Greta Thunberg named Time’s Person of the Year for 2019 11 December 2019 Young environmental activist Greta Thunberg has just been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year... read more
‘Deadly Flora’ campaign highlights true cost of fake flowers 26 November 2019 An environmental campaign from the WWF Canada aims to raise awareness of the dangers of... read more
Indian village wages war against plastic 23 October 2019 Lachung, in the northeastern state of Sikkim in India, is waging war on single-use plastics.... read more
Ozone hole smallest it’s been in three decades 18 October 2019 Thirty-two years after the Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987, 99% of of ozone-depleting substances... read more
Cape students design sustainable net-zero-energy house 11 October 2019 Students from top South African universities have teamed up to produce a sustainable energy-efficient house... read more
SANParks joins efforts to tackle Knysna estuary pollution 3 October 2019 Local authorities are addressing pollution in the Knsyna estuary after high loads of oil were... read more
Prince Harry to visit South Africa on commercial flight 10 September 2019 The Duke of Sussex, who is due to visit South Africa in weeks to come,... read more
San Francisco airport bans sale of plastic water bottles 30 August 2019 One of the busiest airports in the US, San Francisco Airport is banning the sale... read more
Lufthansa launches carbon sustainability platform 29 August 2019 Compensaid is a sustainability platform which focuses on CO2 neutral aviation fuels and allows travellers... read more
UCT’s urine bio-brick on display at Vienna museum 22 August 2019 SA researchers have pioneered the world's first bio-brick grown from human urine which will be... read more
