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City taps private sector
AN innovative public private partnership is being crafted by Johannesburg to deal with the challenge of ever-increasing waste in the city.
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Green summit for Jozi
A GREEN legacy of the World Cup will be explored at the Institute of Environment and Recreation Management Convention.
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Recycling drive going well
THE environment will be the ultimate winner, with more and more residents willingly being part of Pikitup's Separation at Source campaign.
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Road gardens welcome visitors
PLANTS and pebbles have been used in landscaped pavement gardens and traffic islands as part of a public-private partnership to beautify the city.
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Cop15: mayor speaks for cities
JOHANNESBURG'S executive mayor Amos Masondo told the global climate change meeting that communities cannot fight global warming on their own.
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Cop15: Joburg calls for action
THE City’s executive mayor Amos Masondo adds his voice to calls for industrialised nations attending the climate summit to support Africa.
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Climate change on agenda
A CALL is going out for ordinary people to help fight climate change, with activities planned in Johannesburg during the global climate change talks.
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Rosebank's old trees felled
THE legal route is being followed after several old trees were chopped down in Rosebank, to make way for a new office development.
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Racing against climate change
A LONE cyclist is going around South Africa to raise awareness of climate change. He visited the Joburg Zoo on 26 November where he spoke with the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs.
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Towards a greener Joburg
WITH legislation in the pipeline demanding more energy efficiency in construction, Joburg has released a set of guidelines on building greening.
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Jozi will be at climate summit
WORLD leaders are expected to thrash out a new climate change deal at the 15th Climate Change Conference of Parties in Copenhagen to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
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More trees for Orlando park
TO mark Global Community Day, trees were planted at Orlando West Park as part of the award-winning Greening Soweto campaign.
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Bang drum for climate change
JOIN in the fun celebrating International Day for Climate Change and learn a thing or two about the environment at the same time.
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Play returns to Mayibuye Park
NEW grass has been laid and trees planted, and play equipment has been given a lick of paint at Mayibuye Park in Midrand.
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Arbor Month target beaten
PLANTING 10 000 trees in 30 days is a big task, but it was one that City Parks met and exceeded, with a little help from its friends.
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'Green' summit postponed
AN environmental summit for local government bodies that was planned for October has been postponed until next year due to the downturn in the global economy.
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Food trees planted at Soweto school
NUT trees were among those planted at Shomang Primary School, which will benefit from the shade of 56 new trees.
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Making fire the way granny did
USING the Basa njengo Magogo method of lighting a fire in a brazier generates far less smoke and saves on coal.
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Plans are made to combat waste
IDEAS were put forward regarding ways to clean Joburg, and keep it clean, by public and private role players at the Clean City Summit.
* Video: Joburg hosts Clean City Summit
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Pikitup begins recycling at source
A PILOT project for residents to separate their waste at their properties is beginning in the northwestern suburbs serviced by the Waterval Depot.
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