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The fight against poaching must shift to empowering communities
The fight against poaching must shift to empowering communities
[Annette Hübschle] Wildlife crimes were once considered a “green” matter. But this has changed... read

INNOVATION MONTH
#InnovationMonth: The Joinery's journey to create a sustainable future for fashion
The Joinery's journey to create a sustainable future for fashion

Lauren Hartzenberg

Cape Town-based ethical fashion and lifestyle brand, The Joinery, is trailblazing the local sustainable business scene... read
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Circular Economy
Sets Drapes Screens has nothing to lose but waste, making furniture from offcuts
Sets Drapes Screens has nothing to lose but waste, making furniture from offcuts
Many sets are destroyed and thrown away as soon as an event is over... read
Education & Training
BIC embarks on educational roadshow
BIC embarks on educational roadshow

Issued by Zinto Activation Group

For the sixth consecutive year, BIC has embarked on its school roadshow, and this year, the stationery brand's message is: "If you can dream it, you can be it."... read
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Wind farm sparks young minds

Tremaine van Aardt

The Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm's Foundation Phase Literacy Programme will launch several reading clubs across the Kouga municipality in an effort to help re-ignite a love for reading which is often lost with age... read
Environment & Natural Resources
Hong Kong-based airline adopts baby rhino in support of Investec Rhino Lifeline project
Hong Kong-based airline adopts baby rhino in support of Investec Rhino Lifeline project
Cathay Pacific has adopted an orphan baby rhino as part of its ongoing partnership with the Investec Rhino Lifeline (IRL) project... read
Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution
Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution
Currently in pilot phase at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in Limpopo, MTN's Connected Wildlife Solution aims to tip the scales in favour of endangered species like rhinos and those working to save them... read
Tongji University students tackle rhino horn demand management in China using design
Tongji University students tackle rhino horn demand management in China using design
Forty students from China's Tongji University in Shanghai have spent the last few months contributing to the fight against rhino poaching in Africa... read
MyPlanet Rhino Fund supports variety of rhino conservation, education projects in 2017
MyPlanet Rhino Fund supports variety of rhino conservation, education projects in 2017
The MyPlanet Rhino Fund has become one of the biggest citizen-driven fundraising initiatives for rhino conservation raising more than R9.1m over the past six years... read
Food, Water & Energy Security
José Graziano da Silva, director-general, FAO. ©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti.
FAO director-general calls for renewed commitment to zero tolerance on food loss, waste
FAO director-general José Graziano da Silva has joined in calls for a renewed global commitment to zero tolerance on food loss and waste... read
Emira's Centurion rainwater harvesting pilot programme generating notable results
Emira's Centurion rainwater harvesting pilot programme generating notable results
According to the Emira Property Fund, its rainwater harvesting at One Highveld, a retail warehouse property just off the N1 highway and John Vorster Drive in Centurion, is delivering a 73% reduction/saving in municipal water use... read
Health & Welfare
Thari Programme provides vulnerable women and children with safe space to thrive
Thari Programme provides vulnerable women and children with safe space to thrive

Issued by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation

A groundbreaking initiative has been launched to provide safe places for vulnerable children, youths and women that are inclusive, free from violence, academically effective, gender sensitive, and promote health and well-being... read
NPO raises over R6m for lactation unit, breast milk bank at Soweto hospital
NPO raises over R6m for lactation unit, breast milk bank at Soweto hospital
Surgeons For Little Lives has launched its second big project - to build a lactation unit and breast milk bank at Soweto's Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital... read
Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre in Nigeria. Photo: Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre
Philanthropists join forces to fund Africa's cash-strapped health sector

Pavithra Rao

Billionaires Bill Gates, Aliko Dangote come together to fund healthcare projects... read
Inclusion & Equality
R32m boost for dairy trust
R32m boost for dairy trust

Riaan Marais

A partnership of 15 years between black and white dairy farmers in Kouga has received a welcome R32m boost from the government in the form of a state-of-the-art dairy parlour... read
Broken lifts and stairs for commuters with wheelchairs
Broken lifts and stairs for commuters with wheelchairs

Mary-Anne Gontsana

Long wait before Cape Town's train stations will provide access for people with disabilities... read
iLearn contributes to empowering SA's disabled workforce
iLearn contributes to empowering SA's disabled workforce
Around 2.9-million South Africans are living with disabilities, yet only 1% have jobs... read
Technology used to drive inclusivity in Western Cape Schools
Technology used to drive inclusivity in Western Cape Schools
E-learning is one of seven key interventions identified by the Western Cape government to help prepare its learners for the future... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Solar power alone won't solve energy or climate needs
Solar power alone won't solve energy or climate needs

Jatin Nathwani

Recent reports that solar capacity will soon exceed nuclear capacity reveal an important fact... read
Typical mass housing units in South Africa. Filckr/IGN11
South Africa's housing challenge seen through the lens of its third largest city

Glen Robbins

As with all of South Africa's larger urban areas, rapid urbanisation has continued to place pressure on the eThekwini Metro... read
Vivian Loftness joins 2017 GBCSA Green Building Convention speaker lineup
Vivian Loftness joins 2017 GBCSA Green Building Convention speaker lineup
Vivian Loftness, a key member of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University's leadership in sustainability research and education, and contributor to the ongoing development of the ‘Intelligent Workplace', will address the Green Building Council South Africa's (GBCSA) Green Building Convention in Cape Town this year... read
First solar-powered Nedbank branch launched
First solar-powered Nedbank branch launched
Nedbank has launched its first solar branch in Mncwasa in the Eastern Cape using SolarTurtle... read
Pollution & Waste Management
A person takes recyclable material to the drop-off waste site in Retreat visible on the left. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks
Retreat residents want city to dump rubbish site plan

Zoe Postman and Denise Patterson

Cape Town plans to greatly expand its drop-off facility for bulky waste and recyclables... read
Food labelling pact aims to cut food waste
Food labelling pact aims to cut food waste
Many of the world's largest retailers and food companies have agreed to better labelling of products by 2020 in a bid to radically cut food waste... read
Dual Mpact for Wadeville Plant
Dual Mpact for Wadeville Plant

Issued by Mpact Plastics

Not only does nature begin to renew itself in September but it is also South Africa's annual clean-up and recycling month, which highlights the need for everyone to protect the environment and recycle their waste... read
Africa
The new face of the Sahel
The new face of the Sahel

Ernest Harsch

Grassroots initiatives promote changes in livelihoods... read
The relationship between drought and famine: lessons from the Horn of Africa
The relationship between drought and famine: lessons from the Horn of Africa

Philippe Roudier

Countries in the Horn of Africa - particularly Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya - are suffering from severe drought due to historically low rainfall and high temperatures... read
Pearl Recycling is turning Nigeria's discarded waste into stunning furniture and home décor
Pearl Recycling is turning Nigeria's discarded waste into stunning furniture and home décor

Lindsay Samson

The waste upcycling company is creatively solving one of Nigeria's most pressing issues - waste management... read
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The rise of the corporate campus

Agustin Chevez and DJ Huppatz

"My God ... It's heaven." This was the thought Mae Holland had on her first tour of The Circle's campus... read
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