green plumbing

January 10, 2011

Is What’s in Your Bottled Water Worth Trashing the Planet?

Image ©serpico via morguefile We think that cutting out your bottled water habit is the perfect New Year’s goal for 2011. So does the Environmental Working […]
January 7, 2011

Conserve Water (Video)

Water Rhapsody Water Conservation Systems and Yes Solar Mpumalanga have combined (water and energy are linked!) to offer high quality water conservation systems and solar energy […]
January 6, 2011

Lotus-Shaped Singapore Museum Collects Rain and Light

The newly opened over-the-top Marina Bay Sands Casino and Resort in Singapore will soon host a slightly more down-to-earth museum focused on the fusion of art […]
December 24, 2010

12 myths about electric vehicles

Everything you thought you knew about plug-in hybrids and battery cars is probably wrong. 1. EVs don’t have enough range. You’ll be stranded when you run […]
December 19, 2010

7 Sustainable Wrapping Ideas

Gift giving is arguably one of the best parts of the holiday season. Unfortunately, with the bestowing of gifts also comes incessant waste. According to Earth911, […]
December 16, 2010

11 Uses For Cardboard Toilet Paper Tubes

While some people may already be buying the new “tubeless” toilet paper, most of us continue to buy the kind with the cardboard tubes in the […]
December 5, 2010

Federal Court Orders Destruction of Monsanto Crops

Everyone’s favorite uber-controversial, genetically modifying food corporation is in the news again, and this time, it’s because a federal judge has ordered the destruction of a […]
November 21, 2010

‘Blue Drop’ water quality scheme gains momentum, but critics say more is needed

Water quality and availability have become matters of growing concern in South Africa. The yearly renewable freshwater supply per capita currently stands at between 1 000 […]
November 17, 2010

Solar Sail, Enough Renewable Energy for Earth’s Population?

Scientists at Washington State University have proposed a renewable energy behemoth: A solar sail that traps solar wind deep in the atmosphere. The idea is essentially […]
November 11, 2010

Green Ideas: Tips For Eco-Friendly Travel

Book Direct Flights, Skip Travel-Size Products, Discover Green Resorts and Give Back Assuming your vacation is more than just a hike, you’re going to be making […]
October 31, 2010

Chicken manure to help power U.K. homes

The picturesque Cotswolds of England will soon be using those lovely animals dotting its hillsides to provide power to some of its homes. A turnkey biogas […]
October 13, 2010

Biomass gasification seen as attractive private power option

The use of the “lesser-known” renewable energy, biomass gasification, could greatly assist the development of private power in South Africa, which is likely to face a […]
October 2, 2010

Sun farm construction could start in 2012

Government expects the construction of Eskom’s planned solar farm in Upington to start in 2012, Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan said on Friday. Eskom is likely […]
September 24, 2010

DuPont speeds up forecast for $1 billion in solar sales

DuPont now expects $1 billion in photovoltaic market sales this year, up from a previous forecast to hit that mark in 2011, saying interest for solar […]
September 15, 2010

South Africa’s first hydrogen bike rolled out

South Africa’s rural communities may soon have access to a new, greener form of transport, following the recent launch of the country’s first hydrogen-powered bicycle. Minister […]
September 14, 2010

Green Plumbing

The concept of green plumbing is still relatively unknown in South Africa. This is changing however as South African plumbers and water related stakeholders are fast […]