8.30pm on Saturday 31st March 2012 is Earth Hour. Hundreds of millions of people across the globe will turn off their lights for 60 minutes as a gesture of solidarity in caring for and protecting the planet. This symbolic act has the added benefit of saving everyone a little bit of money. Soaring electricity prices [...]
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Highlights from TEDx SeaPoint 2012
Humanity is facing a resource crisis on a monumental scale, so it was a small miracle that the speakers at this weekend’s TEDx remained upbeat. Despite a smorgasboard of talented creators, thinkers and change-makers who presented their twenty minute talks to a packed audience, two clear directives emerged from the talks: - Connect. Engage. Interact. [...]
22nd March is World Water Day
World Water Day has been celebrated on 22 March every year since 1993. It is an opportunity to learn more about water and its centrality in our lives and for the environment, and promote sustainable behaviours and actions towards this precious resource. Each year focuses on a different theme. In 2012, it addresses “Water and [...]
PICK n PAY IS FOR LOVE OF WATER
Pick n Pay made a considerable contribution by activating the For Love Of Water messaging through various channels leading up to and during National Water Week. In-store: water tips and facts were shown on the in-store plasma screens and they produced and sold 15 000 FLOW endorsed retail shopper bags. Exhibition: Pick n [...]
World Ocean Day
The ocean is also indispensable to the world’s economy, because it is key to transportation and recreation. And inasmuch as over 95 percent of the underwater realm remains unexplored, it is nearly a certainty that its depths may hold the cure to many a disease, the resolution to many a problem.
Screening of the movie FLOW
Come watch Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of [...]
FLOW presentation and soundscape performance
FLOW and The Two Oceans Aquarium will be bringing you a host of inspiring speakers to talk about water and the FLOW Movement, including an introduction to The HUB. Speakers Nathan Heller – host, HUB Cape Town Justin Friedman – founder, for love of water Hanli Prinsloo – celebrated freediver & founder of the ‘i [...]
Santam Child Art competition
Currently in its 48th year, Santam’s Child Art programme continues to add colour to the lives of thousands of children by providing a platform for young artists. The Santam Child Art Programme is the longest running CSI programmes in Santam. Santam partners with schools and art centres throughout South Africa to invite entries for the Child Art [...]
Earth Hour
On March 26, 8:30pm… Go Beyond the Hour On March 26, 2011, turn off your lights at 8:30 pm for Earth Hour, a worldwide collective display of commitment to protect the one thing that unites us all – the planet. Every year Earth Hour asks individuals, businesses and communities worldwide to show their commitment to [...]
World Water Day Conference and Expo
The Official World Water Day 2011 Event. World Water Day 2011 will be celebrated in Cape Town from 20 – 22 March 2011. The African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) is pleased to join UN-HABITAT and UN-Water in co-organizing World Water Day (WWD) 2011. The global observance of WWD 2011, to be hosted by the [...]
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