Johannesburg :: South Africa
| updated Fri Nov 27 08:41:13 -0800 2009
| green-news
Eat less meat, have smaller herds of animals, switch to more efficient stoves that pollute less, and develop more sustainable public transport systems are some of the lifestyle changes and technical fixes that could save millions of lives and reduce...
Cape Town :: South Africa
| updated Thu Nov 26 15:15:09 -0800 2009
| green-news
This group of Emperor penguins appear to be lining up for a photograph as their companion "prepares" to take the shot through the viewfinder. Photographer David Schultz found the penguin looking through the viewfinder of his camera in Antarctica as...
Cape Town :: South Africa
| updated Wed Nov 25 09:17:31 -0800 2009
| green-news
SOUTH AFRICA - Baboon Fred sits inside a car eating a piece of fruit on the outskirts of Cape Town after breaking inside the car. Visitors heading to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup are worried about the high...
Cape Town :: South Africa
| updated Sun Nov 15 15:58:22 -0800 2009
| green-news
Carbon trading, as promoted by the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), has become a key global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based on what some experts call "free market environmentalism", Kyoto signatories, who have agreed to a specific...
Johannesburg :: South Africa
| updated Wed Nov 25 09:24:45 -0800 2009
| green-news
As South Africans grapple with huge hikes in their electricity bills, the residents of an informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town have turned to the sun to provide for their heating needs in Africa's first project registered under...
Cape Town :: South Africa
| updated Sun Oct 04 14:14:53 -0700 2009
| green-news
South African disaster managers say they are confident they can remove oil from a stricken cargo ship in Cape Town’s Table Bay. The Turkish ship Seli 1 ran aground Tuesday and the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) took off the...
Plettenberg Bay :: South Africa
| updated Thu Nov 26 20:02:30 -0800 2009
| green-news
Holidaymakers bound for the southern Cape this Christmas will find that shared showers will be standard practice over the festive season. The southern Cape, including the holiday towns of George, Knysna, Mossel Bay, Sedgefield and Plettenberg Bay, is facing its...
Cape Town :: South Africa
| updated Thu Nov 26 09:10:33 -0800 2009
| green-news
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Thursday it had loaned South African state owned utility Eskom 1.86 billion euros ($2.81 billion) to finance the construction of the Medupi power project. The bank said the 4,800 megawatt Medupi power plant...
Johannesburg :: South Africa
| updated Tue Nov 24 08:31:24 -0800 2009
| green-news
The humanitarian aid community will not only be keeping tabs on the conversations about "who will cut how much [greenhouse gas emissions]" at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), but will also have their antennae tuned to...
Cape Town :: South Africa
| updated Tue Nov 24 01:07:53 -0800 2009
| green-news
Several Karoo towns are grappling with severe water shortages. The last rain to fall in the main dam's catchment area was almost two years ago...Beaufort West Municipal manager Jafta Booysen says they've had to enforce water restrictions. "When the rain...
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