The Miss Earth South Africa walked away with top honours in the Young Entrepreneur category at the Inaugural South African Premier Business Awards held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg recently. The awards, initiated by the Department of Trade and Industry, Proudly South Africa, and Brand South Africa, recognised top businesses in a wide range of categories, … [Read more...]
Miss Earth South Africa placed in Top 8
Johannesburg-based environmentalist and law graduate, Tamerin Jardine, placed in the Top 8 at the 13th International Miss Earth at a star-studded, glittering gala showcase event at the Versailles Palace, Alabang in Manila, Philippines on Saturday night. From the outset this 25-year-old was a favourite with avid competition followers and pundits alike and from the minute she … [Read more...]
Coming together to green up Zambia
Volunteers from all walks of life gathered in Livingstone, Zambia during July 2012 and found common ground in a passion for the environment. Sindy Peters tells us about her experience joining the "treevolution": Initiated by Cape Town-based Greenpop, we spent three weeks planting 4135 trees. Everyone arrived with something to give, and left with a little more. "This is … [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...]
