New Solar Water Heating Rebate

Installing a domestic Solar water heater has become cheaper,thanks to Eskom subsidy.

Eskom has announced that,subject to certain conditions,it will substantially increase subsidies through a 15-30% rebate for the installation of approved solar heaters.  This brings the previous rebate figure of R4900 to a new maximum of just over R12 000.

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Coca-Cola &Rainwater Harvesting!

Coca-Cola’s subsidiary in India and its partners have completed 16 Rainwater harvesting projects in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh which covers the business of the Indian food industry.

The projects have the combined capacity to harvest 36 lakh liters (3.6 million liters) of rainwater annually,benefiting the schools and surrounding communities.

“Rain water

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The key to an eco-friendly festive season,think Local!

BUY local,cook local,travel local,think local and long- term. Don’t waste.

This is the message for an environmentally friendly Christmas

Local versus further afield – at worst overseas – is all about cutting carbon emissions,Pierre- Louis Lemercier of the Renewable Energy Centre in Greenshields Park explained.

The further the distance,the worse

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Surprise,Green Car of the Year…

The new Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe with “start/stop”is TheGreenCarWebsite’s ‘Green Car of the Year’after storming ahead in an online poll and beating rivals such as the Toyota Prius and BMW’s 316d.

The car,which generates only 99g/km of CO2/km,is not only road-tax free in the UK but is also capable of 3

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Pedaling to a Green Christmas

It isn’t often that a principal arrives to find a crowd of eager students in his school’s front lobby. But that is exactly what happened the other morning at Grayson County Middle School in Leitchfield.

“There were lots of kids gathered around waiting to take a turn on the exercise bike,” said principal Jim Blain.

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World Cup Teams Going Green!

More than half of the 32 countries qualified for the soccer World Cup have committed to or support offsetting emissions from teams’flights to and within South Africa,the United Nations said on Tuesday.

“We have worked on this in the past few weeks,”U.N. Environment Programme chief Achim Steiner told a news conference on

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Cut carbon emissions by 34%

South Africa has committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 34% by

Recuce Carbon Emissions

2020,but says it will need financial aid  to do so.

The announcement was made as the world climate talks started in Copenhagen.

Environmental group Greenpeace said the announcement had made South Africa “one of the stars of the

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