Finding your niche as a change maker can be challenging. Start this process by getting clear about your strengths, passions and skills. Becoming a change maker is usually a difficult personal journey to undertake. Mostly, the process unfolds over several phases: first, there is an increasingly painful awareness of the worsening state of the world; second, is the realisation … [Read more...]
Ulovane Reserve seeks aspiring nature guides
Course intakes for the New Year at Ulovane Environmental Training (UET), are now open! This outstanding training facility, based at Amakhala Game Reserve (between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, invites new students to register for the 2017 courses. The Ulovane campus is situated on its own reserve sharing borders with Amakhala and Kwantu … [Read more...]
Make Life Matter course equips change agents for better SA
A growing number of people are inspired to build a better future and change their world - but don't know how. Greenpop have teamed up with climate change activist and motivational coach Robert Zipplies to offer a unique two-day course. “There is no doubt that humanity’s response to our local and global problems is woefully inadequate: growing inequality, climate change, … [Read more...]
GRI Performance Indicators Workshop
Aim of the workshop This one-day workshop is presented in conjunction with the GRI Certified Training Programme on Sustainability Reporting. Whilst the GRI Certified Training Programme focuses primarily on the principles, processes and stakeholders of the sustainability reporting process, this workshop addresses more specifically the disclosure requirements for a GRI … [Read more...]
Sustainability Reporting course
This course is aimed at improving the skills of participants for managing the sustainability reporting process, and sharpening their skills to contribute to the report. By doing so, their ability to assess and evaluate sustainability reports will also be enhanced. The course covers the following topics: Conceptual introduction to sustainability reporting Planning the … [Read more...]
Environmental leadership course takes flight
The Stepping Up to Environmental Leadership course funded by the DG Murray Trust was hosted by the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) and took place between June and July 2013. As one of the participants I wanted to share our transformative and influential experience. The group was selected based on personal submissions in response to questions of … [Read more...]
Finding solutions to SA’s escalating power costs
The future of South Africa’s electricity – will the country be able to afford electricity in the near future and what is being done about minimising electricity consumption? Electricity price hikes and the constant threat of depleting electricity supply are just some of the worries facing South Africans over the past few years. The seriousness of the energy situation has … [Read more...]
Empowering communities in the heart of Tsitsikamma
PETCO proudly partnered with the Tsitsikamma Community Upliftment Programme (T-CUP) and the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (PRASA) on another ground-breaking workshop which brought together 42 recycling entrepreneurs, representing 11 communities from the Tsitsikamma region. The 4-day PRASA entrepreneurship course ran last month at the Tsitsikamma National Park, … [Read more...]
Learn how to grow your own food
Growing your own vegetables is a wonderful green passion that is spreading like wildfire across our country. We are all concerned about food security in the light of climate changes and threats to our water and soil resources. Knowing how to turn a little patch of soil into a nutritious meal is a life skill, which we and our children simply need to acquire for a healthy … [Read more...]
