Events Programme

NATIONAL WATER WEEK (Western Cape): 21 – 27 March 2011

Updated: Monday 21 March 2011

AWARENESS / MEDIA CAMPAIGN: March 2011

Collaborative National through-the-line (e.g. online, social media, collaterals, posters, murals, radio, TV, billboards including National Retail In-Store media & internal corporate communications).
Promise: People are invited to make the Flow promise (commitment) by all means available (e.g. Radio, TV, SMS, Online) and share their action i.e. how are they for love of water.

Project Champions: Greenhouse, Corporate, DWA, CIty of Cape Town, SABC, ETV, Primedia & other media organizations.

If you would like to get involved please view the National Water Week campaign design material.

K-DAY: 19 March

Full day of family entertainment and performance, est. 15 000 attendance.
K-Day is for love of water by installing water stations, providing water bottles and creating awareness.
Location: Val De Vie, Sponsored by KFM (Primedia) & Santam.

Project Champions: Santam, Primedia

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MEDIA TOUR : 20 March

Tour of a waste water facility with a focus on water quality.
Location proposed: Potsdam.

Project Champions: Department of Water Affairs, Western Cape Region.

WORLD WATER DAY CONFERENCE & EXPO: 20-22 March

Detail of Main Event and Side Events available at www.worldwaterday2011.org and as separate document if requested.
Includes Presentations, plenary discussions, high level exchange, cocktail function, CT Jazz festival, live crossing/broadcast to other global events.
Theme: Water and Urbanization.
Location: CTICC.

Project Champions: AMCOW/UN-HABITAT/UNSGAB /UN-Water.

WALK FOR LOVE OF WATER: 21 March

Supporting the message that all have a right to clean, safe freshwater – a constitutional right in SA and to identify with those who walk each day to collect water.
Route: Start at CTICC at +-1pm end at Company Gardens at +- 2pm
The Prince of Orange will mark the walk officially with an open address to the UN delegates and 400 community members as well as the general public
Public Registration: Coen Steytler Avenue, outside CTICC from 12pm
Supported by entertainment (minstrels, drummers, floats, puppets) along the way
Template to be sent countrywide to DWA offices to invite all: municipalities, to replicate and activate.
Location: Fan Walk Route culminates at the Green Point Urban Park.

Project Champions: DWA, City of Cape Town, Cape Town Festival and Greenhouse.

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WALK CELEBRATION & FESTIVITIES: 21 March

The Walk ends at the Company Gardens, where Cape Town Festival is for love of water

Entertainment (live arts performances, live music, water rituals).
Mayor Dan Plato has made a commitment to deliver a public address at the end of the Walk. He has been invited to attend the walk or receive the walk when it arrives.
The event includes top domestic entertainment including Emo Adams, Jesse Clegg and Judith Sephuma and many more, intersperse with fantastic emerging community talent.

Project Champions: Cape Town Festival and Greenhouse.

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COMMUNITY WATER EXPO: 21-25 March

Opening is at 12pm on 21 March.
Knowledge / experiential expo aimed at communities and children addressing Water challenges and opportunities showcasing solutions.
Location: OR Tambo Hall, Khayelitsha.

Project Champions: DWA.

LEARNERS WATER EVENT 22-25 March

Knowledge / educational / edutainment event aimed at the youth.
Accessible to students and schools.
Location: Township outing, Ratanga Junction combined with Intaka Eco Centre.

Project Champions: City of Cape Town

THE FLOW PROMISE GROUND ACTIVATIONS: March 2011

At various locations during Water Week people are invited to make the FLOW Promise with their hand-print on a long canvas.
People are asked the question “Are you for love of water?” then asked to become a Green Ambassador and make the promise.
Platforms: CTICC (20 March), K-day (19 March), Walk (21 March)

Project Champions: Department of Environmental Affairs and Greenhouse

ANTHEMIC THEME SONG LAUNCH: 22 March

‘For love of water’.

Launched at the CTICC on World Water day and played throughout the week
Composed by South African composer, Collaborative Anthemic theme song by Top African Artists.

Project Champions: Zolani Mahola, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands & Santam

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EVENING PRESENTATION & COCKTAIL FUNCTION: 22-24 March

Presentations, talks, match making, plenary discussions, film screenings, cocktails.
World class live arts performance i.e music, comedy, poetry.
By invitation only.
22 March (for love of water social media launch), 23 March (host: Dutch Ambassador), 24 March (host: Professional Water Management).
Location: the Two Oceans Aquarium – V&A Waterfront.

Project Champions: Two Oceans Aquarium, Greenhouse.

Click here for more information on the Social Media launch, and here for the soundscape and presentations.

WATER FILM: 27 March

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.
Time: 6:15pm
Location: Labia on Kloof
View the trailer here

Project Champions: Labia on Kloof

CHILDART COMPETITION: March – June 2011

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 competition. It attracts more than 3 800 entries annually, of which 220 are selected for an online exhibition.
An independent panel judges the entries and selects 13 artworks to appear in the Child Art calendar for the following year. The calendar is made available to the public at R25 each and the proceeds are used to fund educator development (arts & culture) and art classes for children from previously disadvantaged communities.
National Santam Childart Competition sent to all registered Schools in SA in March 2011
Theme ‘Save our planet, save our water’.

Project Champions: Santam, linked with FLOW

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ADOPT A RIVER CAMPAIGN: March

A door-to-door awareness campaign through communities.
Location: Stellenbosch and Knysna.

Project champions: DWA, Knysna Municipality and Stellenbosch Municipality

EARTH HOUR: 26 March

At 8.30 PM on Saturday 26 March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour.
This year Earth Hour 60+ means thinking beyond energy, looking into other ways to look after the environment.

For more information, click here

TEDx CAPE TOWN: 26 March (postponed to 16 April)

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx – independently organized TED event.
At TEDX Cape Town, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group around the issue of water.
Website: www.tedxcapetown.org
Location: Paul Cluver Wine Estate, Open Air Amphitheater.

Project Champions: Bernelle Verster (The Water Maverick), Justin Beswick, James Howell, Joseph Wamicha, Irene Kim, Lauren Uppink, Justin Friedman and Kaley Spragge

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These National water week events are linked through the unifying message ‘for love of water’.

For more information please contact, Juliet Browne, Greenhouse – juliet@greenhousecreates.com / 021 462 1710 / 082 404 6922.

Current Partner list

NATIONAL CONVENOR: DWA & PARTNERS

IN ASSOCIATION WITH: AMCOW, UN-Water, UN-HABITAT, UNSGAB, Consulate General of the Kingdom of Netherlands, ICLEI, WISA, SALGA, UNEP

LOCAL CONVENOR: DWA-Regional, City of Cape Town, DEADP

SUPPORTED BY: Santam, Pick n Pay, Clicks Group, Woolworths, Wessa, Spur, Ogilvyearth, the Two Oceans Aquarium, Primedia (LEADSA Endorsed), IndaloYethu, YWP, WISA, Greenhouse

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Ecomaties, Ratanga Junction, Design Indaba, CTICC

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Who is FLOW

See who has made the FLOW promise.

tracey saunders in South Africa is for love of water.
Tiisetso Kotoane in South Africa is for love of water.

I boil enough water for tea, I don't fill the kettle. I do'nt over-fill the bath turb for bathing, just enough to bath. I stopped disposing laundry water in the toilet & flushing it. I plan my laundry so I don't have to do it too often. When I wash my face, I fill a basin with the water I need, I do
deborah weber in South Africa is for love of water.
Ansie Campher in South Africa is for love of water.
Deborah Paterson in South Africa is for love of water.

I enjoy it! I thank it for purifying my body, mind and spirit.
Only Aqua in South Africa is for love of water.
Lionel Hughes in South Africa is for love of water.

Responsibl personal water use - showers, household washing, water-wise gardening. Professionally work in industrial water treatment with a focus on sustainability abd water re-use
George Eadie in South Africa is for love of water.

i minimise using it where possible and appreciate using it where needed
Lee Carr in South Africa is for love of water.

I live in a complex and the geyser from a unit in the block is situated in my garage, so we run the overflow pipe into a large plastic drum and use the water for watering the garden.
ECYCLE electronic recycling > easy ECYCLE in South Africa is for love of water.

ECYCLE is for love of water. We promise to respect water as a source of life To be mindful of how we use water And to preserve our water sources.
misha teasdale in South Africa is for love of water.

Grey water is used in my garden. I only share showers:) I brush my teath without a running tap. I fill the sink and wash the dishes. I am for love of water.
Anthea Boswell in South Africa is for love of water.
Alessia Kachadourian in Mexico is for love of water.
carol green in South Africa is for love of water.
Jade Snell in South Africa is for love of water.

i swim in it as much as possible
Bridget McNulty in South Africa is for love of water.

I bless the water I drink each day...
Lee Rael in South Africa is for love of water.

I drink filtered water and am very aware of conserving water.
Tracy Frayne in South Africa is for love of water.
Maya Metcalfe in South Africa is for love of water.

I always bless water, to enhance its vibration. If I bath, I take shallow baths, and I never leave a tap running whilst washing dishes. I simply fill up a basin in the sink and minimise wastage as much as possible.
ROD POTTER in South Africa is for love of water.

For water boards and municipalities to advertise water saving techniques and for them to closely monitor their water networks to save on non revenue water. For us as parents and educators to start teaching our children from a young age the importance of water and the values achieved in not wasting w
Marika van Noordwyk in South Africa is for love of water.

We have rainwater tanks to catch water our vegetable garden. Bath and shower water is recycled to the lawn. Water from the washing machine is used on compost heaps.
Mfundo Mdledle in South Africa is for love of water.

I promise to respect water as a divine living element that sustains my body and the nature around me.
iain evans in South Africa is for love of water.
Noel Marten in South Africa is for love of water.

Drink deeply with gratitude Love the spring that cleanses and nourishes us Clean around our sacred newlands spring Mulch and compost our garden Collect every drop possible in our tanks Return our waste water from our home and earthshine business to the food garden Avoid flushing the loo (wee in the
Tony Marchesini in South Africa is for love of water.

I am raising funds to distribute water filers to people who to not have potable water in their homes. See www.wishingwellintl.org
Lionel Hughes in South Africa is for love of water.

Buckman Africa have long followed the reduce, re-use and recycle concept cuminating in the recent commissioning of a water recovery plant. Our plant now has zero liquid effleunt discharge to the surrounding environment
Kirsty Carden in South Africa is for love of water.
Jessica Crowley in United States is for love of water.

I've eliminated the use of bottled water in my everyday life and encourage those around me to do so as well. I also work with a non-profit in Portland, OR to bring fresh drinking water to African villages.
Jacob Edgars in Belize is for love of water.

We use a rainwater tank on the islands for even the smallest house
Wynne Brummer in South Africa is for love of water.

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