GRAY MAGUIRE: Cutting carbon footprint is vital to living within the planet’s means
As Eskom emits about 42% of SA’s greenhouse gasses, the burden falls on the private sector
Between my previous column and this one, an important yet largely overlooked milestone slipped by the public conscience: global “Earth Overshoot Day”, which marks the date when humanity has used all the biological resources earth regenerates during the entire year. This year, the largely unheralded day fell on June 28 globally, but on June 1 for SA.
A finite planet produces a finite amount of resources sustainably. There are only so many hectares of land to be farmed or mined, or so many square kilometres of ocean to be fished at a sustainable rate each year. This is what is known as our ecological footprint...
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