Earthlife Africa Johannesburg’s Makoma Lekalakala Encourages Young Green Connectors

by Earthlife | 6 December, 2021 | Press Releases, Publications

Cover Image: Leaders in eco-justice, Earthlife Africa’s Makoma Lekalakala and The Green Connection’s Liziwe McDaid, continue to encourage South Africans to defend their environmental rights. In September 2021, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg Director Makoma Lekalakala...

Congratulations on the Prestigious Right to Livelihood Award, Vladimir Slivyak!

by Earthlife | 4 November, 2021 | Events, News, Publications

Congratulations to our partner Vladimir Slivyak – co-chairman and co-founder of Ecodefense, one of Russia’s leading environmental organisations – on his prestigious Right to Livelihood award (an alternative Nobel Prize) … “For his defence of the environment and for...

The Sky’s Limit Africa [Report]: The Case for a Just Energy Transition from Fossil Fuel Production in Africa

by Earthlife | 4 November, 2021 | Events, News, Publications

Here’s an interesting report (worth a share) – released in partnership with Oilwatch Africa, Africa Coal Network, 350Africa.org, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, WoMin African Alliance, and Center for International Environmental Law – making The Case for a Just...

South Africa Must Walk the Talk at COP26 – There is Life After Coal

by Earthlife | 4 November, 2021 | Events, News, Press Releases, Publications

The Life After Coal campaign (comprising the environmental justice groups groundWork and Earthlife Africa, and public interest environmental law group the Centre for Environmental Rights) calls for zero fossil fuels in electricity generation by 2040 at the latest, and...

COP26 Statement: Our shared energy future is renewable, not radioactive

by Earthlife | 4 November, 2021 | Events, News, Press Releases, Publications

Nuclear? No thanks! Earthlife Africa Johannesburg joins a host of civil society groups in a global call for a renewable energy future. STOP!!! Don’t Nuke the Climate.  The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report highlights the growing climate...