The annual Green Club planning camp for the Green Butterflies began with a welcoming and de-briefing session. At this session the camp rules are set. This includes things like greeting other guests, saying thank you, shouting, wastage, recycling etc. and values...
Green Butterflies kicking off
Vanwyksdorp Primary kicked off with their Green Butterflies planning meeting for 2018 at the Rooiberg Lodge on the 15th January 2018. The Green Club Projects is a Landmark Foundation Environmental Education Program initiative and it is carried out in full partnership...
Windpomp Sjerrie Challenge
The WINDPOMP SJERRIE CHALLENGE name originates from what water meant to us. Symbols of water like the windpomp, illustrates the importance of sustainable resource management. The awareness about conserving water became evident in the whole of the Western &, and...
Spekkies Leaping Ahead
#spekkies has had a very successful few months, both in terms of sales and exposure for the product and the project. Andre Britz and Luami Zondagh were interviewed on the Kyknet television show “Grootplaas” regarding the Jobs for Carbon and #spekkies projects. To...
Artificial wetland a sewerage filtering system
The constructed wetland project in De Rust has seen successes and challenges over the course of 2017, however as the year draws to a close the project is well on its way to realizing its ultimate goal of returning the unusable wastewater - at the De Rust Sewage Works...
Progress with Jobs for Carbon Phase 2
The Jobs for Carbon teams are making great progress for the 2017-2018 project year, which will see the planting up of 50 hectares of degraded land with spekboom. With only three landowners left on whose land they need to plant, they have thus far finished planting in...
Herbertsdale Green Roses blossoming in Stilbaai
Herbertsdale Primary have recently established an environmental or “Green Club” at their school. This is the first outing as “The Green Roses”. The aim of this outing was to expose the learners to a different environment, to show new perspectives, to generate an...
Because our children are the footprint of our legacy
The intention of our visit to the Rooiberg area from 26-28 September 2017 was to educate our students on the basics of the knowledge on the Klein Karoo. They must experience and feel what the climate, environment and people are like. Staying at the RUST farm was a...
Green Roses growing into leaders
On Friday 8th of September we visited the Green Roses with the intention of handing over their leadership badges and planting trees for Arbor week. There was a special assembly held whereby the whole school gathered with the staff. There was a brief talk about the...
Because our children are the footprint of our legacy
The intention of our visit to the Rooiberg area from 26-28 September 2017 was to educate our students on the basics of the knowledge on the Klein Karoo. They must experience and feel what the climate, environment and people are like. Staying at the RUST farm was a...