Tag Archives: climate change
Palestinians build solar car from scratch
Visitors to the West Bank town of Hebron this summer might find a strange-looking white vehicle motoring through its streets – the first Palestinian solar-powered car. The product of an environmentally friendly project for Palestinian engineering students, the car is … Continue reading
Aussie Prime Minister goes green
With Australia just a month away from a general election, current Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced her intention to spend ‘record amounts’ on solar and other renewable energy initiatives. She has accused her major rival, Opposition Leader Tony Abbot, … Continue reading
Globalisation and Sustainability Top Issues for Tomorrow’s Leaders
GLOBALISING your business, and ensuring it is socially and environmentally responsible, are far more important concerns for today’s students than they are for CEOs, an international survey shows. The attitudes, behaviours and leadership styles of the “millennial” generation, who in … Continue reading
Nedbank first corporate entity in SA to achieve carbon neutrality
Nedbank announced today that it is South Africa’s first corporate entity to achieve carbon neutrality. This environmental step came at a cost of some R14-million, however, green initiatives also ensured cost savings for the group in the region of R28-million … Continue reading
Can one feed electricity back into the grid in SA?
One of the ways of making decentralized renewable energy generation viable is to allow homeowners and small business owners to feed the electricity they generate back into the Eskom grid. Ideally, people feeding electricity back into the grid would be … Continue reading
Chairman of Eskom on future of energy creation in SA
The Chairman of Eskom, Mpho Makwana, recently spoke to Alec Hogg of Moneyweb. You can read the full transcript of the interview here. Mr Makwana had some interesting things to say about the future of electricity generation in South Africa. … Continue reading
Richard Branson: There is no Planet B
WITH oil from the wreck of the Deepwater Horizon rig continuing to flow into the Gulf of Mexico, and the direct cost of cleaning up the worst environmental disaster in US history well over $2bn, it’s clearly time to find … Continue reading
Solar Airplane To Fly Through The Night (Tonight!)
The Solar Impulse aircraft known as HB-SIA is in the middle of its first 24 hour flight including a complete day/night cycle. The aircraft took off from its home airfield in Payerne, Switzerland shortly before 7 a.m. local time on … Continue reading
Obama gives $2 billion to new solar projects in USA
If you were enjoying a respite from work this past holiday weekend, you may have missed it. Missed what, exactly? Well, the Obama administration announced a major public investment in catching some rays and putting them (along with thousands of … Continue reading
Free ways to save electricity in South Africa – part 1
With Cape Town’s electricity tariffs just having gone up, I thought I’d give you a few free ways to save on electricity. I’ll keep each blog post short and to the point, so check back for the next electricity saving … Continue reading
