Tag Archives: Durban
The COPpuccino Overview Of COP17: Attendants Summarise Highs And Lows
South Africa has just hosted the most important annual event concerning environmental affairs, COP17. The event was not without controversy, but on the whole South Africans can feel proud of its contribution to a greener future.
Daily updates were provided in the form of COPpuccino videos, which we were watching avidly. Here is the final [...]
COP17 Businesses Challenge Politicians To Aim For The Crucial 2˚C Global Warming Limit
Businesses challenge low expectations at UN climate summit. Over 340 companies from 38 countries are urging politicians to defy low expectations at the UN Climate Change summit in Durban, South Africa, and agree a robust, equitable and ambitious global deal that keeps global warming below 2˚C.
The companies have signed the 2˚C Challenge Communiqué, which [...]
New South African academy promotes job creation through digital marketing skills training
Advances in technology bring efficiencies in production that threatens the job security of skilled labourers. With the Internet, however, could we see the emergence of a new type of artisan?
The newly established GROW Academy seeks to create job opportunities through apprenticeships for school leavers and the unemployed who have a passion for web-based skills.
In [...]
Featured business: Rentabox, the green alternative to moving home
Moving is rated as one of life’s most stressful events. Ideate’s featured business today, Rentabox, was created to fill the need for a convenient, cost effective and environmentally friendly alternative to using cardboard boxes for moving and storage requirements. Cardboard boxes are not an ideal solution for moving your home or business. They add unneeded [...]
Search for the Great South African Cup of Coffee: The Corner Cafe in Durban
Recently, while in KZN to attend the wedding of one my World Wide Creative team mates, I hooked up with fellow coffee addict, Geoff Brink, who lives in Umdloti down the road from prolific blogger Fred Hatman. Geoff is otherwise known as the ‘nutter on the unicycle‘ – although he also moonlights as a photographer and a [...]
