Melita Steele

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Melita Steele

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Melita has an MSc in Environmental Science and is passionate about working to change the world one small piece at a time. She works for Greenpeace as a climate and energy campaigner, focusing on issues related to coal.

Where a coal addiction has put us - the dirtiest air in the world
Blogpost by Melita Steele - April 26, 2013 at 12:05

Witbank, a town just outside of Johannesburg, has some of the world’s most polluted air – that’s according to new research reported yesterday.

The massively high levels of pollution can be directly linked to Eskom’s string of coal-fired power station... Read more >
Doha talks fail to meet the pace of climate change
Blogpost by Melita Steele - December 10, 2012 at 10:51

This time last year, the entire Greenpeace Africa team was in recovery after the end of the COP 17 UN climate negotiations, held in Durban. It was two weeks of craziness, protests, teach-ins, arrests and deportations, negotiators backtracking, people ... Read more >
Eskom is burning South Africa’s water to produce electricity
Blogpost by Melita Steele - October 17, 2012 at 9:15 1 comment

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22 June 2012 Water Usage in Johannesburg
A woman and her son wash their clothes at a communal tap at Plot 8 informal settlement in Roodepoort on Johannesburg's West Rand. © Jennifer Bruce / Greenpeace

Water is the foundation of life: we’re unable to survive without it. But the problem is that water is scarce, and this country is running out of it.

More than 98% of South Africa’s water has already been allocated, and this country is facing... Read more >
Working for change
Blogpost by Melita Steele - August 22, 2012 at 15:05

I’ve been working for Greenpeace for nearly three years now as a climate and energy campaigner, and I’ve been lucky enough to spend some time on the Esperanza (one of the Greenpeace ships) before. That was over a year ago, and while I remember parts o... Read more >
The hidden water cost of South Africa’s coal addiction
Blogpost by Melita Steele - June 25, 2012 at 10:27

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22 June 2012
A man washes his hands from a water tank at the Vivo informal settlement near the disused Durban Deep mine in Roodepoort on Johannesburg's West Rand. Local communities in South Africa, already struggling for access to water, may lose their water rights to make way for mines. Read more >

It’s a little known fact that South Africa has some of the best quality water in the world – for those who have access to it, and can afford to pay for it. But the country is facing a looming water conflict, and coal is right in the middle of ...