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Local Stories
Can you create a creative CAN Craze construction? For all those budding creative geniuses at school, put your talent to good use in this year’s Collect-a-Can CAN Craze Com... |
CapeNature orders baboon to be put down Cape Town - A Sutherland woman wept when she found out that a baby baboon she had arranged to have sent to a rehabilitation... |
Cash boost to help to save rhinos THE sale of 30 rhinos has contributed R10 million towards conservation efforts, including those aimed at stopping rhino poa... |
Emissions monitoring system ensures supply of electricity Owing to uncertainty surrounding South Africa’s electricity supply, it is important for State-owned power utility Eskom t... |
New waste management strategy on the cards Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg will use the two-day Joburg Waste Summit as a platform to present its new waste managem... |
R1.2 million towards the protection of rhino In a handover ceremony held at its Johannesburg head office on Wednesday, conservation-led experiential travel company &... |
CAN DO! Trekking for Trash trek completed CAN DO! Trekking for Trash’s social change adventurers have done it! The duo received a warm welcome at their Kosi Bay de... |
We Still Have Rhinos Mozambique’s rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years... |
Waste and residual biomass can be converted into energy products A biomass-to-energy plant is being built to convert sugar-cane waste into ‘green charcoal’, which will provide addition... |
South Africa and Vietnam sign action plan Pretoria – South Africa and Vietnam have signed an action plan to implement the Memorandum of Understanding on Biodiversi... |
Rhino poachers arrested at Kruger Park Pretoria – Police arrested two rhino poachers in Pafuri at the Kruger National Park at the weekend. |
Manufacturers welcome electric vehicle road map Johannesburg - Vehicle manufacturers in South Africa have welcomed the launch of the Electronic Vehicle Industry Road Map, ... |
Rhino poaching on the increase: Environmental Affairs Pretoria- The number of rhinos poached in South Africa since the start of the year has increased to 273 with the Kruger Nat... |
No load shedding plans, but SA urged to save electricity Pretoria – Government says there are no plans for load-shedding this winter, but officials have urged South Africans to s... |
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International Stories
 Top 10 Vegan Foods that are High in IronWondering where vegans get our iron? Check out these 10 foods that are high in iron and cruelty-free! |
 Research Shows Mangos May Help Prevent Breast CancerAbout 200,000 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the United States this year. The disease will kill nearly 40,000. |
 New “Artificial Leaf” Concept Could Blow Up Fuel Cell MarketThe idea of an “artificial leaf” sounds simple enough: Take a small, cheap, light-collecting device the size of a typical leaf, dunk it in a quart of water, and use solar energy to generate... |
 Solar Power Windows Fast Approaching Commercial ProductionCommercial production of solar windows, using the patented SolarWindow spray-on solar power coating system, may be just around the corner. |
 Eating Vegan: Getting Enough Vitamin DIs it possible to get adequate vitamin D on a vegan diet? |
 Bike That Provides Wi-Fi & ElectricityThe power outages caused by Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Sandy were shocks to the many people. |
 Ten Guidelines For Creating A Healthy PantryWhat’s in your pantry? Is it filled with natural or processed foods? How much high fructose corn syrup sits on those shelves? If you removed all but the healthy products, what would remain? |
 Do You Eat Mindlessly?While researching the milk industry’s attempt to use artificial sweeteners in milk without labeling, I can across some interesting data. |
 New Plasmonic Polymer Solar Cells Achieve Record Efficiency Of 8.92%A new polymer solar cells designed by researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has achieved a record for the highest efficiency of any plasmonic PSCs that utilize m... |
 Solar Power Installation On Sailboat “Groovy”A sailboat named Groovy has been equipped with a solar power system that powers the boat’s refrigerator, freezer, laptops, a 22″ TV, a stereo, and more. And this isn’t the couple’s firs... |
 Alcohol and Sex Make You Happier Than KidsA new study found that people rate sex as the top activity that brings them happiness, followed by drinking alcohol or “partying.” Caring for children ranked at number five. |
 Vegan Creamer: Try coconut oil!If you’re looking for an unprocessed alternative to vegan creamer, look no further than coconut oil! |
 Would You Exercise 50 Minutes For That Loaded Hot Dog?Does knowing a hot dog with the works has 404 calories deter you from wolfing it down? How about knowing you’d have to play 50 minutes of tennis to burn those calories? |
 Graphene/TMDC Combination For Next-Gen Solar CellsBy combining the wonder material graphene with other one-atom-thick materials, such as TMDC, to make stacks/2D-crystals, it becomes possible to produce an enormous range of superlative properti... |
 Avocado QuesadillasA twist of Mexican for a good lunch. Avocado Quesadillas |
 Researchers Construct Atom-Thin Solar Photovoltaic DeviceAn atom-thin photovoltaic device with high quantum efficiency has been developed by an international team of researchers, researchers from the University of Boston, University of Oxford, and th... |
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Featured Articles
 Turning Gold ‘Green’ — Non-Toxic Method For Mining Gold DevelopedThe gold-mining industry is one of the most environmentally destructive industries in the world. While there are a variety of reasons... read more |
 Solar Lights & Water Pumps Can Help To Alleviate PovertyCan solar power help eradicate extreme poverty in the developing world? As we’ve shown a number of times, many social entrepreneurs... read more |
 Pallet Projects! 15 More Reclaimed Furniture & Decor IdeasSave a few discarded wood pallets from the landfill and you could have a new bar, couch, potting shed, swing or even an entire outdoo... read more |
 Porsche 918 hybrid: 650kW, 340km/hThis, according to Porsche, is the gene pool for their future sports cars - and it has absolutely nothing in common with the 911. read more |
 Groundwater Depletion Accelerates Sea-Level RiseAs aquifers are pumped out around the world, the water ultimately makes it to the oceans. read more |
 Myanmar To Be Home To World’s Third Largest Solar PlantMyanmar has not always had the greatest of reputations, but Thailand-based company Green Earth Power (GEP) have signed a memorandum o... read more |
 Seaweed To Biomass — New System Greatly Simplifies Removal Of Seaweed From Beaches & Conversion To BiomassA new system has been created that greatly simplifies the process of removing dead seaweed from beaches and converting it to biomass.... read more |
 Driven to Fly: The World’s First Flying Hybrid Electric CarPredictions about the future from decades past invariably involved flying cars of some sort, and most of us imagined back in the ’8... read more |
 Harvesting Electricity From Plants — Plant-Based Energy GenerationHarvesting electricity directly from the best solar power plants in the world (photosynthetic plants)? Sound too good to be true? Wel... read more |
 Teething & BabyDr Marc Sher (pictured), OTC Pharma SA consultant, shares his top tips for optimum dental care for new born babies and toddlers all m... read more |
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Books
 The River Cottage Fish Book: The Definit The formidable River Cottage team turns their attention to all matters aquatic in this definitive guide to freshwater fish, saltwater fish, and shel... Read more |
 Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the As Carl Safina's compelling natural history adventure makes clear, the fate of the leatherback turtle is in our hands. The distressing decline of th... Read more |
 Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking: 30-Minute With her acclaimed cookbooks and loyal following, Cybele Pascal has been pioneering allergy-friendly cooking for more than a decade. As the mother o... Read more |
 Thrive Foods: 200 Plant-Based Recipes fo Building upon the stress-reducing, health-boosting nutritional philosophy introduced in his acclaimed vegan nutrition guide Thrive, professional Iro... Read more |
 Meatless: More Than 200 of the Very Best For anyone new to a vegetarian diet--flexitarians who adopt plans like Meatless Mondays--as well as committed vegetarians and fans of Power Foods, h... Read more |
 The Blood Sugar Solution: The UltraHealt In THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION, Dr. Mark Hyman reveals that the secret solution to losing weight and preventing not just diabetes but also heart diseas... Read more |
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