The impact of the climate crisis on our oceans has far-reaching implications for biodiversity and humankind, requiring an urgent global political response in the next 12 months, a new Greenpeace International report warns. In Hot Water: The Climate Crisis and the Urgent Need for Ocean Protection states the breakdown of...
The Climate Crisis is an Ocean Crisis – Call for Urgent Global Political Response
Trizanne BarnardDecember 04, 2019
Your Plastic Diet
Trizanne BarnardDecember 02, 2019
It’s probably not a piece of spinach you got stuck in your teeth, it’s probably plastic. According to a new study (published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology) on average, we could be ingesting up to 5 grams of plastic every week. Unless you’re a stoner or chef, tryna...
Plastic Brick Invention to Launch in Cape Town
Trizanne BarnardNovember 14, 2019
A new invention created by Donald Thompson, the CEO of The Center of Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC) can turn any plastic (clean or dirty) into sustainable building materials and is looking like a hopeful solution to the dire plastic pollution problem in South Africa – starting with Cape Town....
Clean Your Beach & Win
Trizanne BarnardJuly 24, 2019
Paddling into a plastic packet or navigating around sief bottles and takeaway containers is straight-up kak. Seeing our waves and environment, in general, being trashed should enrage every one of us, inspiring us to lend a hand to the sand. As surfers and all-around ocean lovers, we serve a duty to...