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World Economic Forum – Global Risk Report 2024
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2024 live press conference provided insights that were both thought-provoking and slightly disheartening. The overall outlook for the next 2 and 10 years is notably pessimistic. The key takeaway: we are entering a new era...
State of the Global Climate
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Whale Populations Experience Exponential Growth
According to Simon Elwen, marine researcher and founder of Sea Search, whale populations off the West Coast have been experiencing exponential growth.
Sadly, there have been few whale mortalities as well. This blog includes links to a News24 and National Geographic article that provides more insight pertaining to whale strandings.
“Slow Fashion” Article – Key Takeaways
“Slow fashion makes more sense than waste - Transition to sustainable production and consumption includes a strong focus on localisation” – Written by Gray Maguire, Business Day, 03 November 2020. As always, another insightful article by Gray Maguire. Here are some of...
The Power Of PR In Shifting Environmental Attitudes
New Study Reveals How PR Practitioners Can Drive Environmental Change The results of a recent study* among PRISA members has confirmed that communicators have immense power to shift environmental attitudes and influence pro-environmental behaviour. To harness this...
Marketing Sustainable Products: Green or Greenwashed?
From reusable shopping bags to biodegradable straws, it is evident that the environment - and environmental accountability – are important concerns for rapidly growing numbers of increasingly well-informed consumers. Extremely mindful of environmentally related issues...
A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of “greenwashing”
A couple of years ago, I met Judy Gombita at the World PR Forum in Toronto. Judy, a Social Public Relations & Communication Management Strategist as well as principal & content editor of PR Conversations, a leading source for insightful social media and PR...
Beach Clean-up’s – Showing Respect for Our Ocean
We are surrounded by water. According to the National Ocean Service, the ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. 97% of the Earth's water can be found in our oceans but it is undrinkable because of the salt. The last remaining 3% of water is made up of 2%...
‘Green’ Public Relations – Rising above the green noise
South Africa’s growing population continues to place ever-more pressure on our country’s scarce resources, demanding that government, companies and individuals become more environmentally-conscious. This is evident in a raft of new ‘green’ legislation from government,...
Leverage communication of your green credentials
A raft of new “green” regulations and the rapid growth of “green consumerism” create a unique opportunity for companies to leverage their communication of their green credentials, but success will depend on an honest, well-considered approach to “Green PR”. While many...
World PR Forum interviews Angela Barter
What does it mean to you to participate as a speaker at the 2014 World Public Relations Forum? Being considered as a speaker at the World Public Relations Forum is an honour that now, after years of research, interviews and working in the field of ‘green’ public...
Contact Angela
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