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Joseph Mazzello and Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network (2010): women are rarely depicted in such roles on screen. Columbia Pictures
Where are the women scientists in our films?
[Vivienne Glance] Are women not working in science because there are very few women portrayed in films and on TV who are working in science? read
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#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability
#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2016 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's CSI & Sustainability portal over the past year below. read
Circular Economy
Salvaging construction waste with StoneCycling
Salvaging construction waste with StoneCycling

Emile Uys

This Dutch startup collects demolition debris and recycles it for new buildings... read
Climate Change
Google last week announced that it is on target to power its operations 100 percent by renewable energy, an example of businesses trying to change the energy system.
Trump, carbon neutrality and the next phase of business sustainability

Andrew J. Hoffman

The Trump administration appears to be moving in one direction on the issue of climate change with the appointment of climate skeptic Scott Pruitt to head up the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a transition team led by and stacked with fossil fuel interests... read
Rice paddies are one of the major sources of methane in agriculture. ,
Methane from food production might be the next wildcard in climate change

Pep Canadell et al.

Methane concentrations in the atmosphere are growing faster than any time in the past 20 years... read
Africa should be worried about the expanding tropics
Africa should be worried about the expanding tropics

Steve Turton

In school, we learnt that the tropical zone is defined as the hot region of our planet - between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. But the more important climatic boundary between tropical and temperate climates is bounded by the slightly larger region covering about 30 degrees latitude either side of the Equator... read
Battling climate change with holistic solutions
Battling climate change with holistic solutions

Jamie Matroos

Farmers in Guatemala are adapting to climate change using climate-smart strategies... read
How to reduce your kitchen's impact on global warming
How to reduce your kitchen's impact on global warming

Karli Verghese

The food we eat is responsible for almost a third of our global carbon footprint... read
If coal power is becoming redundant, why are the Big Banks investing in it?
If coal power is becoming redundant, why are the Big Banks investing in it?
Environmental rights advocacy groups are questioning why major banks and state entities are investing in new-build coal-powered power station... read
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Drought in southern Africa points to urgent need for climate change plans

Kennedy Dzama and Tawanda Marandure

It is expected that temperatures in southern Africa will rise to between 1.5°C and 3°C due to climate change by the year 2050... read
Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change
Soil and pulses strategic allies in creating food security, combating climate change
According to a new report by FAO, soil and pulses, especially when deployed together, can make significant contributions toward feeding the world and combatting climate change... read
Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture
Mainstreaming biodiversity to create sustainable agriculture
Maintaining biological diversity is important for producing food... read
Climate change could leave South African tourism high and dry
Climate change could leave South African tourism high and dry

Jennifer Fitchett and Gijsbert Hoogendoorn

Towards the end of each year hundreds of thousands of people escape dark, cold, rainy winters in Europe and North America for a break in sunny South Africa... read
Education & Training
Using Minecraft to inspire interest in computer science
Using Minecraft to inspire interest in computer science
Computer science remains one of the most exciting, transformative and lucrative careers for the youth to embark upon, but is still underrepresented... read
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Mondelez initiative to enhance capacity of cocoa farmers
As production of cocoa has failed to keep pace with world demand, prices have steadily been rising for several years. Mondelez International is taking steps to help cocoa farmers boost production... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Healing the scars of mining through sustainable rehabilitation
Healing the scars of mining through sustainable rehabilitation
Recent studies on the promised land rehabilitation and environmental remediation of previously used mining sites have uncovered some major discrepancies... read
Giraffes 'threatened with extinction'
Giraffes 'threatened with extinction'
Wild giraffe numbers have plummeted by 40% in the last three decades, and the species is now "vulnerable" to extinction, a top conservation body warned Thursday, 8 December... read
Clanwilliam cedar could be extinct within the 21st century
Clanwilliam cedar could be extinct within the 21st century
A study by UCT researchers has confirmed a decline in the iconic conifer, the Clanwilliam cedar, which gives the name to the Cederberg Wilderness Area... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger
Why Zimbabwe has failed to sate the yearning for land and to fix rural hunger

Beverly L. Peters

Almost 40 years after its independence, land reform remains at the heart of Zimbabwe's political and economic challenges... read
Sustainable farming is water smart farming
Sustainable farming is water smart farming

Issued by UTZ

Does a sustainable label really make a difference? According to Henriette Walz - Climate Change and Environmental expert at UTZ - it really does... read
Building real sustainability in renewables projects
Building real sustainability in renewables projects
Thanks to the government's IPP programme, renewable energy is one of the country's fastest growing sectors, which includes a significant socio-economic development component. read
Health & Welfare
Women in Action participate in 16 Days of Activism helping victims of trauma break the silence
Women in Action participate in 16 Days of Activism helping victims of trauma break the silence

Issued by Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

For the sixth consecutive year Women in Action's trained trauma counsellors participated in the annual 16 Days of Activism against gender based violence... read
Inclusion & Equality
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R250m centre for Constantia

Dave Chambers

Cape Town's upmarket suburb of Constantia is poised to get a new shopping centre and two traffic circles... read
Winds of change sweep over SA farms
Winds of change sweep over SA farms
"Dit is lekker op die plaas" is what Solms-Delta Wine Estate co-owner Professor Mark Solms said when Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti launched the Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land policy (50/50) at the farm on Saturday, 10 December... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Government works to build six million houses
Government works to build six million houses
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says government has its eyes firmly fixed on the target of delivering six million houses and subsidies to beneficiaries by 2019... read
Rise of the glass giants: how modern cities are forcing skyscrapers to evolve
Rise of the glass giants: how modern cities are forcing skyscrapers to evolve

David Nicholson-Cole

Slick, glassy skyscrapers cast their shadows over the streets and spaces of cities all over the world... read
Kouga Wind Farm recognised for good environmental management practice
Kouga Wind Farm recognised for good environmental management practice
Kouga Wind Farm, situated outside Oyster Bay, has been recognised for its strides in environmental management good practice... read
When planning falls short: the challenges of informal settlements
When planning falls short: the challenges of informal settlements

Hesam Kamalipour et al.

Informal settlements house around one-quarter of the world's urban population... read
Business
Three challenges of expanding your business in Africa
Three challenges of expanding your business in Africa

Bruce van Wyk

Africa is rising. According to the latest figures in the 2016 African Economic Outlook report, annual GDP growth rose to above 5% between 2001 and 2014... read
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Empathy as a starting point to innovation

Amandine Robin

Often, the orientations to innovation are determined by the skills existing in a factory at a given time. Typically, the company owns a technical know-how and uses it to improve or transform its products... read
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