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‘Pikitup’ campaign makes Joburg’s suburbs cleaner and greener

Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by Pia Taylor.

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The environment will be the ultimate winner, with more and more Joburg residents taking part in Pikitup’s Separation at Source campaign.
Some 20 000 tons of recyclable waste was collected within the first week of the project in November 2009. In December that amount more than doubled.
Residents are being educated about how to separate their waste [...]

SA wind farms get UK funding

Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Pia Taylor.

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International investment in South Africa’s nascent renewable energy industry has been bolstered by the acquisition of a portfolio of 300MW wind-farm plans by the British RES Group.

Massive wind farm planned for Caledon

Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by Pia Taylor.

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A 150-turbine wind farm capable of generating 300MW of electricity is planned for near Caledon, in the Western Cape.
The Caledon Wind Farm would span 15 farms covering an area of 3500 hectares within the Theewaterskloof Muncipality approximately 16km west of Caledon and 7km east of Botrivier.
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SA marks Year of Biodiversity

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Pia Taylor.

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The UN has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), and South Africa, with its wealth of natural treasures, is set to mark the event along with the rest of the world.
The year-long celebration of the variety of life on earth is driven by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), under [...]