The awards celebrate people, projects and organisations that champion environmental concerns
The Mail & Guardian Greening the Future awards, which was launched in 1998, is an annual celebration of individuals, companies, communities and NGOs busy working on making the world a better place for us and future generations
The awards will coincide with COP28
Hard work and passion paid off for Rifumo Mathebula, an environmental educator, filmmaker and photojournalist
The awards are in recognition of people who are doing their part to ensure a sustainable future
This year’s UN climate conference will be the first in-person meeting since COP25 in 2019, when developing countries walked away, outraged by the poor outcome
We highlight the work of those accelerating sustainable living in SA – at a vital moment for the environment
Court puts a spoke in producers’ wheel by agreeing that they are responsible for their products’ waste.
Concerned countries want a new phase of the protocol to kick in immediately after it expires, writes Fiona Macleod.
In national Water Month, Sipho Kings McDermott looks at the challenges to South Africa’s water resources and taps into a few possible solutions.
Jane Goodall, who began her seminal work on the chimpanzees of Africa 50 years ago, is now touring the world with another important message.
Cup’s carbon footprint could take years to mop up, reports Faranaaz Parker.
Carbon credits are a new asset class in the global green economy, writes Yolandi Groenewald.
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/ 4 December 2009
Indalo Yethu, South Africa’s environmental campaign in collaboration with the department of environmental affairs, has developed an eco-towns.
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/ 4 December 2009
Nasa is also looking at osmotic power as a possible way to provide enough water for long-term manned space missions.
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/ 4 December 2009
The success of ABB’s Automation and Power World 2009 event shows increased interest in technological solutions to improve energy efficiency.
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/ 4 December 2009
Morgan Morris profiles three South African leaders who are trying to find answers to a growing global problem.
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/ 17 September 2009
The Delta Environmental Centre is empowering children to become more green.
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/ 15 September 2009
Teljoy’s Green Credit scheme enables customers to reduce their electricity bills by more than 30% while the instalments are almost equal to the saving
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/ 15 September 2009
The EnviroServ method eliminates odours and kills pathogens because it involves high temperatures during composting
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/ 15 September 2009
One of Nedbank’s primary areas of environmental focus is climate change
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/ 15 September 2009
When the Birches Pre-Primary School garden and environmental project started in 1993, few learners showed interest.
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/ 15 September 2009
Ordinary citizens need to make themselves heard to force the world to commit to a binding climate change treaty at the end of the year
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/ 15 September 2009
Launched 25 years ago, 50/50 is the world’s longest-running environmental series and the SABC’s longest-running feature
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/ 15 September 2009
Woolworths was the first retailer to join the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) water neutral scheme
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/ 14 September 2009
Five years ago the Paardekraal Tailings Dam, 5km north-east of Rustenburg, was a dust bowl
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/ 14 September 2009
Backsberg wine estate is scrutinising its business to find new ways to save energy
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/ 14 September 2009
Judges commended the NBI for its successful work in the areas of climate change and the environment