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tweetmeme_url = “http://www.rainharvest.co.za/2010/09/05/create-a-natural-swimming-pool/”; By creating a natural swimming pool, also known as a natural swimming pond, you are helping the environment in several ways: you’re saving energy and water, lessening chlorine pollution, and starting a micro-environment that helps shift the general environment toward a healthy direction. How to build a natural [...] tweetmeme_url = “http://www.rainharvest.co.za/2010/09/04/going-green-at-work-top-tips/”; More Work, Less Energy tweetmeme_url = “http://www.rainharvest.co.za/2010/09/03/safari-lodges-solar-energy-plant-could-be-precursor-to-50-mw-project/”; South Africa’s first concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar demonstration plant of 60 kW is operational in the Western Cape, and supplying the daytime power requirements for the Aquila safari lodge, near Touws river. Photovoltaic solar panels at Aquila Safari Lodge The plant was built by German solar engineering [...] tweetmeme_url = “http://www.rainharvest.co.za/2010/09/02/tourism-must-go-green/”; Vilankulo coastline, Mozambique (November, 2003) Durban – The tourism industry must lead the way to take SA into a low carbon economy, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said. “Rather than waiting for government to regulate its carbon footprint, its recycling practices or its commitment to the environmentally responsible [...] tweetmeme_url = “http://www.rainharvest.co.za/2010/09/01/1-300-gw-of-untapped-hydropower-in-developing-countries/”; The World Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to “scaling up” its support for hydropower infrastructure in developing countries, which it describes as the largest source of renewable and low-carbon energy. This policy aspiration, which is contained in a newly published report entitled ‘Sustaining Water for All in [...] tweetmeme_url = “http://www.rainharvest.co.za/2010/08/30/green-technology-what-is-it/”; The term “technology” refers to the application of knowledge for practical purposes. The field of “green technology” encompasses a continuously evolving group of methods and materials, from techniques for generating energy to non-toxic cleaning products. The present expectation is that this field will bring [...] tweetmeme_url = “http://www.rainharvest.co.za/2010/08/29/solar-over-the-parking-lot/”; Open air parking lots are great places to build solar power plants: — Parking lots are nearly always near a power grid connection. This cuts electricity transmission losses as well as the cost of installing the solar plant. — Parking lots are nearly always near at least one building [...] tweetmeme_url = “http://www.rainharvest.co.za/2010/08/27/kick-the-bottle-habit/”; Save resources by drinking from a glass whenever you can, or use a refillable, stainless steel bottle when you are on the go. Ever wonder where most of those plastic water bottles go that we knock back from every day? Into landfills, where they live on and on [...] tweetmeme_url = “http://www.rainharvest.co.za/2010/08/25/experts-urge-faster-more-relevant-un-climate-reports/”; The UN panel of climate scientists should be more nimble at highlighting global warming trends and at fixing mistakes, experts said ahead of the planned August 30 release of a review of the group’s work. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked for an independent [...] |
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