Tag: South Africa - Page 2
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South African Utility Plans 1 Million Solar Water Heaters by 2015
South Africa already hit the headlines for its ambitious plan to build a huge 5GW solar thermal power plant that could single-handedly provide 10% of the nation's electricity needs, and for pioneering promising solar power
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Wrecked Boats Are Recycled Into Furniture
Eco-friendly wooden furniture can be hard to find, but we've seen some made from interesting, salvaged and green sources, from coffee grounds to old New York buildings. Now a South African furniture designer has
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Two South Africans Make Mecca Pilgrimage by Bike
Every year, some 2 million Muslims descend upon Mecca to fulfill the Islamic tenet that every able-bodied believer must make the pilgrimage to the religion's
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Bold Earrings Win Vuvuzela Recycling Contest
It faced tough competition from concepts for Christmas trees, toilet-paper holders, and lamps, but Megan Bernstein's design for big, colorful earrings beat them all out, becoming the winner of WoZela's vuvuzela
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South African City Wants to Pay Folks to Pee
One bodily function may soon bring a windfall for residents of Durban, South Africa as their city council mulls over a plan to encourage waterless waste management -- by paying folks for their pee. After the city installed some
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Sublime Sofas With Soul: Recycled Textile Seating by Casamento (Photos)
How can we get away from the soullessness of most mass-produced sofas? For some, it may be marrying two unexpected partners (like the surprising Fridgecouch), or for others it could be making it multifunctional, transformer-style.
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World's Biggest Solar Power Plant? US & South Africa Race For First 1 GW Project
No matter who wins the bragging rights, it's all pretty great news: In the United States, the Department of the Interior just gave approval to a 1 GW solar power on public lands in southern California; and, in
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Junk Suitcases Transformed To Chairs, Typewriters To Lamps (Photos)
For those looking for a more eclectic decorating look beyond minimalist lines (or a little DIY inspiration) it's always gratifying to see 'junk' repurposed into unique pieces. And so-called 'junk market decorating'
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In Johannesburg, An Owl Family Calls a Potted Plant Home
In August 2009, Allan and Tracy Eccles woke up to find a spotted eagle
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Vuvuzela Recycling Competition Gives New Life to South Africa's Favorite Noisemakers
For better or worse, they provided the soundtrack to the World Cup 2010 matches in South Africa, generating
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Rapper 50 Cent Invited to Be "Godfather" to a Rhino
If there's anyone on the planet who can relate to the hardships endured by Phila, an endangered black rhino in South Africa, it would be platinum-selling rap star 50 Cent -- after all, they've both been shot nine times
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A Picture is Worth...South African Campaign For Sustainable Fisheries
Terrific ad campaign by the World Wildlife Fund in South Africa and SASSI, the South African Sustainable Seafood Foundation to encourage people to eat fish caught in an environmentally friendly manner that avoids bycatch.
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Creating a Cycling Culture in the World's Cities
A city doesn't truly become bike-friendly until more people ride in it, which they likely won't do until it becomes more bike-friendly. But change has to start somewhere.
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US Govt May Back 9 GW of Coal Power Plants in India & South Africa, When It Should Support Renewables
Despite a Congressional mandate directing the Export-Import Bank of the United States to use 10% of its 2009-2010 financing towards renewable energy project, according to a US Government Accountability Office report the
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South Africa: Will Poisoning Horns Halt Rhino Poaching?
How far would you go to stop rhino poaching? Constantly outgunned by poachers' high-tech helicopters, machine guns, night-vision binoculars, bullet-proof vests and insane arsenal in the illegal trade of
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Poachers Kill Last Female White Rhino in South African Reserve
One more symbol of the rising global demand for rhino horn and its devastating effect on rhinoceroses in both Africa and Asia: The Guardian reports that the female white rhino in South Africa's Krugersdorp nature
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The Carbon Footprint of the 2010 World Cup
If you thought that those pesky vuvuzela were the worst thing about the 2010 World Cup, wait until you hear about the carbon emissions estimated to be released during the planet's biggest sporting event. According to a study conducted by the Norwegian
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Rare Black Rhinos Return Home After 46 Years
After decades of poaching in the latter part of the 20th century, the fate of Eastern Black Rhinos in the Serengeti seemed bleak; By the 1990s, nearly all the region's rhinos had been wiped out as only two females remained in
