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Women in Sustainability: Meet our Head of Programmes, Zoë Gauld-Angelucci
For this year’s Women’s Day in South Africa, we want to introduce a woman in sustainability who inspires us daily. After earning a Master’s degree in Development Studies, she joined Greenpop in 2014. When she is not heading up programmes across Sub-Saharan Africa, you can find her spending time with her family, tending to her garden, practising Italian, and searching for the best pizza in the Mother City. Get to know Zoë Gauld-Angelucci!
5 Things You Can Do To Get Active This Mandela Day
Mandela Day is celebrated annually on the 18th of July, and this year’s theme is: “Do what you can, with what you have, wherever you are”. This year’s focus is to promote community gardening, food gardening and tree planting. Here are 5 ways you can get active for the planet this Mandela Day, right where you are.
5 Young South African Eco-Warriors You Should Know About
Being an environmental activist is a title someone of any age can hold. All you need to be is someone who cares deeply for the health and survival of our planet and its inhabitants, and who wants to do something to take care of it. Whether a big or small contribution, every single action matters.
This is true for these 5 inspiring young people from South Africa, who are paving the way for change! From an 11-year-old recycling warrior to a 14-year-old girl from Khayelitsha who is spreading awareness in her community – the youth are setting change into motion.
15 Things You Can Do To Make A Difference On World Environment Day
World Environment Day is organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and has been held annually since 1974. The goal of the day of action is to promote environmental awareness and draw attention to crucial concerns around our planet’s survival, that require active engagement and commitment. Today, the day represents one of the largest global platforms for environmental action, with millions of participants from around the world. Each World Environment Day focuses on a specific issue that reflects urgent problems and challenges of our time, such as climate change, biodiversity loss or pollution.
How to Compost at Home, and Reduce Your Waste
Composting is surprisingly easy with these 4 steps – you can even do it at home, and don’t need a lot of space.
#DontBeTrashy with CapeNature
Treading lightly is very important to us. So at this year’s Reforest Fest, Greenpop along with CapeNature, Compost Cyclers and PETCO aimed to reduce our waste as much as possible! Our Zero Waste Festival Guide, along with CapeNature’s #DontBeTrashy campaign, helped us ensure our festival was as eco-friendly as possible.
Pesto Princess Cooking Sauces: What Keeps 100 Hungry Tree-planters Going?
Pesto Princess Cooking Sauces: What Keeps 100 Hungry Tree planters Going?25 APRIL, 2022By Skye MallacIf you’ve ever spent a full day on a reforestation site, nestling thousands of baby trees into their new homes on an Overberg hillside, you’ll probably know what I...
Restore & Reconnect at Reforest Fest 2022
Restore & Reconnect at Reforest Fest 202225 APRIL, 2022By Jessie LeverzencieAnd just like that, the 11th annual Reforest Fest has come to an end, and what a fantastic festival it was getting active, not anxious for the planet. 5064 trees are officially in the...
Celebrating Conservation Wines with WWF South Africa
During Greenpop’s recent Reforest Fest 2022 in Walker Bay, WFF South Africa hosted a wine tasting with four very special wine farms, with the aim to shift the narrative around South African wine culture, creatively exploring the nature-based and regenerative wine farms by celebrating the wine through a multi-sensory tasting experience.
Magic and Melodies on the Bain’s Symphony Stage
Magic and melodies on the Bain’s Symphony Stage21 APRIL, 2022By Scone MaloneIt’s not always easy to bring about positive change in the world. You need courage, vision, tenacity, and an unwavering commitment to do the right thing. And if you want to do it on a mass...
Students Learn About Groundwater at the Green Point Urban Park
The WWF Groundwater Awareness Campaign culminated in a celebratory field trip for 38 lucky learners to the Green Point Urban Park.
What is Bark Stripping?
Bark stripping is the illegal stripping and harvesting of the bark of a tree for individual profit. Learn more about this issue below.
Museum of Plastic – A Future Without Plastic!
Museum of Plastic: A Future Without Plastic!19 January, 2022By GreenpopWhat will the world look like in 2121? The Museum of Plastic provides a hopeful peek into what life could look like if we curb climate change now.Based 100 years from now in an imagined future...
Support Local Students, Plant Trees and #DontBeTrashy with CapeNature
Support Local Students, Plant Trees and #DontBeTrashy with CapeNature22 OCTOBER, 2021By Claudia WallerCapeNature joined us at the Eden Festival of Action 2021 in the Garden Route, sponsoring 10 local students to attend the immersive, week-long sustainability festival....
Eat Your Way to Longevity: How Our Diet Radically Connects Us to Our Environment
Eat Your Way to Longevity: How Our Diet Radically Connects Us to Our Environment22 OCTOBER, 2021By Skye Ayla MallacThe world over we’re becoming readily aware of the impact our environment has on our health - as well as the impact we have on environmental health. Read...
We are nature! Eden Festival of Action 2021
We are Nature! Eden Festival of Action 202122 OCTOBER, 2021By Claudia WallerGreenpop’s annual tree-planting event is a week-long immersion into a world of peaceful environmentalism, with this year's event hosting 140 activists who collaborated to accomplish great...
Will you lend us a hand? It’s Arbor Month
ARBOR MONTH 2021: Will you lend us a hand?01 SEPTEMBER, 2021By Lauren & Misha TeasdaleDear Greenpop Community, It's been a wild 18 months for us all. The isolation, disruption and unpredictability feels overwhelming. When the first lockdown hit in March...
Simon and Mary: A Heritage Brand for a New Generation
SIMON AND MARY: A heritage brand for a new generation04 JUNE, 2021By Charlotte Mostert Learn more about one of Greenpop's oldest partners, Simon and Mary, and their commitment to sustainability and innovation.Born from a family of milliners - family is the backbone of...
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