Valentine's Day can be full of useless stuff - but let's not do that! Give your loved one a tree this year instead, and spread some sustainable green love. Simply fill out this form, and Greenpop will send to your love on Valentine's Day a certificate to let them know that a tree was planted in their name - complete with a personalised e-card! Greenpop will plant the … [Read more...]
Food forest planned for the Overberg
Greyton Transition Town (GTT), part of the global Transition Town Network, is bringing the communities of Greyton, Genadendal and neighbouring villages together to find local solutions to the global challenges of climate change and peak oil. Food security is a critical issue with many residents of these Overberg villages going to bed hungry because they can't afford the … [Read more...]
Plant a tree this arbor month
Arbor month is upon us. A time when people are encouraged to plant trees to help remove some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and produce oxygen. Imagine if trees gave off Wifi signals, we would be planting so many trees. We’d probably save the planet too. Too bad they ONLY produce the oxygen we breathe! Trees might not help with wi-fi but they are as essential as we … [Read more...]
A two-day adventure ends in festival bliss
Thursday 4 October saw the annual 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 and its … [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...]
The reforest fest at Platbos
One hundred Greenpop volunteers, armed with spades and plenty of enthusiasm, gathered at Platbos - the ancient old-growth forest just a few kilometres inland from Gansbaai - to plant 1000 trees over the weekend of the 11th and 12th of June. They travelled from Cape Town on the 'Green Bus,' a minibus that runs on recycled cooking oil. On arrival on the Friday evening, the … [Read more...]
Greenpop – join the treevolution!
Greenpop is a simple yet brilliant idea in celebration of greening. Our first treemendous goal is to get 1000 trees donated and planted in under-greened communities in and around Cape Town during September. The campaign will continue after September with a drive to get as many trees donated as possible and Greenpop will continue to plant these trees in tree-needy communities of … [Read more...]
