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Earthlife Africa Johannesburg - South Africa


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[top] [end]Project: Sustainable Energy & Climate Change Partnership

[top] [end]Contact details

P O Box 11383, Johannesburg ? 2000
Tel: +27 11 339 3662
Fax: +27 22 339 3270
www.earthlife.org.za

[top] [end]Main contact person

Richard Worthington
richardw@...
Cell: 082 446 6392

[top] [end]Background, mission and goals

Earthlife Africa is a volunteer membership-based organisation, founded in 1988, working for social and environmental justice

The long-term goal of the project is to ensure that: "climate effective policies and measures relating to sustainable energy, including energy efficiency in supply and consumption as well as renewable energy and clean energy technology, are promoted in South African energy planning and development"

[top] [end]Approach, organisational programmes and activities:

Activities regarding energy are: raising awareness (energy options, efficiency and impacts), advocacy and lobbying for sustainable energy policies and measures, and developing and disseminating knowledge

[top] [end]Examples of past successes and experience

Not involved in project implementation or evaluation; have managed two research studies: 'Policies and Measures for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in South Africa' undertaken by UCT (EDRC & ERI) & Employment potential of Renewable Energy in South Africa, undertaken by AGAMA Energy

[top] [end]Overall institutional structure

Earthlife Africa Jhb is a registered non-profit organisation, one of 4 branches of Earthlife Africa, which has a non-hierarchical organisational approach and structure. Annual revenue from membership fees is currently less than R10 000. Project budgets vary.

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