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Jamie on July 29, 2008
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agriculture, community-initiatives, energy, environment, globalization, holistic, human-development, Johannesburg, Joubert-Park, poverty, relationship-to-the-land, society, south-africa, stewardship, sustainability, technology, urban
In the heart of South Africa's most dangerous city, the GreenHouse Project shelters a budding sustainable movement.
In the inner-city of Johannesburg, The GreenHouse Project is turning one urban park into a seedbed for sustainable communities. The program takes a holistic approach to the city's challenges, integrating green building and design, efficient and renewable energy, recycling, organic farming and nutrition.
need new funding instruments beyond market based mechanisms”, Dorah Lebelo (The Greenhouse Project, South Africa) stated, “otherwise women and their endeavors to mitigate climate change will not benefit.