Responsible Cape Town

The City of Cape Town will again host its popular Tourism Cities @ Indaba Seminar in Durban on 12 May 2013, coinciding with  Indaba 2013.  Nombulelo Mkefa, Director of Tourism, says ”The Tourism Cities @ Indaba Seminar is a forum for South African and international tourism practitioners to interact and share information, experiences and best practices on responsible tourism [...]

CITY OF CAPE TOWN 20 AUGUST 2012 MEDIA RELEASE Capetonian elected to leadership of global body for sustainable tourism Capetonian Heidi van der Watt, founding member of the International Centre for Responsible Tourism – South Africa, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). In our efforts to [...]

The City of Cape Town has taken another step towards the fostering of green energy and reducing Cape Town’s carbon footprint. The Mayoral Committee has recommended to Council that it establishes an Energy & Climate Change Committee at its Council meeting on Thursday 26 April. This committee will ensure that Cape Town’s energy plan reduces the [...]

The City of Cape Town will be switching off the lights on Table Mountain and in its own buildings for one hour in support of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Earth Hour 2012, which takes place on Saturday 31 March from 20:30 to 21:30 (local time). “The City will join hundreds of millions of people, [...]

Inspiring Change: A gathering on climate change challenges & solutions for African cities is a two-day gathering (18 & 19 November 2011) on topics specific to Climate Change challenges and solutions in African cities, hosted in Cape Town by the Cape Town Climate Change Coalition. With COP17/CMP7 hosted in Durban during November and December 2011, climate [...]

Peter Calthorpe, Author of “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”, has a recent interview with the Sustainable Cities Collective posted. Important, simple and powerful ideas to inspire Cape Town on its journey to become a sustainable destination and to mitigate (and adapt to) climate change. Good urbanism has these three basic principles: One is [...]