Environmentalists are deeply concerned that most consumers ignore all the problems with bottled water. Many people take on board the concept that the human body […]
Tag: CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change Has Reached Crisis Point, New Study finds
In the most dire warning of what the consequences will be if the nations of the world don’t reduce their greenhouse gas emissions drastically and […]
Latest SA Smallholder Magazine Now Out
The August 2021 SA Smallholder Digital Magazine is now ready for you. Click here to download the magazine in PDF format. In this edition: – […]
Reusing and Repurposing Plastic Bags
South Africans are getting better at reusing and repurposing plastic bags. We think more consciously than we used to about buying, using and throwing them […]
SA environmental groups win big legal victory
On this World Environment Day, SA Smallholder would like to acknowledge the wonderful work done by environmental organisations. A recent victory scored by the Centre […]
Buy Local ~ and Here’s Why
We at the Gauteng Smallholder have for years being despairing over the fact that so little of what we use in our daily lives is […]
Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed members of the inaugural Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission (P4C).The Commission is tasked with advising on South Africa’s climate change […]
#ClimateChangeChooseday: Cut the Climate Change Jargon
The challenge of climate change has produced a whole new vocabulary of jargon ~ terms and acronyms that are thrown around, which are not understood […]
#ClimateChangeChooseday: Are Trees the solution to Climate Mitigation?
It’s Spring Day and Arbor Week, so we are encouraged to buy and plant some trees. Much has been made of the ability of trees […]
Choosing the best option for recycling
This is the third part in our series on plastic. For parts one and two, click here. Unfortunately, not all municipalities in Gauteng run successful […]