Thursday saw the highly anticipated presentation by John Dennis Liu, the internationally renowned ecologist, researcher and filmmaker, hosted at the Wild Spirit Backpackers Lodge. Greenpop, a tree planting organisation based in Cape Town, held their annual Eden Festival of Action where 5000 trees were planted over the past three weeks. As a means of reforestation after the … [Read more...]
Play hard, tread lightly at Rocking The Daisies next month
What started out as a small eco-friendly, “green” festival has over the course of a decade grown into the biggest festival in the country. With over 20,000 people attending every year, it’s now more important than ever that Superbalist is Rocking the Daisies’ motto, ‘Play Hard, Tread Lightly,’ is embraced by all festival-goers, suppliers and fans so these words become real … [Read more...]
Ten years later, Daisies keeps getting better
Not only does Daisies never normally disappoint, this year they had their ten-year anniversary celebrations to add to the mix. And keeping this ever-expanding eco-friendly festival event of epic proportions going for so long is a feat worth celebrating indeed! I was lucky to be able to make it on Thursday already for a change this year with my good friend and awesome … [Read more...]
Rocking The Daisies 2014 is almost upon us
South Africa's premier eco-friendly music festival, Rocking the Daisies is two weeks away and we’re sure you’re chomping at the bit for a four-day weekend full of good vibes, good people and even better music! International headliners MGMT, Rudimental and Crystal Fighters will show you the time of your life at the Main Stage on Saturday night and if you’re a fan of … [Read more...]
Massive reforestation project heading to Zambia
Greenpop is on a mission to (re)connect people with our planet. Their method: to plant trees and have fun doing it! Join Trees for Zambia - an exciting reforestation and eco-education Festival of Action at the mighty Victoria Falls in June. Just like in previous years, they will be planting thousands of trees and spreading eco-education in an effort to fight the drastic … [Read more...]
False Bay Ecology Park hosts festival and family fun walk
The City of Cape Town, in partnership with BirdLife South Africa (BLSA) and the Cape Bird Club (CBC), will host a festival and family fun walk on Saturday 12 April 2014 at the False Bay Ecology Park (FBEP). Read more below: The City of Cape Town invites all residents, especially the communities surrounding the False Bay Ecology Park, to come out and enjoy a family day spent … [Read more...]
Renewable Energy Festival
A festival to showcase and celebrate a brighter energy future for us all Soaring electricity prices, rising unemployment andclmate change affect us all. Renewable energy is part of the solution to these big issues. Cape Town’s Renewable Energy Festival 2014 offers a day of fun and learning for everyone. Exciting exhibitions showcasing the latest technology and … [Read more...]
City’s youth challenge residents to save electricity
The Awards Ceremony for the YES Environmental Drama Festival took place in the main theatre of the Baxter Theatre Centre on Saturday 27 July 2013. The festival is one of the youth development initiatives of the City of Cape Town’s Youth Environmental School (YES) programme. This year the theme of the Festival was: ‘Smart Living. Smart Saving – Electricity Savings and … [Read more...]
Reforesting the Platbos
For the third year running, Greenpop will be hosting The Reforest Fest in Platbos forest. This reforestation effort has seen over 3000 indigenous trees being planted in the southern-most forest of Africa since 2010. This year Greenpop plans to host two strong reforestation efforts during May and aims to plant 4000 trees. Greenpop is a social enterprise that believes greening … [Read more...]
Rewards for keeping our country clean
It's not always easy getting folks into the habit of cleaning up after themselves and seeing that trash gets to the correct place to be recycled. Sometimes it helps to add a little incentive. TrashBack is an up-coming and dynamic company encouraging positive environmental action around waste. Their projects focus strongly on recycling waste and instilling proper waste … [Read more...]
A two-day adventure ends in festival bliss
Thursday 4 October saw the annual Fruit & Veg City Walking The Daisies initiative take place, bringing with it 120 festival-bound folk from Cape Town to Darling for a weekend of music and entertainment. Strutting into its fourth year, the Fruit & Veg City Walking the Daisies trek is an event where lasting friendships and memories are made while giving back to our planet … [Read more...]
Save our Seabirds Festival
BirdLife South Africa's Seabird Division is at the forefront of seabird conservation, nationally and globally. Seabirds are the most threatened group of birds in the world - almost one third of all seabird species are threatened with some extinction risk. We risk losing iconic birds such as the African Penguin and the majestic albatrosses that roam the southern oceans. But we … [Read more...]
Celebrations and good causes abound at Cool as Folk
Treeplanting social enterprise Greenpop celebrated their 2nd birthday earlier this month with the fourth Cool as Folk party, held at The Assembly in Cape Town. The evening started with the first screening of the Trees for Zambia highlights film and a beautiful photo show by Sydelle Willow Smith. Makhulu Productions put together documentary footage which was a touching … [Read more...]
