Research & Project Outputs

Gareth Haysom, Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator at the Sustainability Institute, published this article in Development Southern Africa based on research he conducted while studying for his Mphil in Sustainable Development Planning and Managemen t

Peter, C. (co-lead author), Swilling, M. (co-lead author), du Plooy, P., de Wit, M., Wakeford, J., Lanz, J., Haysom, G., Kelly, C., Turton, A., Brent, A., Mason-Jones, K., Hansen, Y., Cohen, B. Greening the South African Growth Path: Challenges, Prospects and Trajectories. Policy Report commissioned by the Development Bank of Southern Africa, 2010.

Review of International and African Climate Change Legislation and Policies. Report Commissioned by AWEPA Parliamentary Support Programme in South Africa. 20 March 2012.

Ros Van Niekerk recieves a Special Merit Award for the Lynedoch EcoVillage Development from the Mayor of Cape Town, Helen Zille, at a function at Spier on Tuesday 10 October, 2006. 

Schirin Yachkaschi is doing her Phd on organisation development in CBOs, supervised by Prof. Mark Swilling. This paper reflects her core thinking that will be elaborated theoretically and empirically in her Phd. Her research is based on work she did with CBOs while working for Community Connections, an NGO that supports CBOs with offices at the Philippi Business Place - an SI project.

Scope and Size of the Non-Profit Sector in South Africa, by Mark Swilling and Bev Russel. 2002. Durban: Centre for Civil Society. This study was published as a book which is no longer available. The full text of this book can be accessed here.

The present study was undertaken at the request of South’s Africa Department of Environmental Affairs to assess potential opportunities and options to promote a green economy, with a focus on key economic sectors set out by South Africa’s National Development Plan – Vision 2030. Commissioned by UNEP, the assessment was led by Stellenbosch University and the Sustainability Institute of South Africa, in cooperation with the Millennium Institute. It presents a modelling exercise that compares a scenario of investments directed to “business-as-usual” (BAU) with scenarios of investments allocated to four critical sectors for a transition to a green economy in South Africa, namely: natural resource management, agriculture, transport and energy.

South African Cities in the Second Decade of Democracy: Emerging Conceptual and Policy Spaces for a New Urban Agenda by Prof. Mark Swilling. This paper was presented at the International Colloquiem: Urban Challenges in Brazil and South Africa, Rio de Janeiro, 10-13 September, 2007.