So “Plastic Free July” is almost over. How did I work beyond the 4 basic rejections they want newbies to do – reject single use shopping bags, straws, coffee cups and take-away containers?
A research paper concluding that climate-induced collapse is now inevitable, was recently released, with hopes of promoting discussion of the necessary deep adaptation to climate chaos.
Seaside communities whose recreational activities and tourism economy are vested in the attractiveness of our coast are increasingly concerned about the negative impacts of plastic pollution.
There is a high likelihood that South Africans may be unwittingly eating ‘natural honey’ that in fact has been mixed with syrup, says Agbiz agricultural economist, Wandile Sihlobo.
It’s hard to comprehend that giraffe numbers have plummeted by almost 40% in just three decades. They are now among the most threatened species on the planet, with only approximately 98,445 remaining across Africa!
David will race for 6 days through Australia’s Simpson Desert, in hopes of raising funds and contributing to increased public understanding of water-related issues around the world.
To build a just, sustainable, and healthy future for all South Africans, we need ethical savings and investments in our economy that support long-term social development and a healthy environment.
Africa’s first zero solid waste eco-industrial park was launched in Johannesburg recently. It is expected to attract over R10 billion in initial investments.
The federal government has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the landmark youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States that is scheduled for trial in October.
Environmental activist group Greenpeace is at odds with China after their R33.7 billion loan towards completion of the coal-fired Kusile Power Station near Witbank in Mpumalanga.
Recycling SMMEs received support from the PET recycling sector earlier this month in the form of equipment that will enable their effective participation in Ekurhuleni's recently launched mandatory recycling programme.
The Moretele and Hennops rivers rivers were selected for a clean-up by the Department of Water and Sanitation for the 67 Minutes for Mandela Day campaign last week.
The upward trend of renewables has grabbed headlines over the last few years, particularly due to the falling costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power and countries increasing their renewable commitments in the wake of the Paris Agreement reached at COP21.
“The current hot and dry spell in the UK is partly due a combination of North Atlantic ocean temperatures, climate change and the weather,” said Len Shaffrey, a professor of climate science at the University of Reading.
A community-funded affordable housing scheme for Cape Town has been named on a shortlist of five entries for Africa in a global competition run by RICS (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) to find solutions to problems facing the world’s cities.
Continuing destruction of tropical forests is disrupting atmospheric water movement, causing major shifts in precipitation that could lead to drought in key agricultural areas.
“We are very concerned about the national state of fisheries management and over exploitation. This is a disturbing global trend which we see manifesting itself locally as well to the detriment of livelihoods and ecosystem functioning.”
Activist groups are intensifying efforts to persuade Australia’s states and territories to demand the 26% emissions reduction target in the national energy guarantee be ramped up.
An Ethiopian entrepreneur is tackling Africa's pollution problem with Africa’s first waste-to-energy plant, which reduces noxious and dangerous landfill while powering urban homes.
Following major welfare concerns of the horses belonging to the South African Army in April 2018, the National Council of SPCAs was finally granted the ownership of 69 horses.
Using surface samples and aerial surveys, ocean plastic reduction group Ocean Cleaunup recently worked out that 46 percent of the plastic in the garbage patch by weight comes from a single product: fishing nets.
When I learned about the oil giant BP’s plan to drill off the coast of my home, my heart felt like it dropped out of my chest. My thoughts went immediately to those oil sullied shorelines in the Gulf of Mexico, where countless marine animals suffocated in the earth’s primordial blood.
Plastic packaging is associated with more than 4,000 different chemicals, including at least 148 highly hazardous substances, as new results from an ongoing scientific research project show.
Cheap and versatile, plastic is used for everything. The problem is, it’s also indestructible. As a result, it piles up in landfills where it leeches toxic chemicals into soil and groundwater, or ends up in the ocean affecting wildlife and getting into food chains.
World-renowned endurance swimmer, Lewis Pugh, is pushing the boundaries and stretching the human body and mind yet again, this time to swim the entire length of the English Channel.
Located on the southern tip of Africa, the Heuningnes River system includes numerous critically endangered terrestrial ecosystems such as Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos as well as Western and Central Rûens Shale Renosterveld.
Scientists, working with farmers, have discovered a technique that uses tailored sections of wildflowers to attract pest-eating insects, reducing the need to use pesticides to protect crops.
In its current form, the the long-awaited Climate Change Bill won’t get us where we need to be: a climate-resilient country that complies with international climate commitments, with near zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.
Be it by flood, drought or hurricane, communities at risk of climate displacement have won vital protection after their plight was for the first time recognised in a global pact on migration, campaigners say.
For several years, Malan, the chairperson of the Mabola Protected Environment Landowners Association, has opposed the a proposed Yzermyn underground coal mine near Wakkerstroom in the sensitive Mabola district.
Lying along a stream on the foothills of the majestic ore mountains that separate Czech Bohemia from German Saxony, the village of Libkovice used to be a very pleasant place to live.
Attorney Brent Wisner presented internal emails that showed how the agrochemical company rejected critical research and expert warnings over the years.
At least 50,000 mollusk species inhabit the Earth. Whereas some shells are harvested for their meat, others—like the chambered nautilus, known for its beautiful, coiled multi-colored protective casings—are collected solely for decorative purposes.
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park recently donated 30 of its uMkhuze elephant population to Zinave National Park situated in the Mozambique component of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area.
A global ocean protection group has expressed concern that plans to fast-track the expansion of Marine Protected Areas off the South African coast appear to have stalled.
The Adani Carmichael Coal and Rail project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin has proven controversial, facing a series of legal challenges by environment groups and Traditional Owners every step of the way, as well as campaigns by activists.
Stunting or impaired growth remains prevalent amongst the poorest South African children. This can result in increased episodes of illness, poor cognitive function and poor educational attainment.
Throughout the month of Plastic Free July, consumers were encouraged to #beatplasticspollution and join the challenge to “choose to refuse” single-use plastics.
The creation of the world’s biggest ocean sanctuary, protecting a huge tract of remote seas around Antarctica, has come a step closer after major fishing companies came out in favour of the plan.
Human faeces remains a global environment pollutant and changing the way we manage this waste can blaze a trail for a new way forward for sanitation in South Africa and the world, according to Jayant Bhagwan from the Water Research Commission.
As we prepare to mark World Population Day, 11 July, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), champion of conservation in Africa, draws attention to the link between human population and the environment.
Nicci Wright sees the kind of places “that will make your hair stand on end”. Yet every year these same “horrific” facilities receive permits from environmental officials to keep wild animals.
As the sun crept above the horizon, CBS News’ Don Dahler headed out in the Gulf of California with a disparate group of volunteers, veterinarians and marine biologists on a difficult – some would say impossible – mission to track the rarest of marine mammals: the vaquita, a species of porpoise. It’s a mission two years in the making.
Monitored by a conservationist, a young pangolin slurped ants with a long tongue near a veterinary hospital that became a temporary home after the animal was found near the body of its mother, killed by a jolt from an electric fence.
The goal: Collect 250 tonnes of food over three days to provide over a million meals. This is the task ahead for the second consecutive Mandela Day Food Drive, and South Africans encouraged to unite together to reach this goal.
Kenya’s ban comes with the world’s stiffest fines and some businesses are struggling to find affordable alternatives, but in Nairobi’s shanty towns the clean-up is changing lives.
When they’re not piling up in landfills, plastic bags are blocking storm drains, littering streets, getting stuck in trees, and contaminating oceans, where fish, seabirds, and other marine animals eat or get tangled up in them.
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