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Virtually every industry in the world anticipates sweeping systemic transformation over the next decade in their strategic planning, production practices, and business models, according to the Sustainability Survey Poll on Water. 1. Educate to change consumption and lifestyles Over the past few years there has been a shift in the mentality amount garden owners about tapping into ground water for irrigation purposes. The initial attitude was one of complete abundance, almost as if the ground several metres below us is soaked in water. Irrigating with borehole water I call this the “sponge in [...] I suppose to many this might come as a shock that such a large part of the country could be faced with water outages. I have been surprised the Southern Cape area has managed to continue supplying water to their residents. That said, it was their “rainy” season and their dams at least managed to maintain [...] Do you sometimes wonder if your green thumb is browning around the edges? Well friend, you may be victim of garden [...] Few South African are able to even imagine how dependent our daily live are on water, the liquids we buy in little plastic bottles and the fluid that flows from our taps when we shower, bath, brew our tee or coffee, clean laundry, and wet the gardens. This is the “stuff” I am talking about.
Cape Town dam levels are lower than what they have been in the past few years due a little rain. There seems to be little hope for our dams to be filling up as the long term weather forecast is once again predicting a dry week. In the past August and September have been some of [...]
Constantia Waldorf School Recycling Centre The newly build Constantia Waldorf School Recycling Center is setting a trend for the of recycling. This is a vision driven by a parent of a student attending the school. Unsorted recyclable goods can be dropped off at the school recycling center where it is then sorted [...] Over the last few months there has been a influx of new businesses selling rainwater harvesting systems. This is no surprise to me as we have been warned of the drought cycle underway. Cape Town will be forced to once again enforce water restrictions as a means to control demand. With the population growth that the [...] If urgent steps are not taken, South Africa will run out of water for future economic growth within the next five years. This is among several alarming expert opinions contained in the second edition of “The Environmental Handbook: A Guide to Green Business in South Africa”, launched in Cape Town this week. In a guest foreword [...] |
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