OPINION: SA Youth Say, “It is Time to Put Mother Earth on A Carbon Diet”

by Earthlife | 27 May, 2022 | News, Press Releases, Publications

Barely two weeks after the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) visited KwaZulu-Natal to engage communities on climate change and the just transition, the province was hit with the worst floods we have ever seen. No longer merely environmental activist rhetoric, the...

Our March 2022 Newsletter is finally here!

by Earthlife | 7 March, 2022 | Events, News, Press Releases, Publications

Please find the PDF of our news letter here.  

Environmental Defenders Descend on Sasol AGM in Jhb (Sandton)

by Earthlife | 7 December, 2021 | Events, Press Releases, Publications

On Friday 19 November, close to four-hundred environmental defenders took to the streets to picket outside the Sasol Head Office in Sandton, Johannesburg, at the same time as the oil and gas giant held its Annual General Meeting (AGM). The picket, spearheaded by...

Congratulations! Earthlife Africa Associate, Elana Greyling, Wins Silver and Bronze with Eco-Logic Awards

by Earthlife | 6 December, 2021 | News, Publications

In November, the Eco-logic Awards announced its winners for 2021 and Earthlife Africa associate, Elana Greyling – a soft-spoken but dynamic environmental defender – was awarded both Silver for her work addressing climate change and Bronze in the Eco-Warrior category....

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...