Good Green News 2008
November 2008
- Greenpeace opens first African office in Joburg (sagoodnews.co.za)
- Clean energy firm attracts US investor (sagoodnews.co.za)
- Organic waste could be viable energy source (engineeringnews.co.za)
October 2008
- Green Point now greener with trees (news24.com)
- Vineyard Hotel & Spa introduces ‘green’ coffee on menu
(travelwires.com) - Green energy on billboards (bizcommunity.com)
- Organic farming ‘could feed Africa’ (Independent.co.uk) (via)
- Pioneer ‘carbon tax’ project to aid Amazon (iol.co.za)
- India’s humble rickshaw goes solar (enn.com)
September 2008
- Green building conference attracts Brazilian sustainability expert Lerner (engineeringnews.co.za)
- Wal-Mart packs up plastic, initiates use of cloth carrier bags (greendiary.com)
- SOUTH AFRICA: Community takes on big polluters (irinnews.org)
- Stiffer penalties for green offences (businessday.co.za)
- New Law Requires Labels on Meat – Country-of-Origin Labels to be Required (enn.com)
- Chicago Company Launches Tree Free Paper (enn.com)
- Bylaw cracks down on air polluters (iol.co.za)
- Green is more than a trend... (news24.com)
- Namibia: Nation Switches On to Solar Power (african-news.ch)
- 69 nations to protect fish (news24.com)
- 1000s of trees for Arbour Day (news24.com)
- Durban first to sign up as eco protector (iol.co.za)
August 2008
- South African Fruit and Wine Growers Consider Carbon Footprint (treehugger.com)
- Cape school gets solar-powered computer lab (treevolution.co.za)
- SA to go green with carbon tax? (news24.com)
- Cape plans route for buses and cyclists only
(iol.co.za) - Rocking the Daisies goes biodegradable! (greenflavour.blogspot.com)
- ‘SA makes ethical travel destinations list’ (sagoodnews.co.za)
- ‘major discovery primed to unleash solar revolution’ (urbansprout.co.za)
- ‘Constantia Waldorf goes green (greenflavour.blogspot.com)
- ‘Wind-Powered Tall Ships Are Once Again Important As Oil Prices Hurt Trade‘ (cleantechnica.com)
- Town to get ‘green’ concrete (news24.com)
- ‘Solar trees get to root of energy crisis‘ (cnn.com)
- ‘Let’s Get It On (& Protect the Amazon While We’re at It)‘ (greenupgrader.com)
- ‘House and Leisure and Woolworths join forces to develop local eco-design stars‘ (greenupdate.wordpress.com)
- ‘Study finds organic farmers better equipped to survive drought‘ (abc.net.au)
July 2008
- Century City Complex going green (News24.com)
- ‘Consumer trends favour biodegradable packaging’ (Green Flavour blog)
- ‘Researchers find safe way to deal with broken CFLs‘ (treevolution.co.za).
- ‘Gigabyte steps up ‘green’ efforts‘ (itweb.co.za)
- ‘Building company introduces green building system‘ (engineeringnews.co.za)
- ‘Tough green laws tabled‘ (businessday.co.za)
- ‘Projects initiated to save energy, reduce greenhouse gases‘ (theherald.co.za)
- ‘International events have joined the green wave of environmental awareness‘ (orlandosentinel.com)
- ‘Cars, toilets go green at eco-friendly summit ‘ (ioltechnology.co.za)
- UN declaration will protect SA coast from oil pollution (sagoodnews.co.za)
- Solar windows could soon tap into sun’s power (treevolution.co.za)
- More colleges redo dorms with green touches (msnbc.msn.com)
- Florida Gives Green Light to Largest Solar Power Plant in U.S. (redgreenandblue.org)
- Calif. utility giant hopes to expand to 3.5 million panels on 150 rooftops (msnbc.msn.com)
- Raise a glass to the Methanol powered PC (hippyshopper.com)
- S.F. firm harvests potential of unused land (sfgate.com)
- Urban farming takes root in Detroit – (news.bbc.co.uk)
- Squeezing petrol from landfill (greenbang.com)
June 2008
- ‘SA’s carbon mammoths back global rescue plan‘ (busrep.co.za)
- ‘‘Clean’ Swartland municipality takes the cup‘ (iol.co.za via Cape Argus)
- ‘indigenous spekboom soaks up co2‘ (urbansprout.co.za)
- ‘Huge deal to save Everglades reached‘ (msnbc.com)
- ‘Green energy blooms in the desert‘ (guardian.co.uk)
- ‘US gets first offshore wind farm‘ (greenbang.com)
- ‘Pedal-pushing fans generate power for concert in Japan‘ (popgoesgreen.com)
- ‘Brazil Seizes Livestock to Protect Rain Forest‘ (nytimes.com)
- ‘How a Man-Made Tornado Could Power the Future‘ (livescience.com)
- ‘Leading sustainable seafood programme expands into Southern Africa‘ (fishupdate.com)
- ‘Madagascar, France join hands for green drive‘ (iol.co.za)
- ‘Backsberg wins Mail & Guardian award‘ (sarocks.co.za)
- ‘SA Developers go green‘ (mg.co.za)
- ‘Many feet make lights work‘ (treevolution.co.za)
- ‘New ‘green’ rating system to launch in SA‘ (property24.com)
- ‘SA German school powered by the sun‘ (sagoodnews.co.za)
- ‘Deserts can supply solar power‘ (news24.com)
- ‘Portugal’s Bold Renewable Push: World’s Biggest Solar and Wind Farms‘ (treehugger.com)
- ‘Sainsbury’s to sell milk in a bag‘ (hippyshopper.co.uk)
- ‘Distribution of 30 pesticides prohibited in France’ (organic-market.info)
- ‘LG unveils ‘world’s most eco-friendly’ monitor‘ (hippyshopper.co.uk)
- W Cape signs deal on second 80-MW wind farm (engineeringnews.co.za)
- ‘Putting the brake on climate change‘ (joburg.org.za)
- ‘It’s Official: Green is Sexy‘ (treehugger.com)
- ‘Eskom enviro programme wins global award‘ (sagoodnews.co.za)
- ‘Environment Dept going greener‘ (news24.com)
- ‘KLM Proposes to Power Planes With Algae‘ (triplepundit.com)
- ‘WCI student isolates microbe that lunches on plastic bags‘ (therecord.com).
May 2008
- ‘How to save 50 000 trees‘ (travel.iafrica.com)
- ‘Institute helps turn artistic skills into business success‘ (theherald.co.za)
- ‘SA, Norway join forces for ‘green’ 2010‘ (southafrica.info)
- ‘Sweden Offers Glimpse of Sustainable Future‘ (japancorp.net)
- ‘Green highways: Research targets environmentally friendly asphalts‘ (news.wisc.edu)
- ‘Free plans for eco homes‘ (springwise.com)
- ‘Backsberg’s ‘green’ wine‘ (mediaclubsouthafrica.com)
- ‘Wool farmers need to go green to recoup lost sales‘ (theherald.co.za)
- ‘Power goes on at SA’s first wind farm‘ (sagoodnews.co.za)
- ‘New Facet to Recycling‘ (cbn.co.za)
- ‘South Africa: Communities Urged to Grow Gardens to Fight High Food Prices‘ (allafrica.com)
- ‘Green Building Council SA soon opening for membership‘ (eprop.co.za)
- ‘Africa set to develop a unique green conscience‘ (tonight.co.za)
- ‘South Africa: Limpopo Lodge Goes 100 Percent ‘Green’ (allafrica.com)
- ”Billion Tree Campaign’ Blossoms to Seven Times Its Size‘ (allafrica.com)
- ‘Smog Eating Eco House in Cyprus‘ (www.inhabitat.com)
- ‘Dirty nappies to be made into roof tiles‘ (timesonline.typepad.com)
- ‘$100 Wind Turbine Brings Light to Villages Without Power‘ (treehugger.com)
- ‘Fynbos-friendly wines‘ (urbansprout.co.za)
- ‘SA bakery introduces biodegradable bread bags‘ (sagoodnews.co.za)
- ‘Wild Wonders of Europe Launches Biggest Ever Nature Photography Project‘ (treehugger.com)
- ‘First Wind Powered City‘ (cleantechnica.com)
- ‘Every little page counts‘ (bizcommunity.com)
- ‘Zoom is zero rated‘ (bizcommunity.com)
- ‘Greening the greens’ (sagoodnews.co.za)
- ‘Tourism expo goes green‘ (Bizcommunity.co.za)
- ‘The real Good Life: An entire village turns against supermarkets and grows its own food‘ (Dailymail.co.uk)
- ‘climate solutions fund for green start ups‘ (urbansprout.co.za)
- ‘15 000 trees for Soweto on World Earth Day‘ (sagoodnews.co.za)
- ‘Replanting Hope‘ (celsias.com)
- ‘Eco Mattress in a box‘ (springwise.com)
- ‘Waste Management To Fuel Altamont California Area Trucks With Landfill-Harvested Liquid Natural Gas‘ (treehugger.com)
April 2008
- ‘Free range outsell battery eggs for the first time‘ (Hippyshopper.com)
- ‘Amazon tribe enlists Google in battle with illegal loggers‘ (Independent.co.uk)
- ‘Cape Town to clean up its act‘ (News24.com)
- ‘Sir David Attenborough Digs Google Earth’s New Features‘ (Treehugger.com)
- ”Urban farmers’ on Teesside plant the seeds of a food revolution‘ (Guardian.co.uk)
- ‘South Africa: A Revolution Fuelled By Organic Vegetables‘ (AllAfrica.com)
- Hemp Houses for Australia(Treehugger.com)
- ‘Musicians green their acts‘ (Women24.com)
- ‘Concerts go green in eco-friendly drive‘ (Mail & Guardian)
- ‘Planting A Billion Trees’ (The Sietch.org)
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