R160-million-rand project to create jobs in KZN
A multi-million-rand planting season programme has been launched by the Kwa Zulu- Natal Finance MEC, Ravi Pillay in the hopes of addressing the challenge of...
Category : Greening And Environment
Air Seychelles commits to reducing the airline’s carbon emissions
Air Seychelles recently announced its corporate social responsibility programme aimed at reducing their carbon emissions. This is in response to a growing number of travelers...
Greenpop to plant 10 000 for Arbor Month
September is Arbor month in South Africa. To celebrate this, Greenpop, a Cape Town based, non-profit organisation whose mission is to create green communities and...
Mercedes-Benz factories to be climate-neutral from 2022
Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz has encouraged all its suppliers to be more climate neutral. Ola Kaellenius, CEO of Daimler, said, “This will become...
R160 billion green energy initiative might be solution to South Africa’s high greenhouse emissions
Plans for world’s largest green-energy financing enterprise are being ironed out in South Africa. Currently, researchers in South Africa are looking for ways to assist...
New waste recycling app to bridge the truck owner, customer gap
Wrapp, a new waste recycling solution working off the grid from a used ship container, is connecting independent truck owners and the customers who need...
Village community project trades plastic waste for rice
A new community program in the Philippines is attacking two of the village’s most serious issues: hunger and the plastic waste on the streets. Village...
Congo signs to protect the world’s second-largest rainforest
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to the Congo Basin- the world’s second-largest rainforest, after the Amazon. Denis Sassou N’Guesso, President of the...
National Recycling Day urges South Africans to interrogate their waste
South Africans have heard the “please recycle” message time and time again. However, with National Recycling Day around the corner, it is a crucial opportunity...
Scientist develops biodegradable plastic out of cactus juice
A Mexican scientist has developed a sustainable new form of biodegradable plastic out of cactus juice. Professor Sandra Pascoe Ortiz concocted her brilliant formula at...