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Better Business Podcasts The latest in sustainability news and how to make your business better. Thought leadership opinion and commentary from Kevin James (Sustainability Strategist, Futurist) and interviews with South African professionals and experts. Stay ahead of the curve through industry insights to be revealed on the show. More audio and video can be found on www.gcxafrica.co.za and as podcasts through iTunes.
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A lot has happened since the 74 year old highly acclaimed physicist and cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking’s quoted in 1988 that “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe.Door GCXAfrica
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The Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) on the Cape Flats has become a scene of controversy regarding new proposed developments on the sensitive farmland/wetland catchment area of the Cape Flats Aquifer. The Cape Flats Aquifer is a massive integrated groundwater system which is estimated to be 630km2 - enough to supply a third of the City of Cape Tow…
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In rural parts of Nigeria several communities have started building houses made from empty plastic bottles collected for free. The process is as follow: 1) bottles are collected, 2) filled up with soil and compacted, 3) the bottles are then stacked and layered on each other with clay, 4) the necks of the bottles are secured and connected with strin…
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Plastic rubbish will outweigh fish in the oceans by 2050 unless the world takes drastic action. This finding was revealed at the World Economic Forum at Davos 2016 by a global study done by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation - a foundation which promotes the circular economy such as recycling.Door GCXAfrica
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According to a recent Oxfam report revealed at the World Economic Forum 2016 in Davos, the top 1% wealthy elite now owns more wealth than the entire bottom 99% combined. The report further reveals that only 62 individuals own more than the bottom 50% of the world which is about 3.6 billion people.Door GCXAfrica
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Kevin James from GCX Africa spoke at the annual Green Building Convention about the measurement and matrix of corporate sustainability. The event seems to be gaining popularity with an exponential growth of attendees and rolling out of green buildings. Over 900 people attended this year’s event and a growth of more than 100% of new certified green …
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Interesting trends are emerging in the global energy mix where renewable energy is now the second biggest generator of electricity globally. It seems like the clean energy wave is growing and not slowing down any time soon. Here is what Kevin James had to say:Door GCXAfrica
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On the subject of food waste, two Canadian filmmakers have made a movie called ‘Just Eat it – A Food Waste Story’, where they commit to only being allowed to eat rescued food that was destined for landfill for a period of 6 months. Kevin James gives some insight:Door GCXAfrica
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A damning article was published in the Mail and Guardian last week giving some insights into the state of the country’s more than 800 water treatment plants and by association, the state of our natural water systems. Kevin James gives us the overall message:Door GCXAfrica
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In South Africa there seems to be much hype around the government’s new pet project, named ‘Operation Phakisa’, which aims to unlock the ocean economy. Kevin James gives us his thoughts on this initiative and whether he believes it will indeed be as beneficial as they are claiming:Door GCXAfrica
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With COP21 climate negotiations taking place in Paris in November, there has been a hive of climate change related activity in the USA with both government and business committing to deep cuts in coal use and significant investment into renewables. It also seems to be quite a big topic in the upcoming US presidential elections. Kevin James gives us…
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Pope Francis warned today that a variety of human activities - from a blind worship of technology to a reliance on fossil fuels - risk irreparably ruining the planet, stealing its stunning beauty and rich diversity from future generations. This situation, the pope said in a sweeping and sharply worded manifesto, can no longer be met with irony and …
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A fly farming facility in the Western Cape is recycling food waste into animal feed. This is a game changing business, home grown by local entrepreneurial brothers, Jason and David Drew. They have been doing research and development over the last five years at their Stellenbosch test facility, where they were processing 10 tonnes of food waste a we…
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