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City of Cape Town turns off the lights in support of Earth Hour 2012

by on 29 March 2012 in Cape Town, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Events, Sustainable Cities

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, [...]

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Cape Town celebrates World Biodiversity Day 2011

by on 22 May 2011 in Conservation, World Biodiversity Day

In celebration of World Biodiversity Day and our unique and irreplaceable biodiversity, the City of Cape Town will be hosting various Youth Environmental School (YES) programmes during the month of May. Sanctioned by the United Nations, International Day for Biological Diversity is held every year on 22 May to raise public and political awareness of [...]

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Call for 2011 funding applications – Verde Ventures Fund

by on 28 February 2011 in Conservation

The Verde Ventures Fund (VVF) at Conservation International is inviting applications from Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME’s) in the following four key sectors for consideration for investment: Africa; Coffee and Cocoa; Fisheries; and Clean Energy. VVF utilises a “blended capital” approach of technical assistance and loans and has successfully invested over $15 million in [...]

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Cape Town celebrates World Biodiversity Day

by on 21 May 2010 in World Biodiversity Day

May 22 is World Biodiversity Day, and Cape Town is in the midst of a global hotspot of biodiversity, which is under threat from urban development, alien invasive species and other causes. Our unique Cape Floral Region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is part of what makes living in and visiting Cape Town a special [...]

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