Embracing a different kind of World Environment Day
In the COVID-19 era, World Environment Day, which takes place on 5 June, will take on an even more significant meaning, as the air we...
Category : Greening And Environment
New plant-based bottles and cups backed by Coca-Cola And Dannon can degrade in a year
The Guardian recently hailed an innovation out of The Netherlands as possibly marking “the end of plastic.” And the biochemical startup Avantium has weathered through...
Farmers association’s act of ubuntu to fight poverty
Members of the African Farmers’ Association of SA (Afasa) have been touched by the impact of Coronavirus, particularly on impoverished communities who are grappling with...
SA’s first pygmy seahorse species found on KZN coast
A tip-off from a local diver has resulted in the discovery of SA’s first pygmy seahorse species in Sodwana Bay, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast....
How wildlife conservation could survive the devastating effects of Covid-19
In Africa, the wildlife conservation industry has dealt with many a challenge, many of which have been contained to parts of the continent. With Covid-19,...
Smallholders get R500m approved for Covid-19 agri disaster fund
The minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza, announced the outcome of the Covid-19 Agricultural Disaster Fund application process. The fund intervention...
Renewable energy a key component of SA’s economic recovery
It is expected that the energy demand will start ramping up as the country eases the lockdown and additional energy capacity will be required. Therefore,...
Learning from our elders: Planting veggies for the hard times ahead
A young lady from Valhuise, Oudtshoorn has started growing vegetables for the first time in her life. Valhuise has a high youth unemployment rate and...
Leading the pack in conservation efforts on Endangered Species Month
Countries around the globe are observing Endangered Species Month, and taking stock of the successes achieved and work left to be done in the fight...
India’s annual carbon emissions fall for the first time in four decades
In a report from carbonbrief.org, daily statistics on energy consumption and power plant activities demonstrate that India’s total year–over–year emissions has,for the first time in...