About us

Established in July 2007, Project 90 by 2030 is a Project of the Goedgedacht Trust. We are based in Cape Town but also work in Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal. Our main mitigation programme is called Project 90 Clubs and Club hubs – collaboration with partners is a major feature of our work.

Our Vision
South Africans from all sectors of society doing their bit to preserve the environment, committed to changing the way they live by 90% by the year 2030.

Activities
• Mitigation: Encouraging all South Africans to become more planet conscious and ‘do their bit’ by voluntarily reducing their carbon emissions.
• Adaptation: Working with small-scale farmers in the Swartland region to build their climate resilience.
• Awareness-raising and advocacy: Providing easily-assimilated information to ordinary South Africans so that they can lobby for change to existing laws and policies governing the use of natural resources, with a strong focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy development, transport emissions reduction, sustainable waste management, and water conservation.

At Project 90 we have implemented a few strategies to cut our own emissions:

• In November 2008 we moved our head office premises to be close to where most staff live, also on a public transport route.
• Everyone uses public transport, walks, cycles, considers skype meetings or uses vehicles with low emissions for day to day purposes.
• We used the budget for 1 international flight to buy our own video conferencing equipment in 2009.
• We cut our international flights by 60% in 2009 and have done no international trips thus far in 2010.
• We began to cut our national flights in 2008 and have managed to avoid flying many times thus far in 2010.
• We have monthly national staff meetings and weekly administrative meetings using Skype video conferencing.
• All staff monitor their carbon footprints and are constantly introducing changes to their lifestyles in order to reduce their carbon footprint.
• We monitor our water and electricity use, have installed ceiling insulation and a geyser blanket (for when we need to use the geyser).
• We are raising funds to install sufficient solar panels to run all our laptops and lights.

It is possible to tread lightly on the planet and live and work well.