We regret to inform you that we unfortunately had to postpone our event until June for our speaker, Jess Schulschenk, have to attend to an unexpected urgent matter next week. We are now looking at a new date in June (tentatively between the 16th and 22nd – to be confirmed). Your feedback regarding your general [...]
JOIN THE COMPETITION AND GET THE CHANCE TO VISIT THE HOT SPOTS OF SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH IN GERMANY Our planet is facing a rapid depletion of natural resources, increasing environmental contamination and major changes in the earth’s atmosphere. As a frontrunner in sustainability research, Germany strongly believes in international cooperation to overcome these global challenges. Especially [...]
Highlights: Flow Pod News : May 2013 OPEN DAY – Online FLOW POD session: Wednesday 22 of May (19:00 to 20:00) Blue Economy Flow Pod Starting the week of 27th of May (day and time to be confirmed) *** ABOUT THE OPEN DAY! Wednesday 22 of May (19:00 to 20:00) No charges apply for people [...]
We were invited by Ella Bella Constantinides, youth ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme to present on Green Jobs at Generation Earth Summit this year. Along with her sister, Catherine Constantinides, she founded Generation Earth — an organisation that provides a platform for the youth to be active through initiatives such as Green Your [...]
Elize Hattingh and our Cape Town Coach, Amélie Guyot-Staalwere invited to shared more about Sustainability Career during their visit at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town. We asked Bernelle Verster from Merha Mas to join us in a debate about choosing a career that creates a positive social en environmental [...]
Next Green Collar Workers Forums: Pretoria: 14 May, click here to register Cape Town: 12 June, click here to register Courses Upskilling for the Green Economy is vital.Pimp your skills by registering for a academic or professional development course. Click here to view the latest course offerings: Permaculture Design Course: May, June and July 2013 Energy Efficiency: Certified Measurement and Verification [...]
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Designing Pathways to Sustainability Course Fee: R 4750 per student for the full PDC or R800 for the Permaculture Introductory Course (Day 1 & 2). 20% discount for students, pensioners and couples/groups. To apply: Contact Ezio (“Buzz”) Gori at 083 300 2385, Email: whatabuz@iafrica.com Click here for more information about the curriculum or click here to [...]
This Flow Pod will be for ENTREPRENEURS and have a ‘Blue Economy flavour’ – inspired by the Blue Economy business model for entrepreneurs, founded by Gunter Pauli. “We can transform scarcity into abundance through mirroring the successful method found in natural ecosystem, we can then choose models with a generous scope, a propensity to cascade, [...]
At our Green Collar Workers Forum that was held on 6 March 2013, we had the opportunity to introduce talented social entrepreneurs. Masixole Nkumbesi is working to finance and construct a cement manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth, replacing conventional coal with waste tyres and municipal solid waste (MSW). His project aims to promote environmental benefits and [...]
