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Sustainability is profitable and good for the environment
Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy CEO Yaron Szilas explains his company’s belief in business that contributes to the developing world. Shikun & Binui Renewable Energy CEO Yaron Szilas wants to light up Africa, Latin America and the rest of the developing world – and he wants to achieve all this using green energy. “Africa is […]
KNP: Postcode Meerkat surveillance launched
South African National Parks (SANParks), Peace Parks Foundation and South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have partnered to research, develop and manufacture this innovative system. The Postcode Meerkat comprises a suite of radar and electro-optic sensors that will detect, classify, monitor and track humans moving in the park over a wide area. […]
Nuclear energy crowding out adaptation responses
Climate change is a reality and nuclear energy is not solving the problem. It is an expensive exercise which is actually being implemented too late, and it is still not carbon-free. In addition, nuclear power needs uranium as fuel, which comes from uranium mining. There are advanced plans to surface-mine for uranium across hundreds of […]
Academy for Environmental Leadership SA receives NQF level 5 accreditation
The Academy for Environmental Leadership South Africa (AEL) has been successful in its application to accredit its year-long course Higher Certificate status. AEL was notified in September by the Department of Higher Education and Training that the Council on Higher Education (CHE) had approved its application. “There are one or two formalities remaining, but the […]
Will SA government protect our indigenous medicine?
Southern Africa possesses a remarkable diversity of indigenous plants, coupled with rich cultural traditions on the use of plants for medicine. Despite huge strides in provision of health care, many rural areas still do not have easy access to Western primary health care and veterinary services. Even where clinics and allopathic medicines are readily available, […]
Why Some Countries Don’t Want to Do More to Protect Elephants
Unfortunately it is well known that African elephants are in deep trouble. They are being poached at an unsustainable rate, and their numbers have dropped from 600,000 a decade ago to some 400,000 today. That’s why this month’s meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is […]
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