Be part of a growing, global, green movement.
25 September – 9 October 2022 | Wild Spirit, Garden Route
The Eden Festival of Action is an environmental action gathering combining practical ecosystem restoration work like tree-planting, with a full line-up of workshops, talks and activities from sustainability experts. The evenings are filled with campfire sessions, storytelling and music from some of South Africa’s finest musicians.
The event aims to create an empowered regenerative community, equipping you to become custodians of the natural world, moving from commitment to action!
Join our 7-day or 14-day sustainability experience this September/October 2022 and create real, long-term environmental impact.
Join us for a week (or two) of collaborative action!
All Ages Week
25 September – 2 October 2022
A festival of collaboration, connection, and
time in nature, welcoming all ages. Join us for a week and get your hands dirty!
Take a look at the brochure here
Youth Week
2 – 9 October 2022
Our Youth Programme is an eco adventure for
budding leaders and active citizens between
the ages of 13 and 19.
Take a look at the brochure here
Immersive yourself in our eco-experiences!
TREE PLANTING
ALIEN CLEARING
LIVE MUSIC
MURAL PAINTING
ECO WORKSHOPS
CITIZENS SCIENCE
WELLNESS
PLANT-BASED FOOD
Submit your application today!
JOIN FOR 1 WEEK
- Join us for a week at the Eden Festival of Action!
- Your festival ticket includes access to the event, a place to pitch your tent, fully-catered 3 meals per day, snacks, all workshops and activities.
- Your festival ticket excludes accommodation upgrades and transport to the event.
- **The cost for visitors to South Africa is $320 for a one-week stay.
JOIN FOR 2 WEEKS
- Join us for both weeks of the Festival of Action!
- Your festival ticket includes access to the event, a place to pitch your tent, fully-catered 3 meals per day, snacks, all workshops and activities.
- Your festival ticket excludes accommodation upgrades and transport to the event.
- **The cost for visitors to South Africa is $560 for a two-week stay.
Fundraise trees and attend for free
Become a fundraising activist for Greenpop and ask your friends and family to help you raise funds for trees through your own online activist project page on GivenGain.
Not only will we use the funds you raise to plant trees across Southern Africa, but for every tree raised you will also get a discount on your programme fees to the Eden Festival of Action. And, if you raise enough trees you can even attend the programme for free!
Raise 80 trees to attend for 1 week, and 150 trees for two weeks! 1 tree = R120
Get Started!
- Apply for the Eden Festival of Action here.
- Click “Start Fundraising”.
- Set up your activist project. Be sure to tell everyone why you are raising funds for trees and why you would like to attend the Eden Festival of Action!
- Set your fundraising target: 80 trees = 9600 ZAR/ 640 USD, 150 trees = ZAR 18000, USD 1200
- Set your deadline: 1 September 2022
- Be sure to add photos and extra details to make your project POP!
- Share & promote your fundraising activist project URL with everyone you know.
Festival Information
The Eden Festival of Action is an environmental action gathering combining practical ecosystem restoration work like tree-planting, with a full line-up of workshops, talks and activities from sustainability experts. The evenings are filled with campfire sessions, storytelling and music from some of South Africa’s finest musicians.
Get active at Greenpop’s Eden Festival of Action 2022 supporting our work in the Garden Route through:
- Reforestation tree planting
- Eco-education workshops
- Mural painting
- Alien vegetation clearing
As an implementation partner to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration which is advocating for the halt of ecosystem degradation, Greenpop is aiming, through this event, to promote a new culture of restoration, highlighting its importance when trying to undertake the planet’s biggest issues such as climate change and food security.
Restoring degraded landscapes is vital to prolonging life on earth. What is incredible about ecosystem restoration is that it provides a foundation for all of the Sustainable Development Goals, for example reducing flood and fire risk, ending hunger and aiding economic growth. The goals are the heart of The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, sharing the essence of peace and prosperity for the people and planet, now and for generations to come.
At their Eden Festival of Action in 2022, Greenpop plans to plant 2000-3000 indigenous trees, participate in much-needed alien clearing, paint environmental murals in collaboration with local communities and host talks and workshops on sustainability. They will be inviting an array of NGO partners to attend to engage in further conversations imperative to furthering climate restoration work advocacy.
From natural building to upcycling, the festival will provide a space for turning environmental awareness into positive action. Collaborative artworks, live music, DJ’s, and dancing under the clear, unpolluted night skies, are some additional highlights of the festival. The skills learned and shared will be invaluable in creating a more environmentally conscious society that can better respond to the environmental and social challenges we face, now and in the future.
When you are ready to commit to the programme, please apply here: https://bit.ly/ApplyEden22
We will then read through your application and if you successfully make it onto the programme we will send you an invoice to pay via EFT, or alternatively should you wish to double your impact, raise trees for Greenpop’s reforestation projects, and receive a discounted or free spot to the event, we will send you all the information you need to know to set up your Trees For Fees fundraising campaign.
Please see the Trees for Fees fundraising campaign page here for more information: https://bit.ly/TreesForFees22
Subsidies
Want to join the event but do not have the financial means? Email for reduced ticket price subsidised by our community: [email protected]
| During the day | In the evening | |
| Sunday | Arrive at Greenpop Village | Orientation & Settle in |
| Monday | Introduction to local context | Music around the campfire |
| Tuesday | Programme activities | Environmental film screening |
| Wednesday | Programme activities | Free evening / campfire jamming |
| Thursday | In-camp workshops | Guided hike & speaker evening |
| Friday | Programme activities | Quiz Night |
| Saturday | Free day | Live music celebration |
| Sunday | Departure & goodbyes |
An example of what a day looks like:
| 06:45am | Breakfast |
| 07:45am | All ready for the day |
| 08:00am | Programme activities in groups |
| – Reforestation planting | |
| – Alien clearing | |
| – Mural Painting in local community | |
| 01:00pm | Lunch |
| 02:00pm | Free time and optional activities (workshops, talks, hikes) |
| 04:00pm | Forest walks / Sunset yoga (optional) |
| 07:00pm | Dinner |
| 08:00pm | Evening activities – film screening, quiz night, live music, campfire jamming |
Upgrade your experience with the following tickets:
Shared Traveller Tent: Not so keen on setting up your own tent? The Traveller Tent is a canvas safari tent that comfortably sleeps two people, and includes two camping mattresses. You must bring along your own bedding and pillow. Share with a friend or we will place you sharing with someone of the same gender and similar age. 1 week + R850 / $60 | 2 weeks + R1,500 / $105 *excludes festival ticket
Private Traveller Tent: Stay solo in the Private Traveller Tent, a canvas safari tent that includes one single camping mattress. You must bring along your own bedding and pillow. 1 week + R1,700 / $120 | 2 weeks + R2,900/ $210 *excludes festival ticket
Staying at Wild Spirit Lodge (prices below based on 7 night stay * excluding festival ticket)
- En-suite Forest view Dorms: R1,960
- Safari tent (sharing): R1,645 – large safari tents with wooden beds + bedding
- Safari tent (private) R3,290
- Double/ twin en suite: R4,690
The magnificent venue has accommodation on-site at the festival, you must book this with [email protected]
This September, the Greenpop Festival of Action brings people together from around the globe to learn, connect, give back and get active.
After 6 years hosting the Festival of Action in Livingstone, Zambia, in 2018, Greenpop moved the Festival of Action to the Garden Route in response to the fires that devastated the area the previous year. After an incredibly successfully 2021 event, we are returning to the region in 2022 to build upon our existing work, bigger and better than before with old and new partners, projects and renewed energy!
Greenpop aims to partner with and contribute to the many local environmental and social initiatives and be part of an environmental solution, while also teaching skills and lessons that are relevant across the globe, sharing and learning in a place that highlights some of the challenges that our planet faces on a whole.
Terms & Conditions
View our full terms and conditions here.
Refund Policy
View our refund policy here.
Alternatively, we can move the cost of your festival ticket to a future event. Get in touch with [email protected] should you have any questions.
*COVID-19 on-site protocol will be updated in line with gov recommendations closer to the time
Here is a google map link for the venue Wild Spirit Lodge.
Address: Wild Spirit Lodge on Heidehof Farm, R102 Nature’s Valley Road, The Crags, Plettenberg Bay, 6602
You can get to the event’s base camp (just outside of Plettenberg Bay) by bus, car or plane. If you take a bus, the Greenpop team will arrange transfers from the bus station in Plettenberg Bay. If you fly, we will arrange transfers from the airport in George (this is the nearest airport).
Getting around the area
During the progamme we travel in several overland trucks and busses that are driven by licensed and professional drivers to get to our activities.
Greenpop Foundation NPC is a registered non-profit organisation. Registration Number (NPO): 151-411 NPO.