South African Earth Warrior and Social Justice Activist, Catherine Constantinides heads out for the 2019 Sahara Marathon, the marathon takes place on the 26th February in the Sahara Desert. Her drive is her profile and passion for the environment and human rights. As an internationally renowned climate activist and human rights defender, this South African Earth Warrior is … [Read more...]
Joburg Mayor joins Miss Earth SA for World Environment Day street clean-up
One hundred street and park clean-ups formed part of the World Environment Day celebrations for the Miss Earth South Africa Leadership programme in partnership with the City of Joburg and Pikitup. From the 1st – 5th June, 100 Miss Earth SA regional finalists have been hard at work connecting with their communities across the country. Under the banner of the international … [Read more...]
Miss Earth takes on Food Security at Orange Farm
"As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow. As long as the nation refuses to acknowledge the equal role of more than half of itself, it is doomed to failure." Nelson Mandela Women’s Day 1996. Nelson Mandela believed in women and in the crucial role that they play in creating change and … [Read more...]
Local lass makes it to Miss Earth SA finals
Planting trees and vegetables are ways in which a youngster from Stellenbosch, Miss Earth SA finalist Victoria Kitley, shares environmental knowledge and helps out in communities this year. This proves again that beauty is worth a lot more when paired with intelligence and a big heart. The pageant aims to empower young South African women with the knowledge and create a … [Read more...]
Earth Girls walk the talk & clean up communities
A colourful and buzzing atmosphere filled the Bloubos valley and spruit area, south of Johannesburg on Saturday when Miss Earth South Africa semi finalists spent the morning with around 150 Generation Earth students from across Gauteng, families and friends who came out and spent the morning in the winter sun. In honour of National Environment Week which will be celebrated … [Read more...]
Every community deserves safe & reliable water
South Africa’s greenest Ambassador, Miss Earth, understands the importance of clean, safe and reliable water for every community. 1 in 9 people around the world, totaling 780 million people, lack access to an improved water source. These frightening stats quoted by Miss Earth 2013, Ms Ashanti Mbanga, at the installation and handover of a 2500L JoJo rainwater harvesting … [Read more...]
Hang up your heels for gumboots
The Miss Earth South Africa Women Empowerment and Leadership Programme once again promises to be one jam-packed with environmental milestones, sustainable achievements and green dreams as the organisation embarks on their annual search for South Africa’s next green beauty. Young women between the ages of 18 and 26 are invited to submit their applications for the 2014 … [Read more...]
Miss Earth SA stationery drive uplifts 9000 learners
In addition to the over 7,000 learners whose lives were changed by the initial stationery distribution, which took place on 12, 13 and 14 February, Miss Earth South Africa this week joined forces with Caxton South Newspaper Marketing Department to touch the lives of an additional 2,000 learners in Thokoza and Johannesburg South. Thanks to the donations of corporate sponsors … [Read more...]
Making every day an Earth Day
Famed South Africa horticulturalists, Ludwig’s Roses unveiled the Miss Earth South Africa Rose at their Pretoria farm. The rose is a specially developed hybrid, designed by the team at Lugwig’s Roses to honour the environmental organisation, now in its 11th year of greening communities, empowering young women and educating the children of South Africa. Ludwig describes the rose … [Read more...]
Hotel fights aliens to save fynbos and water
On Earth Day one of Cape Town’s greenest hotels gathered together staff, guests and friends to clear alien vegetation in the Silvermine Valley in the Table Mountain National Park during their 45th Adopt-a-Spot initiative. The Vineyard Hotel & Spa in Newlands, Cape Town, were assisted by three Miss Earth SA finalists, Nayha Gautam, Lara Potgieter and Luanne … [Read more...]
Miss Earth SA celebrates Earth Day
Earth Day took place this past Sunday with community action and green beauties taking a stand to save our open spaces as citizens of Mother Earth. What makes this day different to every other day and why should it be celebrated rests in the fact that this is an opportunity annually for people to share their love and appreciation for the environment through events, campaigns and … [Read more...]
Sustaining our earth beautifully
I have never been keen on beauty pageants. When I found out about the Miss Earth competition I was concerned that they were focusing on outer beauty instead of environmental passion and action. But I was wrong. I was privileged to conduct the very first session of environmental education with the Western Cape’s group of finalists recently and discovered this competition is … [Read more...]
Beading project empowers youth of KwaZulu-Natal
The iPhepa Bead project was recently started as a community empowerment project with a number of self-help groups of mostly women and youth from the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of South Africa who are repurposing paper from glossy magazines, boxes, calendars, brochures and other paper, creating beauty out of waste. The jewellery is interspersed with glass, wood and seed beads and … [Read more...]
