Corporate Transitions for Sustainable Futures – Leadership for the African context
The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2023 has sounded a clarion call: sustainability and machine learning...
The cost of remedying environmental degradation: Expansion of the Domestic Carbon Tax
Do you know that you already pay a carbon tax? Yes, you do! It is embedded in every litre of fuel and every unit of...
Calculate with confidence: Transform your company’s carbon reporting
Curious about the carbon footprinting regulations and how it impacts your business? Imagine peering into the heart of...
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Navigate South Africa’s carbon rules by learning from the experts at our Carbon Tax course
In today’s business world, understanding carbon tax is not just beneficial—it’s essential. Professionals from all...
Educating for Wholeness: Insights from Rise Africa 2024
Hosted by IIY Africa, the Africa Centre for Cities and other organisations, the Rise Africa 2024 Action Festival...
Change in directorship for the Sustainability Institute
It is with great pleasure that as the board of the SI we share some important news. For the past two years the...
Zimi Charge – SI partnership kicks off
Earlier this year we welcomed Zimi Charge both as a new partner and as a new tenant at the SI. Together we will pilot...
Food security specialist Namhla Skweyiya joins Living Soils as Programme Manager
The Living Soils Community Learning Farm (Living Soils) proudly welcomes Namhla Skweyiya, a distinguished Food...
Building Back Biodiversity: Insights from Living Soils Community Learning Farm’s Annual Network Breakfast
The Living Soils team held a successful Industry Day breakfast last week. The annual Living Soils network breakfast...
Earth Stewardship curriculum for ECD practitioners
We have had the pleasure of designing and facilitating a course on Earth Stewardship alongside The Kinship Programme...
The systems-thinking imperative
To prosper in the 21st Century, businesses need to look at ESG holistically Insights shared by Dr Jess Schulschenk,...
Experiential learning in practice
At the Sustainability Institute (SI), we apply the experiential learning approach to all learning experiences that we...
Our approach to learning: rediscover the inherent pleasure of acquiring knowledge
At the Sustainability Institute (SI), we believe that education is a critical component of building a just and...
On community, soil and agency: cultivating sustainable food systems
Written by Francis Thorold, a freelance writer, systems thinker and PGDip Sustainable Development student Creating...
A true community learning farm
As we stepped into our fifth year of the project this March, there is a lot of reflection and gratitude that we sit...
Applications are open for the 2023 Biodiversity Partners Program
Applications open today for the exciting Southern Africa Biodiversity Partners Program (BiPP), which is delivered by...
On becoming warriors for the human spirit
This year we hosted a training course led by Margaret (Meg) Wheatley, called Warriors for the Human Spirit. The...
Navigating Home – an immersion into the wild places of ourselves and of Nature
What can we learn from Nature when we immerse ourselves into one of the most magnificent and dramatic landscapes South...
Greater Cape indigenous foods back on the map with groundbreaking partnership
A groundbreaking new partnership between the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS), Local WILD, and...
Applications open for the Biodiversity Partners Program!
Applications for Campus Agence Française de Développement’s (French Development Agency [AFD]) innovative Biodiversity...
Creating Sustainable Cities of the Future: Seeking Stellenbosch’s Most Innovative Ideas
South Africa is urbanising rapidly: 67 per cent of South Africans are already living in urban areas and this statistic...
From seed to reality: A three year reflection of the Living Soils Community Learning Farm
When the Living Soils Community Learning Farm was launched in March 2019, it had three focus areas where it hoped to...
Introducing a pragmatic guide to climate risk for business leaders
Although climate-related risks are among the top three global risks identified by the World Economic Forum over the...
Unity – a poem by one of our Youth Programme members
Speaking to the reality our youth face every day, Dylan Booysen, Grade 9 learner and member of the Lynedoch Youth...
Going Bohemian: The Art of Leaning into Unpopularity
Post written by Andy Muranda, module facilitator for the Introduction to Sustainable Development course for masters’...
Internships for life: Living Soils addressing youth unemployment and food security
Just under three years ago, we celebrated the launch of the Living Soils Community Learning farm in partnership with...
The Sustainability Institute: An Imaginary in Practice
This post was written for the UNESCO conference on higher education taking place during May 2022. As life evolves, we...