If you are fed up with load shedding, and wish we could use energy differently, there are a number of ways you can become an active citizen in the energy field:

• You can make inputs into how the we increase our use of the sun and the wind to make electricity - find the latest documents released for public comment from the National Energy Regulator. These documents are draft feed-in tariffs for renewable energy.  Public hearings will be held in Pretoria in August and the public can attend and present.  Follow the NERSA link for more information.

• Join one of the membership based environmental organisations and add your voice to theirs. - clickon the names for links through to the websites - WESSA , ELA , CANE , and SAFCEI ,

• Make changes in your own lifestyle - click here for organisations which can help you get off the grid and tread more lightly on the planet - SEA , Sustainble Living Project , Project 90x2030 , and urban sprout
• Are you practically minded - learn how to build your own wind turbine .

• Share your views - write to the newspapers, phone up the radio phone in programmes, bug your local councillor.