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Contents of February 2000

EDITORIAL

NEWS

EVENTS

BOOK REVIEW

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Mundulea Sericea

INSPIRATION
Melville’s bamboo

WORDS ON WASTE

FEATURES

Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve

ABSA Towers North

Tswaing Environmental Education Centre

 

Contents of April 2000

EDITORIAL

NEWS

GREEN BUILDINGS

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Olea Europaea subsp Africana

INSPIRATION

LETTERS

WORDS ON WASTE

FEATURES

Meintjieskop Heritage Site 

Samrand Golf and Country Estate: Water Feature

 

Contents of June 2000

EDITORIAL

NEWS

BOOK REVIEW

LETTERS

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Celtis Africana

INSPIRATION
Classic revivals makes a strong urban statement


INSULT
Amateurish, badly maintained landscaping

WORDS ON WASTE

FEATURES

Striving for low environmental impact

South Africa’s first EcoCity

Landscape Irrigation Association Awards

2000 SALI Awards of Excellence

International trends in recycling and waste disposal

 

Contents of August 2000

EDITORIAL
Sustainable development in the built environment

UPFRONT
News

LETTERS
Further debate on the Gandhi Square project

TREE OF THE ISSUE
The Kei-apple is chosen by Tzitzikama Nursery

WORDS ON WASTE

FEATURES

The city: less aesthetics, more ethics

Energy conservation in the working environment

Novel engineering solution

Dynamic decision support tool

A green building of the seventies

Rehabilitation of urban wetland/peatland

 

Contents of October 2000

EDITORIAL
Public awareness of invader plants

UPFRONT
News

LETTERS

BOOK REVIEW
The Protea Family of Southern Africa

TREE OF THE ISSUE
John Masson chooses the Common Spike Thorn

WORDS ON WASTE

FEATURES

Attempting an ecologically responsible design

Scheme for City Council of Pretoria

Creating and energy-efficient building in Sandton

In the interests of best practice

The Pretoria Botanical Garden’s grassland

 

Contents of December 2000

EDITORIAL
SA host 2002 Earth Summit

UPFRONT
News

LETTERS

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Charl van der Merwe selects the River Bushwillow

INSPIRATION

WORDS ON WASTE

FEATURES

Soweto's Eco-house

Stormwater harvesting for irrigation

A campus rooted in Africa

Planet saving design approaches

New weeds legislation