Many regions of the world may see unprecedented drought due to climate change before the year 2050. This is according to new research, from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), presented earlier this week at the...
City of Johannesburg’s Executive Mayor, Mpho Parks Tau spoke to delegates at the Johannesburg Waste Summit 2015 at the Sandton Convention Center on Tuesday 24 March. The purpose of the summit was to engage stakeholders in dialogue about innovative...
Soil provides nutrients, water and minerals to plants and trees, stores carbon and is home to billions of insects, small animals, bacteria and many other micro-organisms. Yet the amount of fertile soil on the planet has been diminishing at an...
Improving access to nutritious food, food gardens are an excellent and widely adopted method for providing food to disadvantaged communities in South Africa, and around the world. According to Suzanne Ackerman, director of transformation at major...
