One of the world’s leading renewable energy developers, Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Southern Africa, has plans for a 62-turbine wind farm near Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape. The project is expected to create 200 jobs.
You rarely think about the effect your appetite for fish has on the ecosystem (and to be fair, many “fish lovers” eat fish maybe once or twice a week – so how bad can it be?). According to many marine ecologists – the situation is bad. Our appetite for fish is exceeding the oceans’ ecological limits and the biggest single threat to marine ecosystems today is overfishing.
After the recent shark dramas, is a good relationship with sharks even possible? The Cape´s oceans are famous for their Great White population, attracting attention from all around the world. But recent controversy in our bay saw a research team blamed for the fatal shark attack of a young body boar
An enterprising duo has developed a sustainable alternative to fishmeal and soya livestock feeds, in the process helping to ease the pressure on precious natural resources which are constantly under strain from the growing human population.
South Africa’s drinking water is among the best to be found anywhere, and the country remains among a few in the world where water can safely be consumed from the tap, said water affairs minister Edna Molewa.Molewa was releasing the 2012 Blue Drop report during the Water Institute of Southern Africa
Innovative plastic pipe bins are being used in a waste removal project – the first of its kind in South Africa – to clear discarded fishing line from beaches along the country´s coastline.The specially designed bins form part of the Dyer Island Conservation Trust pilot project, an initiative that ai
Were the products you buy made in a manner your ethics can agree with? What is Fair Trade? The term Fair Trade (two words) almost speaks for itself – it means a trade of something that has been produced ‘fairly’.
The South African National Roads Agency Limited´s (Sanral) may be in the news for reasons many residents of Gauteng province would rather forget, but staff at the parastal´s head office in the capital city of Pretoria have reason to celebrate.The head office – on Schoeman Street – has been given a G
A premier event on South Africa’s 2012 coffee calendar, Fairtrade Coffee Week is back in full swing to celebrate South Africa’s coffee culture with an increased range of Fairtrade labelled coffees.
Grade seven pupils at Seripe Primary School in Mopani, Limpopo province, look with new eyes at the prolific birdlife in their area.After participating in National Birdlife Week as part of their Eco-Schools theme project in 2011, these children now have a basic understanding of how to identify birds