All proud South Africans are called upon to set aside 30 seconds of your time every Thursday to vote for our favourite monument – one of only 2 African nominees – in the new 7 Wonders of the World competition. Table Mountain is one of twenty eight finalists who has made it to the final [...]

Every year South Africa celebrates National Water Week in the month of March which also features the World Water Day on the 22 March. The aim is to raise awareness among South Africans about the role of water in social and economic development including the need to get citizens to change their attitudes towards water [...]

New York – International accords on saving vulnerable forests are having little impact because they do not attack the core causes such as growing demand for biofuels and food crops, a new report said on Sunday. With Africa and South American alone losing 7.4 million hectares of forest a year, the International Union of Forest [...]

Oslo – Some Himalayan glaciers are advancing despite an overall retreat, according to a study on Sunday that is a step toward understanding how climate change affects vital river flows from China to India. A blanket of dust and rock debris was apparently shielding some glaciers in the world’s highest mountain range from a thaw, [...]

The different concepts of Eco energy: Wind Energy Solar Energy Hydro Energy FAQs What is wind energy? Wind energy is energy that has been transformed into energy. Instruments like Wind Turbine can produce a large amounts of energy without using conventional methods to access electricity. Which are other forms of energy? Bio energy is a [...]

There is wealth of information that covers indigenous knowledge in stories of violent confrontation in African tribes that were scattered through out Africa . The most significance is that of Shaka the Zulu and Moshoeshoe . The two kings show a contrasting style of dealing with violence . Shaka on one hand used violent usurpation [...]

More than one billion people on earth lack reliable access to safe drinking water, while water-borne diseases like diarrhea and typhoid account for more than 80 percent of all illness in the world. LifeStraw Mark II Filters Bacteria and Virii Without Iodine Aftertaste LifeStraw filters bacteria such as shigella, salmonella, enterococcus, Staphylococcus aureus and E.coli. Please [...]

Johannesburg – South Africa will start a much-delayed plan to buy electricity from green energy plants next year under a new subsidies programme to help boost private investment in renewable power, a senior official said on Monday. South Africa is struggling to meet fast rising demand for power. State-owned utility Eskom said supply would remain [...]

Do you recycle? While most of us are consumers, and the idea of recycling does not concern us like it does Environmentalists. We are aware of initiatives promoting recycling, especially in the office environment. We are familiar with the Mondi recycling container, in which one discards used white paper, or metals cans separately, for recycling. We [...]

1. Introduction CBC consulting has been approached to investigate the potential for deployment of a waterless sewerage and sanitation system. These systems are known by various names, the most common being a “composting toilet” or UDD toilets (Urine Diversion Dehydration) In recent years, several commercial compost-toilet systems have begun to compete with and replace conventional [...]