Earlier this year, Sea Shepherd journeyed into Antarctica, unveiling the horrific reality of industrial krill fisheries. As 2024 looms, they are gearing up to return, more committed than ever to safeguard this fragile ecosystem. In February 2023, Sea Shepherd’s vessel, the Allankay, sailed into the frigid waters of the Antarctic to renew their commitment to ..read more

Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa announced the procurement of 2500 MW of new energy generation capacity from nuclear power earlier this week. According to the Minister, on 30 August 2023 the National Energy Regulator (Nersa) gave the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) the go-ahead to proceed, subsequently issuing a formal concurrence on 2 ..read more

23. This is how old I was when I lost my dad. Life changed forever. He was a man with great authority and integrity, but in a quiet and gentle way. In the end he had lost the battle with depression. A disease that is eating away at the core of many families at this ..read more

The umbrella organisation for the local plastics industry, Plastics SA, is proud to once again support Captain Fanplastic, an education and awareness programme about sustainable plastic use that travels to South African schools to increase children’s environmental literacy through hands-on learning. The first Captain Fanplastic school programme took place in October 2018, and the collaboration ..read more

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed today with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts and scaled-up finance. In a demonstration of global solidarity, negotiators from nearly 200 Parties came ..read more

On 9 December, people across the country united in local actions against oil and gas exploration and drilling off South Africa’s coastline. Multinational corporations – including Shell, QatarEnergy, Total Energies and contractors such as CGG and Searcher Seismic – are amongst the focal points of this latest public outrage. According to Liziwe McDaid, Strategic Lead ..read more

UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday that COP28 delegates are not in Dubai to “score points” and play at “lowest-denominator politics”; they must take ambitious action on curbing global warming and ending the climate crisis. Mr. Stiell’s strong message to government negotiators comes as the latest UN climate conference, running in the UAE’s ..read more

Happening from 21 – 23 February 2024 in Cape Town, Africa’s Green Economy Summit is a groundbreaking event that connects people and organizations, fostering knowledge sharing and collaboration and steering the continent towards a sustainable future. This summit is a platform that unites the global investor community, project owners, and business executives, all under one ..read more

An influential partnership between international conservation organisations and South African NGO, the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust (ORCT) has secured the protection of 500 hectares of globally important and Endangered habitat in the Overberg district of the Western Cape, South Africa – providing a lifeline for species that would otherwise be at risk of vanishing forever ..read more

Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists scaled a 140 metre crane next door to Woodside’s headquarters in Perth, Western Australia’s capital city yesterday, dropping a 25-metre banner reading “STOP WOODSIDE,” calling out the fossil fuel giant as Australia’s greatest climate threat. The three Greenpeace Australia Pacific climbers began the ascent in the early hours of the morning ..read more