Once a year the Surfrider Foundation Europe launches clean-up weekends at lakes, rivers and beaches to raise awareness about pollution and littering. The initiative was created 20 years ago by surfers for surfers and water users. As part of the Surfrider Foundation's International Ocean Initiatives campaign, a beach clean-up was held at Muizenberg on Sunday the 27th of March … [Read more...]
Infecting the city with conscious art
Music, art and waste formed a fusion of culture and new creativity in Cape Town during the Infecting the City Spier Public Arts Festival. There was the chanting of Sufi sacred texts, martial art based on the knife-fighting techniques of the Cape Flats, hip-hop 'B-Boy duels,' and traditional riel dances of Khoisan farm workers. And large-scale art works made from recyclable … [Read more...]
Wastecon 2010 teach youth about waste management
In an attempt to get the youth more involved and interested in the field of waste management the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) invited the learners from two schools to attend the WasteCon 2010 exhibition in Johannesburg and charged them 'an article made out of waste materials' each to enter. Grade 8 to 10 learners from Hoërskool Marais Viljoen and … [Read more...]
