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Energy dept shares lessons from COP17

Lisa Parkes — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:34:30 +0000

Simply Green recently highlighted some of the lessons the Department of Energ learnt during the climate change conference, COP17, in December. Department of Energy’s Chief Director of Clean Energy, Mokgadi Modise, who addressed Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Energy on Friday, said the department participated in several energy sector side events and exhibitions at the 17th Conference of [...]

Get connected at the next CT Energy Efficiency Forum…..

Lisa Parkes — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:09:18 +0000

The City of Cape Town’s 9th Energy Efficiency Forum Meeting takes place at 9:30 on Thursday 1st March 2012 at Old Mutual, Pinelands This meeting will focus on the following: Accessing the Eskom EE offerings: practical information on the ‘Standard Product and Offer’, ‘Aggregated Standard Product’ and ‘Performance Contracts’. Case studies on using the [...]

Films & Talks: THRIVE – What on earth will it take?

Karin Diederichs — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:40:50 +0000

THRIVE : Showing 22 February 2012, 18h00 for 18h30 @ the Hub THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream — uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and [...]

How Sustainable are Your Valentine’s Day Choccies?

Lisa Parkes — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:55:04 +0000

A recent Greenbiz article says its easy to lose sight of sustainability issues on a day that’s so focused on material expressions of affection, but there are resources that gift-givers can use to measure the impacts of their Valentine’s Day presents — especially one of the most popular: chocolate. Click here for full article. GoodGuide, [...]

Industry warns on carbon tax

Lisa Parkes — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:57:55 +0000

As you know at icologie its all about knowledge sharing, check out Alex Hetherington’s blog where he posts a recent Business Day article concerning the proposed carbon tax in South Africa. As Alex notes, he was heartened to find this balanced and well written article by Sue Blaine in last week’s Business Day newspaper and [...]

Blackouts here to stay, how to play your part in decreasing demand.

Lisa Parkes — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:07:40 +0000

Business News reported on 27 January that Eskom’s blackouts are due to increase….. see report http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/eskom-s-blackouts-increase-1.1222102 In short, capacity available to meet peak demand margins is ranging from 1.5-5% (based on figures reported by Eskom over the January period) the internationally accepted safe margin is 15%. The reason for this low margin in SA [...]

Responsible Tourism Week – are you in?

Lisa Parkes — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:43:43 +0000

Now in its fourth year, Responsible Tourism Week takes place from 13 – 19 February 2012. What is the week about? It is a week in which the tourism industry explores and brainstorms the practical application of sustainable tourism ideas and raises awareness around responsible travel concepts using cost effective and successful social media campaigns. [...]

World Wetlands Day – 2 February

Karin Diederichs — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:46 +0000

The theme for World Wetlands Day 2012 (WWD) is ‘wetlands and tourism’ and focusses on the wise use of wetlands and sustainable tourism. 2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the [...]

Films & Talks: How to save the world

Karin Diederichs — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:59:11 +0000

How to save the world (One Man, One Cow, One Planet) : Showing 25 January 2012, 18h00 for 18h30 @ the Hub Every year approximately 150 000 farmers commit suicide in India as a result of their farm lands having been destroyed through the use of chemicals since the “Green Revolution”. The documentary focuses on [...]

School kids build wind turbine for their schools

Andy Le May — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:14:24 +0000

Lovely video about school kids building wind turbines to give lighting to their classrooms. They build them out of readily available materials, oil drums, wheel rims etc. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yitxrpfRFY Saw this from Simply Green magazine’s news email.