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SOUTH AFRICA
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Living Handbook
Discover the recently published handbook on
sustainable living in Cape Town:
A practical sustainability guide
for people and households in Cape Town to make
their homes safer and to save money, while
working to reduce their impact on our precious
environment. The book also provides information
on key environmental resource issues facing us
globally, and within our City.
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Activist
Internet activism (also known as
electronic advocacy, e-activism, and online
organising) is the use of communication technologies
such as e-mail, web sites, and podcasts for various
forms of activism to enable faster (& MUCH
 cheaper)
communications by citizen movements. These Internet
technologies are used for cause-related fundraising,
lobbying, volunteering, community
building, and organising.
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Going Green
Going
Green is a real-life experiment in sustainable living.
Is such a lifestyle possible in our modern day and age -
in an age where values and ideals have apparently taken
a backseat to money? Is it possible to survive - forget
survive - to live well and enjoy life while "doing the
right thing" - is it possible to live in the "real
world" of today while still pursuing your ideals?
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 Urban Sprout
is a growing blog-style online community, featuring
daily green blogs, events and a directory that focuses
on organic and eco-friendly products. We deal with
issues that are important to those with a sense of
environmental & social responsibility - organic food,
climate change, ethical consumerism, sustainable
lifestyles and environmental justice.We hope to change
the world one small step at a time.
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FullCycle
is an eco-consultancy, providing assistance to identify,
understand and address issues relating to environmental
design, sustainability and social responsibility. Their primary focus
is promoting sustainability through innovative research, design,
technology and education activities. Services
include assessment, design and implementation of appropriate and
environmentally-friendly systems and activities
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Biophile Magazine
deals with matters close to the heart of everyone who
shares our concern for the future of our planet and
species, and who aspires to lead an ethical,
environmentally sound life, in harmony with all of
earth’s creatures.
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Calculate your carbon footprint
A South African Version.
Once you've done the calculation compare how many tons
your lifestyle produces to the national average. And
then
click here for a guide to improving your energy
demand, waste management and transport usage, that you
can print and put on your fridge as a reminder.
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 Earthlife Africa - Cape Town
Earthlife
Africa (ELA) is a membership driven organization of
environmental and social justice activists, founded to mobilize
civil society around environmental issues in relation to people
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Sustainable Settlement in Southern Africa
provides a
central point of access to information and organisations in
southern Africa that support the creation of a sustainable built
environment.
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 Food and Trees
for Africa
National public benefit, civil society greening
organisation in South Africa
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Living Food for Africa - Eat less cooked, processed food !
The life is in the Raw!
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 SEED Schools Environmental Education and
Development (SEED) works at transforming learning environments
through Permaculture. SEED has grown out of the harsh Cape Flats
Primary School Environment and is now rolling out a national
program that incorporates this school-based work and also
focussed on Accredited Permaculture Facilitator Training.
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Green Cars
Eco-friendly motoring in South Africa
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Men
on the side of the road
Men on the Side of the Road (MSR) is a non-profit
organisation that seeks to bridge the gap between
the growing economy and unemployed men with low
skills. The essence of our activities is to increase
the ability of people to earn a sustainable income.
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 ecospecifier
SA aims to help building professionals including
architects, designers, builders and specifiers, as well as keen
homeowners, to shortcut the eco and healthy
materials sourcing process. Its broader aim is to
help create a more sustainable physical environment
by increasing the use of environmentally preferable
and healthy products, materials and design
processes.
Designers today need to be mindful of
the upstream and downstream implications of
decisions in an economic, legal and ecological
sense.
A range of new standards, including
Green Star SA and the Cape Town Green Guidelines,
are turning these drivers into tangible measuring
tools in the market place. ecospecifier SA provides
compelling and high-quality knowledge about
innovative products that represent high value over
their life - not only in the traditional sense, but
also in the expanded sense of health, wellbeing and
productivity of their total life, in the context of
the people, buildings and systems they serve.
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Neighbourhood Sustainability Project - Port
Elizabeth
Lots of great food growing tips on this site about
an emerging sustainable culture in PE. The links
below are useful ones suggested by Ryan who runs
this project:
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Jason's Garden Wiki
A Wikipedia type site started by Jason Hartman. Our
mission is to support and facilitate a South African
sustainability culture where we ALL grow organic
vegetable gardens and contribute positively as a
unified response to climate change.
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Sustainable Communty Living Facebook group
A South African based group focused on sustainable
living.
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Wind Power design
For the more technically minded who want to
construct their own wind turbines for their homes,
this site should be of interest.
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INTERNATIONAL
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Urban Agriculture : A guide to container
gardens.
With inexpensive containers and suitable soil mix,
you can create an urban garden virtually anywhere -
on roof tops, vacant city lots, brown fields, and
unused portions of parking lots.
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Edible Schoolyard
A very interesting video about schools that are
combining agriculture and cooking with their science
and history classes.
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The Earth Charter Initiative
is a declaration of fundamental principles for
building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global
society for the 21st century. Created by global
civil society, endorsed by thousands of
organizations and institutions, the Charter is not
only a call to action, but a motivating force
inspiring change the world over.
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WorldChanging
is a solutions-based online magazine that works from
a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas
for building a better future lie all around us. That
plenty of people are working on tools for change,
but the fields in which they work remain
unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity
for profound positive change are already present.
That another world is not just possible, it's here.
We only need to put the pieces together.
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Transition
Towns
Creative adaptations in the realms of energy production, health,
education, economy and agriculture as a ‘road map’ to a sustainable
future for a town.
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Conscious Consuming
Conscious Consuming
seeks to increase awareness of the impact of
buying decisions on our health, happiness, and
environment. Through education and discussion we
encourage people to live in line with their
values by better prioritizing time, money, and
material things.
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Centre
for Alternative Technology
(Wales) offer solutions to some of the most serious challenges
facing our planet and the human race, such as climate change,
pollution and the waste of precious resources. Theydemonstrate
practical ways of addressing these problems. Leading by example,
we aim to show that living more sustainably is not only easy to
attain but can provide a better quality of life. They address
every aspect of the average lifestyle - the key areas are
renewable energy, environmental building, energy efficiency,
organic growing and alternative sewage systems.
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Energy
Bulletin
World energy and environmental news updated
daily. Innovations or partial solutions to this crisis, such as
renewable energy generation capacity and research , alternative
financial systems, or post-carbon urban agriculture
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Path to Freedom Let's face it. Our world is in deep, deep trouble and we are
the "troublemakers." We have to make real, difficult changes yesterday. Despite the obvious benefits, we are not going to
recycle, compost, or talk our way out of this. Our leaders, being
politicians, are not leaders at all but are bound to be followers, who
just won't be there for us in a crisis. So, it's up to me and you to
make the choice of becoming responsible stewards of the earth. Let's
turn the world right side up as demonstrated through this website. Join
us on our journey towards a sustainable present and future. Let's walk
the path to freedom.
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LoveFoodHateWaste
 Even
those who don't care about the ethics of food
wasting are thinking thrifty, thanks to skyrocketing
food prices. LoveFoodHateWaste pitches in with
recipes that help you make use of food that might
otherwise go bad. Need to use up some parsnips? Got
some cottage cheese you'll never finish? Tell LFHW
what you've got on hand, and the site suggests
recipes that'll help you clean out your fridge and
save money at the same time. We especially like the
Rescue Recipes for foods that are already a bit past
their best, like veggies that are "on the turn" or
bread that's gotten a bit stale.
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Indoor farming. Enjoy fresh, locally produced high
quality food all year round, anywhere you are, without
leaving your residence
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Transition Energy
The
Alliance to Save Energy believes that with just a few
adjustments, society will make the jump from unlimited
oil consumption to sustainable economies based on
improved energy efficiency. But greater energy
efficiency, fuel saving technologies and the
installation of minor adjustments in our daily
lifestyles will not solve the coming oil crunch.
Renewable green energy sources can help reduce pollution
and dependence on petroleum products.
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Vertical Algae biofuel Growing
At Least 20,000 gal of Algae Oil from one acre annually!
Check out this video...... We don't have to use our food
to produce fuel!! A mere one-tenth of the surface of New
Mexico would be enough with this new, simple,
environmentally-friendly technology to produce enough
energy for the entire United States!
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Vertical Vegetable Growing Systems --- they are
still in the process of testing and improving their
Algae biofuel technology... "The research and
development team of Valcent Products Inc. has now
completed twelve months of the algae vertical bioreactor
development program. During a 90-day continual
production test, algae was being harvested at an average
of one gram (dry weight) per liter. This equates to
algae bio mass production of 276 tons of algae per acre
per year. Achieving the same biomass production rate
with an algal species having 50% lipids (oil) content
would therefore deliver approximately 33,000 gallons of
algae oil per acre per year."
Introduction To Permaculture
Organic and Permaculture Gardening
A Low Impact Woodland Home
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