Though its been raining on and off here in South Africa, the country is in serious drought. Water authorities might have to start rationing if the crisis doesn’t evade soon. Many other countries are in a similar situation — experiencing serious decrease in water supply for the first time in several decades. Water scarcity is [...]

17 years ago, as I became aware of the impact our lifestyles were having on our environment and coupled with a growing sceptism of big corporates, from municipalities to private sector conglomerates, I looked around for more opportunities to go off the grid.  We already had a solar hot water heating system installed in 1987 [...]

Ecopreneurist does a terrific job of educating the public about green business, especially startups.  My own personal blog, EcopreneursGuide, has a variety of pages that also address this topic, though with woefully less information and diversity, since it is only my blog, and doesn’t have the wealth of writers associated with Ecopreneurist. But the interesting [...]

There has been a lot of talk about green jobs, but if becoming the next in line for the desk of the Green Czar in the Whitehouse is a bit too constraining for you, then maybe a hands-on eco career is a better option.  As a part of the recovery stimulus package, $60 billion dollars [...]

South Africa has even less water than previously thought, a study has found. Scientists have warned that the country, with 98 percent of its surface water allocated for use, faces tough decisions as it becomes hotter and drier. But the Water Resources of South Africa 2005 study, the fifth of its kind, found 4 percent [...]

What on earth is a Dunning Charge? Not simple to explain but, let me have a go. The avaricious Municipality of Cape Town has invented a new charge levied against unsuspecting property owners. If for any reason you have not paid your rates bill, these kind boys and girls will send you a letter threatening [...]

Amidst the Chihuahuan Desert, Abe and Josie built a home out of dirt, designed a wind turbine from scrap parts, and raised their newborn without diapers and other conveniences. When their first hand sculpted house went up for sale a couple of years ago in Far West Texas, I was one of many people interested [...]

By Bill McKibben Superheroes indeed! I found them all over South Africa, from Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg to the botanical gardens of Cape Town. This is a country, obviously, that knows a little bit about political movements, so it’s not entirely surprising that people are coming up with dramatic and creative actions: a mass climb [...]