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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 15h

What’s the real cost of fast fashion?

Join FAB, Greenpeace Africa,Fashion Revolution South Africa & experts for a conversation exploring the ties between fast fashion & fossil fuels,&how they affect our planet.

📅: Wed, 22 October 2025
🕓: 17:00 PM – 18:00 PM
🖇:Register: tinyurl.com/fastfashion-...

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 2d

Last Friday, 10 Oct, we hosted the school’s greenwashing and climate justice workshop at Bertha House. Special thanks to learners who attended from Project 90 by 2030 and communities such as Khayelitsha, strand, and Caledon, and to The Green Connection and African Climate Alliance.

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 6d

Did you know?

In 2021, a devastating wildfire struck Table Mountain in Cape Town. The next year, KwaZulu-Natal faced the worst recorded floods in recent history, tragically killing over 450 people.

Our school’s workshop will connect the dots between fossil fuels and the climate crisis.

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 7d

Did you know?

The Fossil Ad Ban campaign released South Africa’s first greenwashing report, Smoke & Mirrors: Decoding Fossil Fuel Advertising in South Africa. It urges regulators & the ad industry to crack down on misleading fossil fuels ads that hide their climate harm.

Read: tinyurl.com/3dv6ecn5

Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 8d

During the climate literacy and greenwashing workshop, learners will unpack how fossil fuel (coal, oil, and gas) companies drive the climate crisis and why urgent action is needed.

#fossiladbansa #fossiladban #greenwashing #climatejustice

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 9d

Read: "Research lead Professor Janet Cherry said that a truly just energy transition means ‘restructing the economy to be owned and controlled by ordinary people’."

Story by @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social

Read the full investigation here: tinyurl.com/5a6n99wz

People who own the sun - Oxpeckers

#PowerTracker visits a solar project owned by a township cooperative that serves as a model for energy democracy in action Investigation: Lindiwe Pakati & Thabo Molelekwa. Photos & videos: Ihsaan Haff...

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 11d

Our school’s workshop will teach young people to spot greenwashing, understand its effects, and act by filing legal complaints through the Advertising Regularly Board or by submitting greenwashing ads through the Fossil Ad Ban website.

Report greenwashing ads here: tinyurl.com/ReportGreenw...

Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 12d

SPOILED tells the story of everyday heroes standing up to offshore oil and gas exploration threatening South Africa’s oceans.

The film as content for the workshop exposes environmental and social risks, linking climate literacy to the battle against greenwashing and fossil fuels.

#climatejustice

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 13d

With climate literacy, learners are empowered to challenge injustice and lead the fight for climate justice.

#fossiladbansa #fossiladban #greenwashing #climatejustice

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 14d

Together, we can educate & mobilise youth for climate justice!

FAB, African Climate Alliance & The Green Connection host a workshop for grades 9-11 on greenwashing & youth climate education. It features SPOILED, a movie about heroes resisting oil & gas threats to SA’s oceans.

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Fossil Free South Africa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social · 15d

We gathered to protest Africa Energy Week outside the CTICC in Cape Town. We protested against false energy solutions that protect profit over our people ✊🏽 Thank you to The Green Connection, African Climate Alliance, SAFCEI, Project 90 by 2030, Extinction Rebellion, and Climate Justice Coalition 🌱

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Fossil Free South Africa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social · Sep 8

Did you catch our stall at the Open Book Festival over the weekend? 📚 Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stall to learn more and sign our pledges in support of a fossil fuel-free future! Visit www.fossilfreesa.org.za/getinvolved if you want to join our community 🌞

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Fossil Free South Africa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social · Sep 11

Energy Justice Day with African Climate Alliance was powerful 💥 From divestment to direct action, we explored real ways to challenge fossil fuels & the climate crisis. Big thanks to ACA, Project 90x2030, and the Alternative Information Development Centre for this space 🌍

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Fossil Free South Africa @fossilfreesa.bsky.social · 27d

READ | Are SA MPs indirectly profiting from the climate crisis? Their pension fund won’t disclose fossil fuel investments — despite a legal request. Our op-ed with @OpenSecretsZA explains why this matters for climate justice & democracy.
Read it here 👉🏾 www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

MPs’ pension fund must come clean about investments in fossil fuel firms

South Africans have a right to know whether our MPs are investing in companies that are actively destroying our chances of a sustainable future.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 21d

Happy Heritage Day!

Our land, ocean, and rich cultures are under threat from fossil fuel companies’ pollution, spills, and climate change.

Protect our heritage by standing against fossil fuels.

Sign the Fossil Ad Ban pledge: tinyurl.com/SIGNFABPLEDGE

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350.org @350.org · 29d

ALMOST TIME! This weekend, people in 90+ countries will take to the streets to #DrawTheLine against injustice, fossil fuels, & the billionaires that fund them. 💪

With 500+ events & counting, odds are good that you can find an action near you if you haven't already: drawtheline.world

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 26d

#drawtheline against injustice, pollution, climate harm and fossil fuel expansion!

#fossiladban #fossiladbansa

350.org @350.org · 27d

From Indonesia and Turkey, to London and South Africa, activists and campaigners are raising the call to ✍️____ Draw the Line against injustice, pollution, and violence, and building the moment for the global weekend of actions starting tomorrow⚡

#DrawTheLine

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 26d

Alkemi Collective’s CEO, Bradly Howland, calls on creative agencies to join the Fossil Ad Ban campaign and use collective creativity to confront the climate crisis and support truthful marketing.

#fossiladban #fossiladbansa #drawtheline

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · Sep 11

READ: The climate crisis is having severe effects - but coal, oil and gas companies are trying to hide their role behind misleading adverts.

Read about how Alkemi Collective is leading the call to ban fossil fuel (coal, oil, & gas) ads.

Read more here: tinyurl.com/Deceptive-ad...

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How deceptive advertising fuels climate chaos

Fossil fuel advertising misleads the public − but creatives can take a stand, as Alkemi Collective did by endorsing the campaign for a Fossil Ad Ban.

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · Sep 5

Bradly Howland, CEO of Alkemi Collective, spoke to Jeremy Maggs about endorsing the Fossil Ad Ban campaign.

Listen and read the statement here:
tinyurl.com/PressStateme...

#fossiladban #fossiladbansa

Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · Sep 4

Lazola Kati, Campaign Manager of the @fossiladbansa.bsky.social campaign, spoke at #AfricaClimateWeek in Addis Ababa on building public support to challenge fossil fuel greenwashing.

Learn more about our campaign through the links in our bio.

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Media Online covered Alkemi Collective's endorsement of the Fossil Ad Ban campaign. Read the article to learn more about Africa's first creative agency to back a ban on coal, oil, and gas (fossil fuel) ads.

Read more here: tinyurl.com/5n859953

#fossiladban #fossiladbansa

Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · Sep 3

Noxolo Mfocwa spoke to Stephen Grootes on The Money Show.

To listen to the full interview, click here: tinyurl.com/702-CapeTalk

#fossiladban #fossiladbansa

Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎙️Listen In!
Noxolo Mfocwa, Advocacy Campaigner of the @fossiladbansa.bsky.social, talks to Stephen Grootes on The Money Show.

Radio 702 & CapeTalk | 19:00

📻Listen here:
Radio 702: tinyurl.com/Radio-702
Cape Talk: tinyurl.com/Cape-Talk

#fossiladban #fossiladbansa

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · Sep 3

Convened by the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance – National Oil & Gas Conference 2025

Noxolo Mfocwa, Advocacy Campaigner at Fossil Free South Africa’s Fossil Ad Ban campaign, joins the call to Protect Our Land and Oceans, Securing Our Future.

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎙️Listen In!
Noxolo Mfocwa, Advocacy Campaigner of the @fossiladbansa.bsky.social, talks to Stephen Grootes on The Money Show.

Radio 702 & CapeTalk | 19:00

📻Listen here:
Radio 702: tinyurl.com/Radio-702
Cape Talk: tinyurl.com/Cape-Talk

#fossiladban #fossiladbansa

@fossilfreesa.bsky.social

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