOR CRIGHTON A system that produces higher volumes of a betterquality...
View ArticleREACHING FOR THE (GREEN) STARS
THE MOVE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IS INCREASINGLY EVIDENT IN SOUTH AFRICA'S BUILT SECTOR, REPORTS TAMARA OBERHOLSTER The move towards sustainability in the built environment is being driven partly by...
View ArticlePUTTING CARBON NEUTRALITY INTO GEAR
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS MANKIND MUST DO TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALTER HOW WE TRANSPORT PEOPLE AND GOODS, SUGGESTS LINDSEY GRUBB Global and domestic supply chains need to be shortened to reduce...
View ArticleARE WE RUNNING OUT?
IS THE CURRENT PREOCCUPATION WITH LOAD _ SHEDDING KEEPING SOUTH AFRICANS IN THE DARK ABOUT OUR NEXT LOOMING CRISIS? ASKS GILLIAN KLAWANSKY W ith figures from the Department of Water and Environmental...
View ArticleMINING NEW `ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM' TO STAMP OUT OVERREGULATION
ALTHOUGH WELCOMED, THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) REGULATIONS ARE ALSO UNDERPINNED BY CONTENTION, WRITES BRINDAVENI NAIDOO The National Environmental Management Act (NEMA): EIA...
View ArticleFINDING ENERGY
SOUTH AFRICA IS LOOKING HARDER FOR A SOLUTION TO ITS POWER SHORTAGES, REPORTS LESLEY STONES There's a site in the Northern Cape that has turned from a sweltering and barren landscape into a hive of...
View ArticleWHERE TO FROM HERE?
Drew believes the only way forward is through continued education. "I think that, across the world, we are caught between education and disaster.The more educated people become to the dangers and risks...
View ArticleAFRICA'S GREEN POTENTIAL
As a leading economy in Africa, South Africa is perfectly poised to lead the global green revolution Says environmental thought leader and eco-capitalist Jason Drew: "In the same way that Africa has...
View ArticleTALKING ABOUT A (GREEN) REVOLUTION
WHERE DOES SOUTH AFRICA STAND IN TERMS OF TRANSFORMING A TRADITIONALLY COAL_FIRED ECONOMY INTO A HUB OF GREEN ACTIVITY? GAYE CROSSLEY INVESTIGATES " Don't you know, they're taking `bout a revolution?...
View ArticlePARKHURST'S PLANS TO GO `OFF GRID'
The Parkhurst Residents & Business Owners Association in Johannesburg has big plans to go green by producing its own power. The idea is that the Johannesburg suburb's 2 100 households will generate...
View ArticleAFRICA'S GREENEST HOTEL
Hotel Verde, located 400m from Cape Town International Airport, was recently named Green Hotelier of 2015 for the Africa and the Middle East region. Hotel Verde is the first hotel in Africa to achieve...
View ArticleEDITOR'S NOTE
I n late-2013 well-known environmentalist Simon Gear, the author of Going Green, chaired a forum event at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) during which the university launched the book...
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