Affordable housing on the horizon
BRIGHT SPARK 4 Middle income earners have fallen through the cracks in the property market as house prices rocket, but there is light at the end of the tunnel thanks to Soula Proxenos’ ability to lobby on South Africa’s behalf.
Putting the environment on the diary
BRIGHT SPARK 3 More than 800 schools around South Africa have over the last four years received a lively injection of environmental information thanks to an initiative known as the Environment Diary.
Small towns big challenges
BRIGHT SPARK 2 By 2050 three quarters of the world will be living in cities unless we follow the lead of the imaginative few who are looking at different ways of living in rural or peri-urban areas.
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BRIGHT SPARK 1 Maarten Groos and Henkie le Roux don’t just preach about sustainability – they live it passionately everyday.
Beware the greenies are here
As conservation goes mainstream, we’re in danger of being hooked by a new breed of adaptable capitalists now pushing the ‘green’ cause.
Do we live in an over-packaged world?
In a world where packaging is ubiquitous but contributes significantly to pollution, a zero-waste society seems a distant dream.
Fallow fields
Ensuring shelves are stocked with ‘green’ produce is not enough for supermarkets, who are reaping increasing profi ts from impoverished rural areas while withholding the key that could help unlock greater economic sustainability.
Consumers and retailers drive the new world marketplace.
The worldwide natural and organic industry boom signals a huge shift in marketing and manufacturing.
Is there something fishy in your trolley?
More and more people are eating seafood because it is healthy and comes in a delicious variety of forms, flavors and textures.
Greening the value chain
As we move towards a greener food chain, it’s important for producers, retailers and consumers to be clear about how their actions impact on communities and the environment elsewhere along the chain.