Being Green

Being Green - 03 April 2020

Glynis Crook speaks to climate scientist Peter Johnston of the University of Cape Town’s Climate System Analysis Group. They discuss the positive impact that reduced human activity due to the coronavirus pandemic is having on the environment, whether it will last, and if there are any lessons to be learned…

3 Apr 2020 7 min

Being Green - 27 March 2020

In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook talks to Kirstenbosch Gardens’ senior horticulturist, Cherise Viljoen, about the Spekboom which is widely fêted for its carbon absorption properties. They discuss concerns that people, in their enthusiasm, are planting them where they don’t really belong, and whether other indigenous succulents…

27 Mar 2020 5 min

Being Green - 13 March 2020

A new assessment by a group 89 scientists from 50 international organisations has found that the polar ice caps are melting 6 times faster than in the 1990s. A comprehensive review of satellite data from both poles showed that the Antarctica and Greenland lost 6.4 trillion tonnes of ice between…

13 Mar 2020 6 min

Being Green - 06 March 2020

Minister Pravin Gordhan has been opening up on some of his standpoints on the energy crisis, or the Eskom crisis, to say the same thing. There is no doubt that the downward spiral of diminishing demand and sporadic supply threatens the eventual survival of the big utility, and the road-map…

6 Mar 2020 7 min

Being Green - 28 February 2020

In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to arborist and Chairman of the Friends of the Arderne Gardens, Francois Krige, about this incredible but relatively little known park that is situated just a few minutes’ walk away from the busy central Claremont shopping district. Established 175 years…

28 Feb 2020 6 min

Being Green - 21 February 2020

21 Feb 2020 4 min

Being Green - 14 February 2020

We’ve followed with great sadness the story of the series of bushfires that have burned across Australia since September last year. They’ve resulted nationally in the death of at least 33 people, destroyed thousands of homes, and have burned more than 11 million hectares of bush, forest and parks. And…

14 Feb 2020 5 min

Being Green - 07 February 2020

If you’re a follower of the Green thread in our current affairs – or put another way, if you care about the environment – of course you will be aware of the grand theme of political-economic-social discourse that dominates the field. BEING GREEN is Fine Music Radio’s acknowledgement of the…

7 Feb 2020 4 min

Being Green - 31 January 2020

In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Jason Drew, founder and CEO of AgriProtein, a waste-to-feed company. The Philippi-farm houses billions of black soldier flies which are reared on organic waste that would otherwise be dumped in landfills where it would decompose, producing the powerful greenhouse gas, methane…

31 Jan 2020 5 min

Being Green - 24 January 2020

Worries about rollout of 5G I did a very unscientific snap survey of people’s understanding of 5G over the past few days. A few people, mainly I admit of my generation, looked blank. One chap said hopefully, the 5th Industrial Revolution? Others merely cast their eyes upwards and looked at…

24 Jan 2020 6 min

Being Green - 17 January 2020

Being Green this week visits the most extraordinary hotel near Cape Town airport that recently achieved a 6-star rating from the Green Building Council of South Africa, giving it “world leadership” status. Hotel Verde showcases some of the most advanced, environmentally-conscious technological installations and construction methods including grey water systems,…

22 Jan 2020 5 min

Being Green - 10 January 2020

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY GERLINDE MOSER OF RE/MAX. Being Green – Your window on the environment broadcast every Friday morning at 9.30. Glynis Crook will focus on key issues affecting our lifestyles, science and research outcomes, the quest for sustainable living and a healthier planet.

10 Jan 2020 6 min

Being Green - 03 January 2020

In this week’s edition of Being Green, Ian Domisse of the EcoBrick Exchange teaches Glynis Crook how to make an ecobrick out of non-biodegradable waste and gives her some ideas about what it can be used for. He says that as a rule of thumb, it takes about 250 non-biodegradable…

3 Jan 2020 7 min

Being Green - 27 December 2019

SOME THOUGHTS ON PRESENT CHALLENGES, AND SOME TO COME The more things change the more they stay the same… That cheesy old remark is – well – as true as it is cheesy. So here we are in that no-mans-land between the Years, and you’re probably letting media stories about…

27 Dec 2019 5 min

Being Green - 13 December 2019

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY GERLINDE MOSER OF RE/MAX. Being Green – Your window on the environment broadcast every Friday morning at 9.30. Glynis Crook will focus on key issues affecting our lifestyles, science and research outcomes, the quest for sustainable living and a healthier planet.

13 Dec 2019 7 min

Being Green - 06 December 2019

In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Georgina de Kock, inventor of the edible Munch Bowl which is an environmentally-friendly alternative to styrofoam and plastic food containers.

6 Dec 2019 6 min

Being Green - 29 November 2019

29 Nov 2019 4 min

Being Green - 22 November 2019

A new study by a group of British and American scientists has shown that eating healthy food is almost always also good for the environment. They assessed the health and environmental impacts of 15 common food groups and found that fruit, vegetables, beans and wholegrains were best for both avoiding…

22 Nov 2019 5 min

Being Green - 15 November 2019

If you haven’t noticed that South Africa is facing a Water Crisis and that it is growing in fits and starts, then you are probably not on this planet. It’s a little easier to get off this planet in the south-western corner of the Western Cape around the Peninsula because…

15 Nov 2019 5 min

Being Green - 08 November 2019

Cape Town pumps million litres of sewage out to sea every day from marine pipelines in Green Point, Camps Bay, and Hout Bay. The only treatment it receives before being pumped into ocean is to pass through a grid to remove solids. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis…

8 Nov 2019 5 min