icologie - Making sustainability a reality

Films & Talks – Food Inc

Andy Le May — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:04:23 +0000

Showing 23 May 2012, 18h00 for 18h30 @ Hubspace In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful [...]

Lunch Hour Talk – What’s your TQ?

Andy Le May — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:28:32 +0000

What's your Transition Intelligence (TQ)? Every business has a very significant role in leading the transition to Sustainability. Are you building TQ into your brand? Incite director Nicola Robins shares a simple - yet powerful - approach to strategising, implementing and tracking sustainability performance.

Its Earth Day- how are you honoring Mother Earth?

Lisa Parkes — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:07:14 +0000

Today more than one billion people around the globe will participate in Earth Day 2012 and help Mobilize the Earth™. People of all nationalities and backgrounds will voice their appreciation for the planet and demand its protection. How will you play your part? Throughout the month of April 2012 and on Earth Day (April 22), [...]

How technology will change us – Ray Kurzweil

Andy Le May — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:30:24 +0000

Inventor, entrepreneur, visionary, Ray Kurzweil's accomplishments read as a startling series of firsts -- a litany of technological breakthroughs we've come to take for granted. Kurzweil invented the first optical character recognition (OCR) software for transforming the written word into data, the first print-to-speech software for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, and many electronic instruments.

Films & Talks – Revenge of the Electric Car

Andy Le May — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:36:13 +0000

Films & Talks - Revenge of the Electric Car. From the makers of "Who Killed the Electric Car?", it follows Tesla's industry-catalyzing role in the resurgence and rise of electric vehicles. Tesla gave director Chris Paine insider access to capture unprecedented footage of Tesla's history and growth leading up to the launch of Model S, the electric sedan poised to turn the tide against the internal combustion mainstream.

An Education System towards Sustainability

Agripa Munyai — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:21:07 +0000

The reality is that nearly 50% of the world’s population are under the age of 25 – that’s almost 3 billion young people. The numbers continue to increase on a daily basis. One of the big concerns regarding the increase in youth population is education and employment opportunities. It is a fact that as more [...]

More than just Earth Hour: Saturday 31 March @ 20:30…..

Lisa Parkes — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:00:23 +0000

Held each year at 8:30pm on the last Saturday in March, Earth Hour is a WWF initiative symbolising the collective power of individuals, businesses and governments to reduce our impact on this planet. From its beginnings in Sydney – Earth Hour has grown to be supported by millions of people in over 5000 cities across 135 [...]

Cradle to Cradle Design William McDonough

Andy Le May — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:34:25 +0000

Architect William McDonough practices green architecture on a massive scale. In a 20-year project, he is redesigning Ford's city-sized River Rouge truck plant and turning it into the Rust Belt's eco-poster child, with the world's largest "living roof" for reclaiming storm runoff. He has created buildings that produce more energy and clean water than they use. He is building the future of design on the site of the future of exploration: the NASA Sustainability Base. Oh, andhe's designing seven entirely new and entirely green cities in China.

Unpacking the “greenwashing”….

Lisa Parkes — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:59:41 +0000

Enviropaedia, in its eco-logical edition of 2011, reports that, in America alone, one study conducted in 2009 found 98% of all green claims guilty of one or more of the seven sins of greenwashing. The report also revealed that 64% of the American public no longer trusts sustainability related marketing claims. Read more to find [...]

Green leasing offers benefits to owners, tenants…..

Lisa Parkes — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:08:56 +0000

Green leasing, which sees building owners and tenants introduce sustainable practices into building operations to mutual advantage, has taken off internationally. In South Africa, however, awareness of the concept is just filtering through to larger organisations. With the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) about to release its first Green Leasing guide and tool kit [...]