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Being Green

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.
Weekly English South Africa Health & Fitness
452 Episodes
432 – 452

Being Green - 8 July 2016

Announcement of a new Sustainability Award for South African restaurants - a first. The Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Awards call for entries from restaurants. Annelde Greeff, Editor-in-Chief of Eat Out. Information on Eat Out’s web-site www.eatout.co.za or contact info@eatout.co.za
8 Jul 2016 6 min

Being Green - 1 July 2016

OCEAN CLEANUP IS HAPPENING! The imaginative project of Dutch student Boyan Slat is becoming a reality, and one day soon will be addressing the curse of plastic waste in the world’s oceans - well at least the floating plastic. The prototype test rig goes into action today for a test…
1 Jul 2016 6 min

Being Green - 24 June 2016

"Is the Dead Sea Dying? A popularly held take on the famous, historical, biblical, cultural and political feature, the 67-long kilometre ‘sea’ is that it is heavily impacted and is threatened to the point of destruction. But that’s far from the truth, and recent discoveries show that there’s more life…
24 Jun 2016 5 min

Being Green - 17 June 2016

Breakthrough in Carbon Sequestration – turning gas into rock! If we could just get the Carbon away from the Oxygen in Carbon Dioxide - but we can! Iceland shows the way, and South Africa also has plans and a lot going on with the South African Centre for Carbon Capture…
17 Jun 2016 5 min

Being Green - 10 June 2016

It's World Oceans Week - and the spotlight is on all aspects of marine conservation. Things are not good. For instance the Great Barrier Reef just off the coast of Australia is bleached out by rising temperatures. If a big rescue operation and bold mitigation steps are not taken soon,…
10 Jun 2016 5 min

Being Green - 3 June 2016

“The Climate Suite”: John Richards plays a familiar tune with new variations - the current state of atmospheric monitoring, Carbon Dioxide levels top 400 ppm in the Southern Hemisphere. But there may be good news on the horizon as El Nino subsides and gives way to La Nina, with possible…
3 Jun 2016 6 min

Being Green - 27 May 2016

John Richards speaks to Cathy Wijnberg: A business growth professional about the Fetola Project, a mentoring programme to assist and develop entrepreneurs in the green sector of the economy. Definition of the ‘green economy’ and its significance for future growth, the ‘triple bottom line’ concept: Economic performance; Social integration and…
27 May 2016 6 min

Being Green - 20 May 2016

Diversity at African Utility Week: “The African Utility Week mega-show has just ended in Cape Town, with delegates and role-players in the electrical energy and water utility fields showing off their specialities and expertise, and delegates trading views on the rapidly developing energy and water scene throughout Africa. From energy…
20 May 2016 7 min

Being Green - 6 May 2016

John Richards talks to Evan Schiff about the preview of African Utility Week: Conference & exhibition at CTICC 17 – 19 May
6 May 2016 7 min

Being Green - 29 April 2016

Extracting the Maximum, "District Heating – towards sustainable energy”: Sustainability, that admirable condition that we all strive for, means different things in different contexts. And it’s in the context of energy efficiency that I'm talking this week. Cities account for most of the consumption of energy – about 70 percent…
29 Apr 2016 4 min

Being Green - 15 April 2016

Stormy Weather for Energy Policy: “There are no signs of the weather conditions improving for those flying through the energy debates. ‘Flying’ is not the term I should have used, rather hovering, trudging or halting.I think it’s a good idea to keep informed, so I’ll just mention a few developments…
15 Apr 2016 5 min

Being Green - 1 April 2016

Titanium in the Spotlight - AGAIN: “The metal Titanium has a long history in South Africa. Just to refresh your chemistry, Titanium is a silverish-white metal of high strength, very popular in high-performance alloys in the motor trade, and essential to jet engines and aerospace activities. It’s also the best…
1 Apr 2016 5 min

Being Green - 18 March 2016

Some Major Climate-Change Consequences: Here are a number of happenings, news items, which are symptomatic of our present state of affairs, economically and environmentally. Well, first, the drought, which has broken all records in the West of the country and is generally believed to be the ‘worst ever’. There are…
18 Mar 2016 5 min

Being Green - 11 March 2016

John Richards speaks to Dr. Kelvin Kemm: “South Africa will need 9600 megawatts of electric power if we’re to grow the economy, as everyone hopes. This is what we call base-load or continuous power. That means making a choice for big power stations: fossil-fuel or nuclear?”
11 Mar 2016 8 min

Being Green - 4 March 2016

DiCaprio’s Appeal at Academy Awards & Earth Observation: The Oscar Awards ceremony was not perhaps the place where you would expect to hear an impassioned environmental appeal, but … come to think of it, it’s a good venue to get the message out. The movie and media people are in…
4 Mar 2016 6 min

Being Green - 26 February 2016

John Richards speaks about some amazing research called ‘My Eye’; getting the maximum amount of water out in arid water scarce environment.
26 Feb 2016 4 min

Being Green - 19 February 2016

Refuse-derived fuel: John R talked to Technical Services Director MIKE NICHOLLS of Interwaste. The first plant producing RDF has just been launched, and Mike explained what it is and how the production can benefit sustainability by turning un-recyclable waste into high-quality fuel with a calorific value nearly as high as…
19 Feb 2016 6 min
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