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  • How to save electricity in your home

    How to save electricity in your home

    Do you know how much energy your household uses? We show you how to conduct an energy audit – and share tips to make your home more energy efficient.

  • Save more than money by turning off the hot tap

    Save more than money by turning off the hot tap

    Save electricity and lower your carbon footprint by being mindful of the amount of hot water you use.

  • Is this the dawning of the age of alternatives?

    wind-turbines-small The renewable energy feed-in tariffs announced by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) yesterday appear to have been well received by industry players. This means that we can look forward to some alternatives to coal and nuclear in the near future.

  • Earth Hour was fun, let’s do it more often

    lights-out-small I decided to measure my household’s contribution to Earth Hour on Saturday to get an idea of what switching off my lights for an hour could potentially mean for the planet. Turns out that my household consumption dropped by 250 watts. In South Africa, this means that 24kg less carbon dioxide was pumped into the air because of me. Plus, my family spent a relaxing hour looking at the stars and actually talking to each other instead of watching the TV.

  • Nicholas Stern: Climate change is an opportunity

    Nicholas Stern: Climate change is an opportunity

    We need to overcome the idea that the economic crisis takes precedence over the climate crisis because there are great returns to be had from handling the two together.

  • Google tests online home energy monitor

    Google is developing what sounds like an incredibly useful online tool, called Powermeter, that will allow users so see their home energy consumption in near real time online.

  • What if minerals and energy split?

    In what is potentially great news for the renewable energy industry in South Africa, the department of minerals and energy may be split into two separate ministries this year.

  • News briefs

    Students at Britain’s Leeds University have voted to ban bottled still water from all their bars, cafes and shops … Capetonians shocked to discover landmark Sentinel mountain is up for sale … SA government saves millions by improving the energy efficiency of its buildings … The Netherlands to reinforce its dykes against rising sea levels.

  • Greenpeace takes on dirty coal

    If you’re a Bond movie fan you’ll love Greenpeace’s new hero who’s out to save the world from the evil bad guy Coalfinger.

  • Australia wants to be clean coal research hub

    Australia plans to set itself up as the world hub for carbon capture research, Reuters reports. The country’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants to get United Nations’ backing for an Australian research institute at the general assembly meeting in New York this week. Rudd says that although there’s a great deal of international effort going […]