Cape Pulpit 729AM Get up & Go Breakfast - Green Actuality - Elma Pollard

Get up & Go Breakfast - Green Actuality - Elma Pollard

Elma Pollard is the editor of the Green Times. The Green Times is a social enterprise focused on climate change and other environmental news with a particular focus on creative and constructive solutions. Every Wednesday morning, Elma directs our thinking to ensure we understand the urgency of effective stewardship, and she tells us how to maximize our combined efforts.
Weekly English South Africa Religion & Spirituality · Christianity Narrated by Elma Pollard
131 Episodes
24 – 44

Elma Pollard - The role of green hydrogen in SA’s energy transition

Hydrogen is an energy carrier that can be used to generate electricity either indirectly by generating heat through combustion, or directly through an electrochemical process that takes place in a fuel cell. In both cases, water is the only by-product of the energy generation process. Hydrogen technology can help the…
12 Apr 2023 10 min

Elma Pollard - Creating long-term water sustainability in Kraaifontein

Elma shares a headline story coming out of Bloekombos on 22 March, World Water Day, and the launch of Water in the Sky, a new initiative by the Save Our Schools Non-Profit Organisation (SOSNPO). The project, in partnership with the international organisation Xylem Watermark, is designed to implement long-term water…
5 Apr 2023 9 min

Elma Pollard - Tackling the growing waste problem in Kayamandi

Following months of deliberation, Stellenbosch Network has crowned Chuma Lalendle and Sbahle Mgijima as the winners of the fourth edition of the #IdeasForChange Challenge. The two young innovators walked away with a R20 000 cash prize to support their ‘Smart Trolley Recycling’ idea.
22 Mar 2023 6 min

Elma Pollard - Green Corridors

Green Corridors recently announced the reopening of the Inanda Wilderness Park, a much-appreciated community focal point in Ward 44, at a small gathering of partners, community members and people representing local leadership, schools and the elderly. Elma shares also how she has worked to make the green area near home…
8 Mar 2023 10 min

Elma Pollard – The LitterBoom Project

The Plastics Innovation and Circularity Challenge is a part of that movement for change. The Challenge, a joint venture of SOLVE@Waterfront; the UK-South Africa Tech Hub, an initiative of the UK Government; and Ocean Hub Africa, invited applications from enterprises working in the plastics circularity space. The 40 entries were,…
1 Mar 2023 10 min

Elma Pollard – Saving the Wetlands

Wetlands provide a range of essential services, including water regulation, flood control, and habitat for biodiversity. However, South African wetlands face threats from human activities such as pollution, urbanisation, agriculture, and water resource extraction. It is crucial to raise awareness about the value of wetlands and the steps needed to…
8 Feb 2023 10 min

Elma Pollard – The potential for green infrastructure projects in Africa

Africa is full of potential infrastructure project opportunities in the pipeline. There is a great need and availability of funding to be spent on the continent. We just need to fix that missing link and carry through projects to a financial close to finally close the infrastructure gap.
12 Jan 2023 10 min

Elma Pollard - Strategies to go Off The Grid

Elma shares her story of auditing her electricity usage and the steps she took to get Off Grid. She hopes her story will inspire us all to hear what is possible, and inspire us to all do something; even if it’s only 1 small change.
14 Dec 2022 12 min

Elma Pollard - Fisherwomen unite against offshore energy projects

In the midst of the 16 Days of Activism campaign, small-scale fisherwomen from around the country not only have to deal with the gender-based violence issues that plague the women in the country, but they also have to fight to protect their livelihoods from the onslaught of proposed oil and…
7 Dec 2022 10 min

Elma Pollard - NEP honours five protectors of Mother Earth

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on Tuesday, the 2022 Champions of the Earth for their transformative action to prevent, halt or reverse ecosystem degradation. A conservationist, a sustainable waste management enterprise, an economist, a women’s rights activist, and a wildlife biologist were selected from nearly 2,200 nominations – a…
30 Nov 2022 8 min

Elma Pollard – Cop27 Roundup

The Green Times shares multiple stories this week on the back of a vitally important Cop27 Conference in Egypt. Elma gives us an overview that might leave us feeling quite hopeless, but she ends off reminding us how we can all be a part of the global solution.
16 Nov 2022 11 min

Elma Pollard - COP27 must deliver major climate solutions

The COPs are the biggest and most important annual climate-related conferences on the planet. This year’s UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against a backdrop of extreme weather events worldwide, an energy crisis propelled by the war in Ukraine, and scientific data reiterating that the world is not…
2 Nov 2022 11 min

Elma Pollard - SA entrepreneur solves long-standing waste challenges

While society understands the importance of recycling, many tend to turn a blind eye. This lack of recycling in South Africa inspired entrepreneur Luanda Madikizela to start a waste management business called Lundstar. Elma shares more on this uplifting story.
26 Oct 2022 11 min

Elma Pollard - 12 October 2022

Elma Pollard is the editor of the Green Times. The Green Times is a social enterprise focused on climate change and other environmental news with a particular focus on creative and constructive solutions. Every Wednesday morning, Elma directs our thinking to ensure we understand the urgency of effective stewardship, and…
13 Oct 2022 10 min

Elma Pollard - 28 October 2022 - Radon Gas: The Road to Awareness

The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) aims to bring awareness to South Africans regarding the potential threat of a naturally occurring radioactive gas, called radon, to draw up a map of potential high and low risk areas in the country and to set action and mitigation levels to minimise risk. This…
11 Oct 2022 10 min
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