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Molweni Molweni Mother Earth I thank you for my Body Made from the rocks and roots of your body Your Body becomes my Body My Body becomes your Body We are One Molweni Mother Earth (Molweni) I thank you for your Air That flows through my lungs Your Air becomes my Air My Air becomes your Air We are One Molweni Mother Earth (Molweni) I thank you for your Waters That flow through my veins Your Waters become my Waters My Waters becomes your Waters We are One Molweni Mother Earth (Molweni) I thank you for your Life-force That gives vitality to my body Your Life-force becomes my life force My Life-force becomes your Life-force MOLWENI Mother Earth Molweni I Greet you in love and gratitude We are One We are One We are One

Written for the Eco-Logic Awards by David Parry-Davies Editor of The Enviropaedia set to music by composer Grant McLachlan and given voice by VOX Choral Group: see voxcapetown.com

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DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES: SIVUYILE NGESI

18:00 SIGN IN AND NETWORKING Meet influential, innovative and inspirational people in the environmental and sustainability sectors.

AUCTION Auction of artwork by Marc Alexander sold in support of The Endangered Wildlife Trust

Mbali Vilikazi: Recitation of poem: ‘Is there a Xhosa word for Sustainability’

Leigh-Anne Williams Words of encouragement  Eco-Community Award

David Parry-Davies: Introduction to Eco-Logic Minister Creasy: The Economic impacts of Climate Change PRESENTATION OF AWARDS  Climate Change Award

Dr Ian Little: Increase the value of your property by increasing the Biodiversity in your garden  Biodiversity Award

 Municipalities Award

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Zolani Mahola: Words of encouragement  Eco- Youth Award

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Riaan Manser: Words of encouragement  Eco-Angel Award

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Mbali Vilikazi Words of encouragement  Eco-Warrior Award

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Claire Janisch: Biomimicry - innovation inspired by Nature

Kia Johnson Words of encouragement

 Eco-Innovation Award

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 Recycling and Waste Management

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E co-Logical Intelligence Award: To Craig Foster of the Sea Change Project and Netflix film ‘My Octopus Teacher’ p34

Donovan Copley: Words of encouragement Lisa Reynolds CEO of GBCSA: How to increase the value of your home by ‘greening’ your home  Eco-Build Award

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 Water Conservation Award

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Nik Rabinowitz: Words of encouragement:  Green Economy Award Performance by Zolani Mahola

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AWARDS FOR GLAMOUROUSLY GREEN FASHION COMPETITION - WINNERS ANNOUNCED David Parry-Davies: ‘How to evolve to become an Eco-Logical human being’ - and the launch of the Eco-Logical Calculator 21.00 FORMAL CLOSURE With words of support from Bishop Tutu and the performance of Molweni by VOX Coral Group Followed by further networking for Award winners and Finalists.

Dear Eco-Logic Guest

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We hope you will thoroughly enjoy and benefit from your participation in The Eco-Logic Awards celebrations, hosted by The Enviropaedia.

Whilst COVID-19 has disrupted the entire world – it will at some point in the not too far future be overcome. The same however cannot be said about Climate Change and the many other critical and worsening environmental challenges we are currently facing. As Editor of The Enviropaedia, I am aware that we and many others have been giving loud warnings about the world’s growing environmental crisis for a long time as far back as 1992 when the world’s leaders gathered in Rio to discuss these challenges and identify solutions for them. Yet, despite the vast amount of information supplied since then to governments, business and the public about the increasing scale of these challenges– there has not been an appropriate scale of behavioural change needed to effectively deal with these challenges! The Worlds environmental conditions are in fact rapidly getting much worse. I therefore recognised that we need to find a different approach to addressing these conditions, because if we keep doing the same thing – we are likely to get the same results - that clearly have not been working. After much thought and consultation with others in the environmental sector, the words of Albert Einstein gave me a key to the solution that I had been looking for. He said: “The world we have created today, has problems that cannot be solved by thinking the way we thought when we created these problems.” The critical point he identified is that in order to solve our current challenges - we first need to re-view and change our thinking! Pollution, poaching, climate change and other environmental challenges are the outcomes and effects of our thinking and value systems. Trying to solve these challenges without first addressing the thinking and values that motivate and drive our behaviour is like trying to fix a punctured tyre by blowing in more air – without first fixing the leak!

By changing the values and thinking patterns that motivate our behaviour and thus cause these environmental challenges, we can build a new foundation for a healthier, happier and more sustainable world for us to live and thrive in. I therefore began by identifying the most negative and harmful thinking patterns and values that are responsible for creating most of our environmental challenges. Then I identified the logical, opposite positive and life-affirming values and thinking patterns that can stimulate and drive sustainable and regenerative behaviours that are likely to produce a more sustainable society and environment. The list of destructive values and thinking patterns and their logical opposites was initially quite lengthy, but after consideration I was able to distil these down to a core of seven destructive and seven opposite positive values and thinking patterns that are listed below. It is impossible to identify which of these is most important and to list them in priority order, so instead I listed them in a way that the first letter of the positives spell out the word VIRTUES – this provides an easy acronym by which to remember these seven positive values and thinking patterns that can lead us to a happier, healthier, safer and more sustainable planet to live on. I hope that you will resonate with these ‘Virtues of EcoLogic’ and use them as a frame of reference to play your part in healing and regenerating our society and our environment (which are both completely interlinked) . I firmly believe that in applying these VIRTUES we can improve the quality of our lives, our communities and the profitability and efficiency of our business activities. Yours eco-logically,

David Parry-Davies Publishing Editor of The Enviropaedia

For more on Eco-Logic, visit www.eco-logicalliving.co.za

The Virtues of Eco-Logical Thinking Eco-logically destructive thinking & values (F.I.D.O.E.M.S)

Eco-logical Virtues (V.I.R.T.U.E.S)

1. Fear (doom & gloom), Anger & Apathy

1. Vision

Far too much of this has already been spread around, resulting in people feeling overwhelmed and unable to make a real difference to the state of our home planet Earth.

2. Insular/Silo thinking A lack of awareness and consideration for the interconnectedness and inter-dependence of Earth’s systems and the potential effects that any individual action can have on the whole system.

3. Disconnection with Nature Significantly due to urbanisation and packaging of our daily foods, many have forgotten that we are absolutely dependent on Nature and healthy eco-systems for our physical health and wellbeing and our economic development.

4. One dimensional (exclusively intellectual) views and decision making in business and science A lack of emotional and intuitive intelligence - resulting in a brutal mechanistic/ commodity based view of Nature and people – causing waste, destruction and loss of natural resources and eco-systems and the cruel abuse of individuals and communities.

5. Ego-centred focus – resulting in a lack of Social Cohesion Climate change and the many other environmental challenges we are currently facing are far too big for any one person, community or even one Nation to solve on their own. We need to unite as humanity to meet these challenges. Yet we have allowed ourselves to become divided by selfishness, racism; Nationalism; Religion; politics and other superficial differences that prevent us from acting in unity against the biggest challenges facing all of humanity today.

6. Materialistic focus – driving unsustainable Consumerism Unbridled material self-gratification resulting in about 20% of the (richest) world’s population consuming about 80% of the world’s resources ( = a recipe for social and political instability). Driven by a shallow, immature and misguided value system that believes that the more (money and stuff) you consume and own, the more important you are in society. This thinking drives unsustainable levels of consumption, breeds corruption and diverts us from the non-materialistic things in life that bring about more meaningful and long-lasting fulfilment and self-actualisation.

7. Short-term thinking Being motivated by profits today and instant gratification of our wants and wishes, without due care and consideration for the future.

Fighting against wears you down - fighting for stimulates, invigorates and excites. We therefore need to determine what we do want (we already know what we don’t want) in order to give us positive direction and inspiration to create a beautiful, healthy and sustainable world to live in

2. Inclusive / Holistic perspective Looking at the ‘bigger picture’, seeing the interconnectedness of all things and taking into consideration the potential (beneficial or destructive) knock-on effects of our choices and actions.

3. Reconnection with Nature Recognising the importance of Nature and the value of her eco-system services for our physical and economic health. Harmonising and learning from Nature in order to achieve the material and economic advantages and benefits of Biomimicry + Circular Economy efficiencies.

4. Three Dimensional Intelligence integrating intellectual intelligence with emotional and intuitive intelligence in order to reach more balanced (wise) conclusions and decisions that view and treat people and planet as if they are just as important as intellectual and material property and profits

5. Ubuntu – Care for Community Recognising that all humanity is threatened by the same environmental challenges, we need to put aside our differences in order to ensure our future survival. In an Ubuntu society that recognises our mutual dependence and our common humanity, the minor differences of colour, race, religion, politics etc. are diminished and become less important. By actively promoting and building an Ubuntu consciousness we become more able to work effectively together to meet and overcome our common social and environmental challenges

6. Ethical focus – driving a quality based approach to consumption By focussing on our non-material virtues and assets (including the arts, culture, spiritual and psychological self-development), we reduce the need for material goods to define and maintain our sense of self-worth. And when choosing goods that we do actually need, by purchasing high quality goods that last longer instead of wasteful disposable or short lifespan goods, we can reduce the overall quantity of the world’s resources that we are consuming. When we actively choose to be an ‘ethical consumer’ (buying from those organisations that choose to reduce their environmental impacts) we can further drive down the levels of environmental destruction waste, pollution and climate change caused by dirty, wasteful and unsustainable methods and processes of production.

7. Sustainable long term thinking (In Economic & Political Strategy). Balancing our short term wants and wishes against our ability to meet our long term needs.

INTRODUCING OUR JUDGES CATHERINE HOFMEYR

Catherine is currently the ‘caretaker editor’ of Getaway magazine. She first joined the travel publication as a photojournalist back in 1994, honing her travel-writing and photography skills over a 10 year period, and earning a Pica Award for writing excellence along the way. She then left to raise a family and follow a freelance writing and editing career, contributing to many magazines including Getaway, Cape Etc, Zigzag, Wine and many others. When her children were toddlers, the family set off on a 10-month African 4x4 camping safari that resulted in her first book, Travels with a Roadkill Rabbit (Struik 2011). She was copy editor on Reality magazine for two years before rejoining Getaway in 2018 as deputy editor.

YOLAN FRIEDMANN

Yolan is the CEO of the Endangered Wildlife Trust, one of the largest conservation NGOs in southern Africa. Yolan’s academic qualifications include an MSc in Environmental Governance, a BA in Communications and English and a Diploma in Veterinary Nursing. Yolan was the first female recipient of the SAB Nick Steele environmentalist of the Year Award, the winner of the CEO Most Influential Woman in Business and Environment Award in the Environmental Category, recipient of the 2012 Green Globe Award, a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, a Board member of the Tourism Conservation Fund, and was a Regional Councillor on the IUCN Council for 4 years.

KATE STUBBS

Kate Stubbs is the current Group Business Development and Marketing Director for the Interwaste Group which forms part Séché Environnement, a leading international environmental solutions business. She has held various executive positions in marketing, sales, strategy and communications over the last 20 years, predominantly working for Supply Chain, Logistics and Waste Management companies serving a broad range of industries. Her experience has enabled her to work with diverse local and international teams and she thrives in complex, intellectually stimulating environments. Some of her successes have been in creating and building new brands, achieving growth strategies and assisting with the integration of many acquisitions. She is passionate about developing sustainable solutions for businesses that are not only economically viable but which are socially conscious and protect our environment for future generations. Kate holds a BCom Business Management degree and has completed Leadership and Executive Development programmes through the GIBS business school.

KEVIN JAMES

Kevin is an eco-entrepreneur focused 100% on unlocking green economy opportunities. He is also a sustainability professional with deep experience in strategic corporate sustainability as well as in the development of green, low carbon projects. In 2006 he founded his most current entrepreneurial venture - Global Carbon Exchange (GCX) with two goals in mind: to create commercial value and to make a positive impact at the same time. Kevin is currently the CEO of GCX, a strategic environmental sustainability and project development company that supports the transformation of large, complex organisation across SA into more responsible and valuable entities through the design and implementation of sustainable business programs. Besides his role at GCX and The Green Building Council South Africa, Kevin is also a Director of OptimusBio a leading, homegrown biotech company developing biological solutions across various fields.

ALBI MODISE

Albi Modise serves as Chief Director/Head of Communications at the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). Modise graduated with an Honours degree Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University School Journalism. He has worked as a Lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology, also at Government Communications and Information System, State IT Agency and Spokesperson for the national Ministry of Communications. His responsibilities include overall management of the communications portfolio in the department while also entrusted with spokesperson roles for the department. He has served as the Country Spokesperson during international conferences like international climate change talks, CoP 17 and other similar international conferences. In addition he also Certificate in Telecommunications Policy from Wits University and General Management Programme from Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).

JOHN MAYTHAM

John hosts the PM Drive show on CapeTalk, a station he helped start 23 years ago. He has a keen interest in matters ecological and environmental.

LUMKA POSWAYO

Lumka holds Bachelor degree in Environmental Studies and Honours degree in Geography from the Walter Sisulu University. In addition, she has certificates in Entrepreneurship, Life skills and sustainability. Started her working career as a SAASTA volunteer at the Department of Basic Education for a year. Where she worked on a number of projects that promote Science, Mathematics, Technology and Engineering. Lumka is Sustainability Manager at Pick n Pay, skilled in Project Management, Sustainable Development, Research and Environmental Social Governance (ESG). Her responsibilities include focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility projects, Pick n Pay People n Planet Beach Clean Up, Corporate Governance, Marketing & Communication, Environmental projects in climate change, sustainable seafood, food waste, packaging, deforestation, and water-saving initiatives. Promoting environmental literacy, Healthy living and education in Pick n Pay School Club school.

GEORGINA SMIT

Georgina Smit is Head of Market Transformation at the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), overseeing certification and research related products that drive the property sector to design, build and operate buildings in a more sustainable way. She manages the Technical Team at the GBCSA who are responsible for independently certifying green buildings and identifying market leaders. Her daily responsibilities include driving market transformation through certification which can verify tangible, quantifiable impacts and providing customer-focused technical support to all stakeholders engaging with the GBCSA, both in the private and public sector.

NANCY RICHARDS

Nancy Richards is an independent journalist with many years’ experience in radio and print. As a radio presenter, areas of specialisation included literature, the environment and ‘women’s issues’. In print amongst others, she covers environment, arts, lifestyle, travel and décor. She is the founder of NPO: Woman Zone and a Women’s Library. She’s author and co-author of Beautiful Homes - featured in Fairlady; Woman Today - 50 years of South African women on radio and Being a Woman in Cape Town. She is a speaker, media trainer and proud to be Board member of Soil for Life. Born in London, based in Cape Town.

VINCENT SHACKS

Vince is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. He has worked throughout Southern Africa with national governments, private sector and community based organisations in the management and planning of nature based tourism. Vince worked as a researcher and independent consultant in the Okavango Delta for over a decade and has also carried out biodiversity survey work in Mozambique, Madagascar and Angola to assist governments with the setup and planning of new protected areas. He is currently the General Manager of the Ecotourism unit at the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) which oversees the Blue Flag, Green Coast and Green Key eco-labels, as well as the management of national youth development projects.

ANTHONY STOEBEL

Anthony Stroebel has been the Group Marketing Director for Pam Golding Properties (Pty) Ltd since 2000 but his role has now evolved to Head of Strategy. He is currently responsible for integrating a ‘green agenda’ into the future of Residential property in South Africa, this as a brand dimension of the Pam Golding brand. His vision is to drive green consciousness in the domestic environment, thereby facilitating the inclusion of green credentials in the valuation of residential property. He schooled at Woodridge College in Port Elizabeth and currently holds a degree in Bachelor of Commerce (UCT), as well as Diplomas in Public Relations and Marketing (Damelin College).

JOANNE YAWITCH

Joanne Yawitch has been the Chief Executive Officer of the National Business Initiative (NBI) since March 2011, having previously been Deputy Director General for Climate Change in the Department of Environmental Affairs with responsibility for Environmental Quality and Protection, as well as for the Department’s Climate Change work. She worked for the Gauteng Department of Environment from 1997 to 2004 and prior to that was Special Adviser to the then Minister of Land Affairs. Joanne is currently the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of South African National Parks and is a Director of the National Research Foundation. Joanne’s expertise lies within business and sustainability, business and government collaboration, climate change and climate change negotiations.

SPECIAL THANKS! A Special Thank You to our eco-friends and supporters for generously providing the following prizes and contributions: PRIZES FOR THE ECO-DRESS-UP COMPETITION Citizen Watches for stylish yet classic watches perfect for all occasions Canon for a PowerShot SX740HS Camera David Green for stunning eco-friendly eyewear Buffels Drift Game Lodge for two prizes of 2 nights accommodation for 2 at the luxurious Buffelsdrift Game Lodge

DELICIOUS THINGS Stellar Winery for their sensational organic wines gifted to the esteemed judges

SPECIAL PEOPLE & ORGANISATIONS Sivuyile Ngesi: Master of Ceremonies The Studio Art Gallery: Marc Alexander for 3 works of art Auctioned in support of The Endangered Wildlife Trust

Celebrity Shout Outs and Performances:  Mbali Vilakazi

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Donovan Copley Nik Rabinowitz Zolani Mahola Leigh-Anne Williams Riaan Manser Kia Johnson

Environmental Talks:  T he Honorable Barbara Creecy, Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries: How COVID19 is impacting the Environment

 Dr Ian Little: The Endangered Wildlife Trust  Claire Janisch: BiomimicrySA  L isa Reynolds: Green Building Council of South Africa Vox Choral Group: Performance of Molweni Matthew Rosmarin of Green House Media: Virtual Awards Production Candice Burgess of King Of The Jungle: Public Relations and Social Media R+D Brands for designing the Eco-Logic Awards E-ZINE and Award winner Certificates.

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CITY OF CAPE TOWN: SMART DRIVER PROGRAMME CoCT has an impressive fleet of about 8 700 vehicles resulting in the 2018 consumption of 17.3 million litres of fuel costing R246.5 million and giving off a total of 44 418 CO2 emissions. In order to mitigate this impact CoCT started The Smart Driver programme in 2016 which creates behavioral change by providing training across line functions and the monitoring of fleet drivers, fleet management staff, MyCiti and Dial-a-Ride bus drivers. The fundamental premise of smart driving is a behaviour change programme that keeps drivers safe on the roads and has economic benefits through reduced fuel consumption. In addition, vehicles driven in accordance with smart driver principles emit less carbon dioxide into the environment. Through ongoing skills development, training, and monitoring of drivers, the programme promotes safer, greener and more economical driving. The programme has resulted in economic benefits, reduced fuel consumption and lower carbon emission. In addition, CoCT has initiated a tree-planting programme where 50 000 plus trees will be planted per annum.

PROJECT 90 BY 2030 Project 90 by 2030 is a non-profit organisation established in 2007 and is committed to inspiring and mobilising society towards a sustainably developed and equitable low-carbon future. Our name reflects our goal of a significant (90%) change in how we – South Africans – access and use natural resources such as energy, water and food, in order to realise a low-carbon future by the year 2030. Our contribution is towards the strengthening of civil society cooperation, empowering young climate-informed leaders and capacitating local communities towards a Just Energy Transition. The five key principles of our work are people centred: • Research: robust research enabling us to formulate sound arguments and inspire action in ourselves and others, especially towards a just energy transition • Partnerships: working collaboratively towards a sustainably developed and equitable low carbon future • Leadership: developing young leaders and supporting community activists whose actions inspire others to be more aware of climate change and energy-related issues

• Advocacy: promoting participation and engagement of civil society through effective communication and advocacy in decision making processes towards positive climate actions • Practical Action: encouraging and capacitating communities to take action to adapt to, and tackle, the climate challenges they are facing.

WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: “DIE KWIK STYG” – A RADIO PROGRAMME Creating awareness is of utmost importance to communicate the challenges and opportunities of climate change to the South African audience, whether it be the agricultural sector or the general public. In an attempt to make South Africa, and its agricultural sector, more climate resilient, and create a deep awareness and knowledge base, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture embarked on an innovative project to produce a SA’S first ever radio programme on climate change called “Die Kwik Styg”. This initiative was also one of the communication tools of the SmartAgri plan of the Department, the first ever sector plan for the agricultural sector in South Africa. The programmes (104 in total) were produced and funded by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with a professional presenter and recording studio. RSG broadcasted this programme every week on Fridays to 300 000 listeners. Series 1 (52 programmes) of Die Kwik Styg was so popular that RSG requested another be produced. The project commenced on the 6th of April 2018 and the last programme will be broadcasted on the 3rd of April 2020. World renowned experts were invited as studio guests and covered a large spectrum of climate change related topics.

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CTEET: BIODIVERSITY OFFSETTING Meeting the needs of a burgeoning urban population requires an innovative approach. “Business as usual”, is not helping either people, nor the planet. Addressing the needs of present and future generations is being recognised globally as an imperative, and not simply a “nice to have”. In meeting these needs, leaders and citizens alike recognise that a healthy planet underpins human need and wellbeing. This can be addressed in part, through biodiversity offsets, offering an innovative approach to reconciling what has typically been a “win or lose” development versus conservation battle. Biodiversity offsets seek to ensure that negative impacts on biodiversity that cannot be dealt with through impact avoidance or mitigation, are compensated for by developers. Successful biodiversity offsetting requires multiple elements including engagement with policy makers, a varied menu of offset options, informed environmental practitioners and a secure and transparent means of funding. With the intention of informing policies around Best Practice for Biodiversity Offsetting in South Africa, CTEET has embarked on addressing all these elements through its involvement with Biodiversity Offsets.

SANBI BIODIVERSITY CRIMES ENFORCEMENT PROJECT The Cape Floristic Region is THE most species rich landscape per unit area on planet earth! The single biggest threat to this biodiversity is unlawful transformation of land for agriculture and urban expansion. Legal developments must go through an application and approval process, but there is an increasing trend of landowners ignoring regulations designed to protect biodiversity and ploughing / clearing previously undisturbed virgin veld. The SANBI Biodiversity Crimes Project is a capacity-enhancement project designed to increase the successful policing and investigation of unlawful destruction of indigenous vegetation within the Cape Winelands Municipality. The Project is funded by the UNDP’s GEF5 Fund through the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (SANBI) Biodiversity and Land Use Project and supports the employment of critical skills into Environmental Law Enforcement Directorate (aka the Green Scorpions) of the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.

WESSA GREEN COAST WESSA implements a programme called Green Coast along a 300km stretch of coastline on the Wild Coast of South Africa. Here we are focused on 20 specific sites where we have set up detailed monitoring programmes that focus on the monitoring of sensitive habitat, species and cultural heritage. This programme includes over 100 youths from local communities actively involved in this monitoring work and who have also been given accredited training in Tourism Guiding. The intention of this programme is to provide a new kind of “protection” to our sensitive environment by empowering local youths with training and mentorship. Green Coast is designed to also include local government, the tourism private sector and local communities, to ensure that the work is sustainable over the long term. We like to refer to this as “the new nature conservation” model. The concept employs a participatory approach towards contemporary biodiversity conservation with sustainable tourism as a key driver of sustainability.

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DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE: PLASTIC ROAD IN JEFFREY’S BAY Together with Kouga Municipality, MacRebur and SP Excel we embarked on a project to construct Africa’s and South Africa’s first ever road made from waste plastic using a product that was tested and guaranteed not to break down any further into micro-plastics. This project uses 1.5 tons of plastic per kilometer or 1.8 million plastic bags per kilometer. This was a pilot project in Jeffrey’s Bay in the Kouga Municipality that was aimed to create a demand for waste plastic to be used in road construction in the entire continent. The long-term vision is to create such a demand for using waste plastic as part of the bitumen mix that we can open a factory to turn the plastic into pellets for use in South Africa and export to sub-Saharan Africa. The objective is to address the triple threat of pollution, unemployment and crumbling Infrastructure in South Africa. This includes the reduction of plastic pollution (especially marine pollution), creating jobs for people collecting the plastic to be used in the roads and addressing the road maintenance backlog in South Africa.

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA : PUSHING BACK DAY ZERO The world is fast approaching a critical shortage of water. As South Africans we experienced this first hand in Cape Town with a looming Day Zero a mere 18 months ago. Although it was avoided, the crisis is far from over and Gauteng, the economic heartland of South Africa is at risk. With this in mind, Liné and Henno embarked on a project to design a system that could assist in the re-use of grey water that is both affordable and well as easy to install. The design can result in a saving of up to 25% in the water consumed by the average household toilet per day.The product they designed to save water in existing as well as newly built households is an uncomplicated but efficient design. It diverts the grey water from the handwash basin into a storage tank, once the tank reaches a predetermined capacity the volume required by the toilet cistern can be transferred to the cistern using a plunger mechanism. This water is then used during the next flushing cycle of the toilet.

WILDERNESS FOUNDATION AFRICA Candice Stevens is a biodiversity finance expert and niche tax specialist who works at creating innovative finance solutions for landscape conservation. Candice introduced the first effective biodiversity tax incentive into the South African protected areas network and, together with the Government of South Africa, received the UN Pathfinder Award Special Commendation for this global innovation. She heads up Innovative Finance within Wilderness Foundation Africa where she works extensively with multiple stakeholders and industry leaders across different sectors to ultimately plug South Africa’s conservation finance gap, ensuring that South Africa’s conservation efforts are scalable and sustainable. To date, her work is estimated to contribute over R1 billion into South Africa’s protected area networks by 2026. She has also forged new pathways to address one of the environment’s most challenging problems: sustainable finance. She is co-chair of South Africa’s first Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition. She also sits on a number of national and international committees regarding landscape conservation and financing and resourcing. Candice has a background in both law and commerce as well as experience in protected and conserved area policy and expansion, biodiversity finance, environmental law and policy-making on financial incentives and is regarded as a global expert in her field.

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KABEGA PRIMARY ECO-LIFE Kabega Primary raises the bar when it comes to environmental awareness education. The school was named PlasticSA’s top recycling school in South Africa in 2013 & 2016. The school not only focuses on recycling but various aspects of environmental education. The school is actively involved in the community with various organisations linking with the school’s activities. The school made presentations at the Institute for Waste Management of South Africa, Sustainable Seas Trust and WESSA. Learners also visit the Baakens River and beaches around Port Elizabeth to do clean-ups. There is a recycling station at the school with Groenspoor-prefects to assist other learners and members of the public with sorting recyclables. The school has been placed first in the school’s competition of The Waste Trade Company for numerous terms. Tops and tags are collected and have funded three wheelchairs to less fortunate learners with disabilities through this initiative. The environmental activities of Kabega Primary School have reached out to involve all the learners, parents, old-age homes, residents, businesses and churches in the surrounding community. The school has also obtained a WESSA International Flag and is currently on Platinum 1 status. The work done by Kabega Primary for environmental conservation is truly inspiring

IMAGINED EARTH: REVERSE VENDING MACHINE Launched in 2015, Imagined Earth is a forward-thinking recycling business that allows you to earn money and rewards for your recycling. We provide reverse vending machines to locational partners such as retailers and business for use by employees and the general public in recovering and rewarding their recyclable packaging waste. We have built a custom platform allowing partners and users greater insight into their recycling statistics whilst educating them about recycling at the same time. We have also built customer loyalty functionality to allow brands to incentivize the recovery of their packaging waste adding further benefit to RVM users and in turn allowing brands to achieve their sustainability targets. Our offering is the first of its kind on African shores available through SMS, MMS or through our mobile app allowing insight to the user with regard to their recycling behaviour, learning about the circular economy, and getting rewarded. Our business is built on the shared economy principle with a focus on how we can empower people to live more sustainably.

VIRGIN ACTIVE, CONSTANTIA CLUB: NET ZERO WASTE Virgin Active Constantia Health Club, is committing to divert 93% of their waste and to offset the remaining 7% by purchasing carbon offsets through impactChoice to support the Kariba REDD+ Project. 12 months of carbon offsetting has been purchased to date. The Kariba REDD+ Project is a forest conservation project aimed at providing sustainable livelihood opportunities for poor communities in Northern Zimbabwe, a region suffering from deforestation, poverty and drought. Virgin Active Constantia achieved a Net Zero Waste Level 2 certification, using modelled data. Virgin Active Constantia waste project was the first of the company’s kind in South Africa and the vision is that every single one of Virgin Active clubs will achieve net zero certification in the near future in all of the disciplines, energy, water, waste and ecology. Virgin Active`1 Constantia achievement is setting the standard for the company’s greater goal in the race towards net zero.

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BOXA LOO BOXA is a ‘green-tech’ building company that develops holistic rapid-build solutions to address critical developmental and environmental challenges in African markets. BOXA integrates ‘next generation’ green building and off-grid technologies to provide high-performance solutions for essential infrastructure such as toilets, schools and homes, particularly in un-serviced, remote or environmentally sensitive locations. In December 2019, BOXA built a 100% off-grid toilet block at Victoria Yards in 5 days with zero cement, zero water and zero waste. The building has a fraction of the environmental footprint of traditional brick & mortar, in a fraction of the time and at a comparable cost once production of the materials is scaled. The BOXA Loo is a high-performance toilet block with zero utility connections and zero environmental footprint. Water for handwashing and cleaning is harvested from the roof and stored under the floor, all electricity needs are powered by the sun. The Enviro-Loo toilets require zero chemicals or water and reduce faecal matter to 5% of its original volume in the form of pathogen-free organic compost.

USE-IT: HAMMARSDALE WASTE BENEFICIATION CENTRE USE-IT wanted this to be different to anything else on the African continent, so set about defining the project scope and development. A Feasibility Study was completed which determined that the Hammarsdale Waste Beneficiation Centre was a feasible project from an environmental, social, economic (47% unemployment) and financial perspective. We therefore built a “Green Hub” that will promote job creation by participating in the production of green products from recycled and locally available material for larger scale contracts, while at the same time providing participants with useful skills development, training and incubation for own future business ventures. It will also stimulate economic activity in the area from the collection of recyclable waste and empower people to live their life with dignity and respect. Because of the community focus, we built this Centre in the middle of the community, far from the adjacent industrial areas.

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AMALOOLOO Our experience and extensive research over the past 20 years have found that the biggest challenge the industry faces is the inability of current technologies to treat fecal sludge or human organic waste on-site in a safe and eco-friendly manner. Another key aspect of this challenge was the lack of communication between the supplier of the technology and the end user for sustainability. We soon realized that we could not only manufacture a technology but had to provide a holistic sanitation solution that covers all aspects that contribute to a sustainable sanitation system namely; Design, Manufacturing, Transportation, Installation, Education, Communication and Maintenance. Amalooloo has been running pilot projects for several years and continues to do so to ensure the sustainability of our technology. By making use of the Amalooloo Dry Sanitation Technology, we could safely and easily manage dry human organic waste and process it into a useable by-product such as fertilizer on-site. The Amalooloo Sanitation System is specifically designed to function without any water and is only dependent on natural environmental conditions. We improve the dignity, health and hygiene of the community and reduce or eliminate sanitation related diseases with on-site treatment. We establish communications between the supplier and the end-user as well as facilitating a service within the community to attend to maintenance requests and ongoing health and hygiene training.

THE COCA-COLA FOUNDATION PENINSULA BEVERAGES: GREATER CAPE TOWN WATER FUND The Greater Cape Town Water Fund (GCTWF) Business Case was launched in November 2018 following two years of planning and scientific research which found that 55 billion liters of water can be reclaimed per year from catchments feeding the Greater Cape Town Region’s dams and aquifers by focusing on 7 priority catchments. As is widely known, the water security of the City had come under severe strain. A water fund is an innovative tool that protects water at its source by enabling downstream users; cities, industries, businesses and utility providers, to invest in upstream conservation and restoration by rural communities, thus safeguarding the landscapes that provide the water they need. GCTWF focuses primarily on removal of invasive vegetation and restoration of native fynbos habitat. Other activities include rehabilitating wetlands, restoring riparian areas, and collaborating with landowners/farmers to integrate conservation practices. It is an initiative of The Nature Conservancy and brings together private and public sector partners. Its launch was preceded by robust stakeholder engagement and fundraising. The CocaCola Foundation, through its Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN), was one of the first organizations to provide seed capital for the trailblazing work that has now attracted the support of several other corporates and foundations.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN BREWERIES (PTY) LTD: CITY/SAB WATER PARTNERSHIP The South African Breweries Pty (Ltd) (SAB) drives a “City water partnerships” initiative aimed at supporting cities that are experiencing water stress with either water conservation and/or water pressure management systems with the aim of reducing water losses (non-revenue water) in these cities. The first of these partnerships was initiated between SAB and the City of Tshwane, under which, a strategy was developed to reduce water loss and increase the yield of the City’s own water sources. The results of the partnership indicate that the project was able to supply an additional 6.6 billion liters of water into the city’s network to date. SAB also partnered with the City of Cape Town during the recent drought crisis, under which SAB provided funding to support advanced pressure management to certain sections of the City’s water distribution network in an attempt to reduce water losses through leaks. While modest in terms of the water demand in the city, the project was able to deliver savings of 1.7 billion liters of water. SAB continues to work on expanding its collaboration on water savings with other water-stressed municipalities across South Africa.

Supporting South Africa to return to business unusual There is no better time to implement changes that can make your operations more efficient and sustainable. As the country gears up, the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) is there to help and advise. Through the implementation of resource efficient and cleaner production (RECP), companies can increase efficiencies and lower utility costs. Assessing your operations or production processes can lead to much-needed improvements: • RECP stimulates innovation i.e. new solutions that have substantive benefits • Resource savings translate directly into a reduction in production costs • Sustainability initiatives open up new markets • Quality and safety can be improved through systems such as an ISO 50001 energy management system • RECP implementation creates an opportunity to streamline processes If you are ready to embrace a new normal, contact us to take the first step. Services are subsidised and advice costs nothing.

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ABALIMI BEZEKHAYA: HARVEST OF HOPE Harvest of Hope (HOH) was set up in 2008 as a social business unit within Abalimi to provide market access to farmers in the townships for their organically grown vegetables. It was the first organisation to collect and redistribute vegetables from farmers in the townships to restaurants and to households in town via veggie boxes. Over a period of 11 years HOH worked hand in hand with the farmers until they were in a position to stand on their own feet. In December 2019 HOH closed their doors, having opened up the opportunity for farmers to sell directly to former Harvest of Hope clients. Abalimi will continue to support the farmers while they grow and sell their vegetables. Our motivation for submitting this application is to recognise the important work that HOH has done and that its closing is, in fact, a graduation for the organisation and the farmers. It is a reason for celebration and recognition of the work done.

KHANYI DESIGNS Clare Rothwell designs upcycled furniture and décor items, and teaches upcycling craft to children, unemployed people and those with disabilities. Clare then also markets upcycled items. Children in Makhanda and at Enkuthazweni Special Needs School in Port Alfred have learnt to make ecostools from ecobricks covered with paper maché. Adults at Enkuthazweni Skills Centre make these and also create upcycled lamps and bowls. These practical skills have given them an outlet for their creativity and increased their self-esteem. Some adult students have already been able to supplement their disability grants by selling a few of their own creations. Four of the students were invited to demonstrate newspaper weaving at the 2019 Bathurst Agricultural Show. In June 2019, Clare’s upcycled newspaper, cardboard and ecobrick chair, called Nest, won joint first prize in the Innibos National Craft Awards. Since then she has been working towards starting an upcycled furniture business in Bathurst where she has trained suppliers, who will now get a small income by upcycling newspaper for weaving, and cardboard chair components. Clare also sources the plastic bottles for the upcycled chairs, from Port Alfred, where Enkuthazweni children collect them and sell them on to her.

WILDERNESS FOUNDATION AFRICA Candice Stevens is a biodiversity finance expert and niche tax specialist who works at creating innovative finance solutions for landscape conservation. Candice introduced the first effective biodiversity tax incentive into the South African protected areas network and, together with the Government of South Africa, received the UN Pathfinder Award Special Commendation for this global innovation. She heads up Innovative Finance within Wilderness Foundation Africa where she works extensively with multiple stakeholders and industry leaders across different sectors to ultimately plug South Africa’s conservation finance gap, ensuring that South Africa’s conservation efforts are scalable and sustainable. To date, her work is estimated to contribute over R1 billion into South Africa’s protected area networks by 2026. She has also forged new pathways to address one of the environment’s most challenging problems: sustainable finance. She is cochair of South Africa’s first Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition. She also sits on a number of national and international committees regarding landscape conservation and financing and resourcing. Candice has a background in both law and commerce as well as experience in protected and conserved area policy and expansion, biodiversity finance, environmental law and policy-making on financial incentives and is regarded as a global expert in her field.

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CAPE WINELANDS DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY: WARD BASED RISK ASSESSMENT All communities living in the Cape Winelands have risks affecting them. These risks vary from community to community depending on the hazards (natural or human induced) and vulnerable conditions in their communities. The Ward Based Risk Assessment is innovative because traditionally risk assessments look at a few high risk areas in a municipality that are considered to affect the municipality as a whole. This assessment has taken a different approach in that it does not consider all wards within the municipal area to have the same risks. The new method aims to complete risk assessments in all the municipal wards across the district. The aim of conducting the risk assessment in this way is to enable ward councillors to create ownership of the identified risks and ensure that these risks are addressed during their term of office. The Cape Winelands District Municipality is comprised of five local municipalities, 22 309km² and has 917462 people residing in it. In order to meet our goal, a risk assessment will be completed in each of the 100 wards.

GARDEN ROUTE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY: GARDEN ROUTE ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM (GREF) The Garden Route District Municipality, along with its senior partners in environmental management and conservation, is under no illusions as to the environmental challenges lying ahead for the region, and takes responsibility to ensure that the district retains its environmental allure. The Municipality therefore launched its Garden Route Environmental Forum (GREF) in 2018. The establishment of the GREF, spearheaded by the Garden Route District Municipality’s: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaption section, is a key step to establish a better, coordinated approach to environmental management. The purpose of the GREF initiative is to ensure adaptive environmental management through the principles of community and stakeholder participation, collaboration, as well as the combined coordination of projects, programmes and initiatives within the district. The GREF is also focusing on fundraising through professional funding proposals and administration. Through participative, collaborative, and adaptive district wide project, programme or initiative monitoring and implementation, legacy projects aimed at changing the nature of our economy and improving the sustainability of our environment will be achieved.

SEDIBENG DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY: INSTALLATION OF SMOKE DETECTORS The Sedibeng District Municipality, Disaster Management has for the past few years been very observant of the number of fire incidents recorded in homes of people with special needs, day care centers and informal settlements. Regional statistics from Emergency Services reflected that the incidents are escalating, especially during the winter season. SANTAM, through its effective participation in the Business Adopt a Municipality (BAAM) programme, signed a partnership agreement with Sedibeng District Municipality: Disaster Management. The main purpose in identifying the area of Sedibeng was based on the types of risks the district is prone to, in particular floods and fires. The partnership was on Risk Resilience with the intent to assist, uplift and capacitate the municipality, in particular Disaster Management and Emergency Services, to deal with day to day incidents and disasters that may emanate and most importantly, to curb the fire incidents that occur in “Homes” of people with special needs. Hence, the Project: Installation of smoke detectors in old age homes, children;s homes, special needs homes and informal settlements.

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Eco-Community Award ABALIMI BEZEKHAYA Abalimi Bezekhaya (farmers of the home in isiXhosa), established 1982, is a non-profit micro-farming organisation that aims to provide basic human necessities for indigent persons, by assisting impoverished communities within the Cape Flats to establish and maintain their own vegetable gardens, so as to enable them to supplement their existing, inadequate supply of food and create livelihoods. Abalimi Bezekhaya promotes small scale urban farming through providing training, resources (seeds, seedlings and manure), infrastructure support and market access. Our aim is to support and enable the urban poor to become self-employed as gardeners and urban micro-farmers. We furthermore engage in the conservation, rehabilitation and protection of the natural environment within the Cape Flats by planting windbreaks, trees and by landscaping areas used by community gardeners. Our garden centers are based in local communities while Harvest of Hope (a business unit to sell surplus veggies) helped to establish market access. It did this in order to create and maintain stable income security for urban farmers with surplus to sell. These farmers are now taking the next step towards independence by directly interacting with their clients.

CTEET: SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS CTEET has been working on the sustainable schools programme since 2013 and the main objective of the programme is to focus on a sustainability ethos within schools, through multi-levelled engagements such as environmental lessons, establishment of environmental projects, learner engagement, teacher development and community action days. All too often organisations expose children to once-off environmental messaging with no continuity which has limited impact. CTEET’s approach is to have multiple and varied programmes with the schools to ensure a greater impact and increased pro-environmental behaviours. By building a community of schools (i.e. a community of practice), learners and teachers are capacitated to improve the quality of the school environment. Within this community of practices, learners and teachers have a greater sense of confidence and develop a greater sense of care towards each other, the natural environment and the wider community. The sustainable schools programmes have engaged with over 50 schools since 2013 with 35 schools remaining on the programme for three or more years consecutively. During this time a number of schools have implemented indigenous gardens, food gardens, recycling programmes, water harvesting systems and more recently have taken on the challenge of becoming “Zero Waste to Landfill” schools.

SCARBOROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP Scarborough Environmental

The Scarborough Environmental Group started, in 2019, by long-time local Kelson Da Cruz, is a multi-faceted, Group collaborative effort involving any and all keen participants from the village. It is a non-profit collective which is aimed at looking after our planet, by involving the community in many different, simple ways. The projects range from dog poop composting, communal kitchen waste composting, eco brick stations, adopt-a-tree with rain water and compost supplied at the environmental centre, owl houses, bat houses, indigenous seedling and spekboom propagation, traffic awareness, a lift share scheme, and a “share the shores” initiative which protects vulnerable nesting shore birds. The efforts of this collective have made a noticeable difference to the village – bringing the community together for a common cause but also achieving a visible reduction of beach plastic waste, a noticeable reduction in dog waste, a successful communal compost production, more conscious drivers, the successful raising of 4 Oyster Catcher and 4 White Fronted Plover chicks, and a newly implemented “Lift Share” initiative which offers a safer solution to local transport challenges. This single project, with it’s multiple efforts and friendly, inclusive approaches, has truly brought Scarborough closer to being a Conservation Village.

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MATTHEW FURLONGER: WARRIOR YOUTH Matthew Furlonger is a believer in the best of humanity and at just 30 years old he has already lived a colourful life. He has come face-to-face with some of life’s atrocities but has also borne witness to many of its incredible beauties, always bringing him to the same conclusion: Life is a gift and infinitely worth investing in. His iron-clad belief in humanity, faith in a better future and dedication to live a contributory life is now stronger than ever. To this end, he and his partner, Jessica Sjouerman (27), recently founded Warrior Youth, a youth empowerment organisation championing active citizenship and igniting the Modern Day Warrior within. They’ve since invited the public to Kick The Plastic Habit and ditch their plastic packaging at stores, planted hundreds of fruit trees in schools across the Cape Flats, engaged in various beach cleanups and launched their SpekBOOM initiative making it as easy as possible for people to take part in the Trillion Tree campaign and UN’s Decade on Restoration. They are both currently developing a resiliency program for struggling teens and young adults and plan to launch it soon.

SIYA NTSUMPA: GIVING THEM WINGS FOUNDATION Siya Ntsumpa founded the Giving Them Wings Foundation in 2014 with the vision of making an impact on the environment in disadvantaged communities. He identified that the way to achieve this was to develop sustainable living projects and environmental education programs for learners.

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Today the foundation has adopted over 11 schools in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality where Siya mentors Ntsumpa and coaches learners on recycling and food gardening on a daily basis. The program has transformed schools into award winning environmental institutions and, award winning, young environmentalists have emerged. The project aims to educate and change behaviours of ordinary people especially in townships.

SAKHE SILWANA: SILWANA INDUSTRIES Sakhe is described as a young female powerhouse. After matriculating she opted to study for her degree Law. While working on her legal career, she runs successful businesses and projects that she describes as her purpose as they involve impacting and serving the community. Sakhe aims to challenge the present perceptions about the environment and business opportunities. She has brought this to life by leaving her mark on renowned organizations such as Young African Leaders Initiatives, Miss Earth South Africa and PetCo. As the brains behind some successful environmental initiatives and projects Sakhes business acumen and strategic mindset have displayed her as an earth warrior and a torch bearer for young future leaders on a local and global scale. As part of these projects, Sakhe has planted over 50 trees and 10 food gardens. Sakhe also runs a successful waste management company in Johannesburg which recycles waste material and creates business and employment opportunities.

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Eco-angel Award BLAKE DYASON: LOVE OUR TRAILS Blake Dyason has been an eco warrior for the past decade. In 2016 Blake challenged 5FM after they held an environmentally unfriendly balloon release and hosted Cape Town’s biggest cleanup at the time. In 2015 Blake started Love our trails, originally an organisation cleaning litter from trails and educating trail users to care for and protect our environment. This has grown over the years with Blake running school talks and workshops. In January 2019 Blake launched a gardening and waste management initiative with his first school, where the children grow their own food for the school kitchen and manage recycling, composting and waste. In March 2020 Blake launched a hiking program with the same school to connect children with nature, showing them the value of nature, and allowing them to experience the benefits of nature, while learning about leadership skills, how to manage anxiety and prevent bullying. In 2018 Blake also spearheaded the partnership between Brownie Points and Shoprite Checkers to host Africa’s biggest cleanup with over 500 groups conducting cleanups across 15 African countries.

JONATHAN LEEMING: ONE WORLD Author, speaker and conservationist, Jonathan Leeming has written 9 books including Scorpions of Southern Africa, and has spoken in 11 countries. He consults for various organisations and speaks at medical conferences on the subject of envenomation, conservation and sustainability. Jonathan brings a fresh perspective to the world by mixing venomous animal awareness and sustainability, in a unique way. Jonathan’s latest book, One World, bridges the gap between sustainability targets and objectives and the individual’s values and beliefs. One World is not about saving the environment, but rather about saving ourselves who rely upon the environment for our very existence. One World provides a framework that focuses upon the ‘Why” of sustainability rather than the “What”. The One World Ecosystem is a collection of products and services that communicate the message of One World through workshops, presentations, personal development programs, practical experiences and free online tools and resources. Jonathan says ‘Together we can change tomorrow today’.

FORTUNATE MAFETA: YOUTH 4 AFRICAN WILDLIFE Fortunate Mafeta Phaka is the author of South Africa’s first bilingual frog book, written in isiZulu and English. He is also a Joint PhD candidate in Environmental sciences at Hasselt University and North-West University, and a board member for Youth 4 African Wildlife NPO. Fortunate researches the complex interactions between people’s cultures and the diversity of frogs and reptiles in South Africa. The lessons learned are used to produce outputs, such as the creation of bilingual books, that are written in local languages and cater to people’s curiosities about the environment and promote a conservation ethic. For a culturally diverse country like South Africa this increases social inclusion in environmental matters and affords conservation initiatives greater chance of success because of the increased public buy-in. This focus on sustainability has earned Fortunate five accolades over the past four years. The most recent of these was the SAB Environmental Community Award at the 2019 edition of the SAB Environmental Media & Environmentalism Awards.

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DESMOND D’SA: SDCEA The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) is a non-governmental coalition of 17 community and environmental organizations concerned with environmental justice and sustainable development in south Durban and eThekwini (the broader Durban municipal area). SDCEA was launched in 1995 to unite members in a common struggle for a healthy living environment and environmentally sustainable and socially just development in south Durban. SDCEA has been both unique and tenacious in challenging both government and industry to address the inequities of pollution and environmental injustice in the area. The SDCEA engages with members and communities through providing information and capacity building workshops. The SDCEA gathers information on environmental and community challenges and facilitates co-ordinated advocacy, lobbying and protest actions to improve the situation in south Durban. Pollution, health and livelihoods are a major focus of the SDCEA’s work. SDCEA is constantly vigilant and vocal in critiquing, and even preventing new developments that will increase the burden of pollution and destroy the environment or commandeer the space that local communities depend on for their livelihoods.

BLAKE DYASON: LOVE OUR TRAILS Blake Dyason has been an eco warrior for the past decade. In 2016 Blake challenged 5FM after they held an environmentally unfriendly balloon release and hosted Cape Town’s biggest cleanup at the time. In 2015 Blake started Love our trails, originally an organisation cleaning litter from trails and educating trail users to care for and protect our environment. This has grown over the years with Blake running school talks and workshops. In January 2019 Blake launched a gardening and waste management initiative with his first school, where the children grow their own food for the school kitchen and manage recycling, composting and waste. In March 2020 Blake launched a hiking program with the same school to connect children with nature, showing them the value of nature, and allowing them to experience the benefits of nature, while learning about leadership skills, how to manage anxiety and prevent bullying. In 2018 Blake also spearheaded the partnership between Brownie Points and Shoprite Checkers to host Africa’s biggest cleanup with over 500 groups conducting cleanups across 15 African countries.

PHIL MCLEAN: SANBI BIODIVERSITY CRIMES PROJECT The Cape Floristic Region is THE most species rich landscape per unit area on planet earth! The single biggest threat to this biodiversity is unlawful transformation of land for agriculture and urban expansion. Legal developments must go through an application and approval process, but there is an increasing trend of landowners ignoring regulations designed to protect biodiversity and ploughing /clearing previously undisturbed virgin veld. The SANBI Biodiversity Crimes Project is a capacity-enhancement project designed to increase the successful policing and investigation of unlawful destruction of indigenous vegetation within the Cape Winelands Municipality. The Project is funded by the UNDP’s GEF5 Fund through the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (SANBI) Biodiversity and Land Use Project and supports the employment of critical skills, specifically those of a Specialist Botanist, into the Environmental Law Enforcement Directorate (aka the Green Scorpions) of the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.

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ECO-LOGICAL INTELLIGENCE Award CRAIG FOSTER Craig Foster is an award-winning filmmaker and co- founder of the Sea Change Project which is an organisation dedicated to learning about and protecting The Great African Seaforest, a vast marine underwater kelp forest on our coast, through innovative storytelling. Craig has dedicated the past 9 years to diving every day in the Atlantic Ocean without a wetsuit, documenting the process of how the human body adapts to cold and builds a primal immune system. In the course of his filmmaking career, Craig spent years with the San people in the Kalahari and under their guidance, learnt to track on land. He has used this knowledge to pioneer the art of tracking underwater in the kelp forests. He spent 25 years making documentary films with his brother Damon. As the Foster Brothers, they have over 75 international awards for their work including WWF’s Golden Panda, the “Oscar” of Natural History filmmaking. His current film project, directed by Pippa Ehrlich (Sea Change member) and James Reed, and assisted by the rest of the team at Sea Change, titled My Octopus Teacher, is set for a global release on Netflix on the 7th of September. It is the first South African documentary feature film to be screened on Netflix. The film, which is about a special relationship he shared with a female octopus in the kelp forest is estimated to reach a potential global audience of over 300 hundred million people, in 190 countries. It will be translated into 32 languages. The film has recently been nominated for two panda awards at Wildscreen. It also won the Best Film award at one of the world’s largest environment festivals, Earth X in Dallas. Craig has also written a book with Ross Frylink co-founder of Sea Change Project, edited by Pippa Ehrlich, about the secret world of the Great African Seaforest. To date he has discovered many new species and over 40 animal behaviours previously unknown by developing a unique method of tracking animals underwater. Some of his new discoveries he has filmed are featured in the BBC Blue Planet 2 series, including a famous octopus/shark sequence. Sir David Attenborough has applauded his film and book work. The Sea Change Project is a group of divers, journalists, storytellers and scientists who are dedicated to making the Great African Seaforest into a global icon like the Kruger, the Serengeti and the Amazon, in order to kindle global attention and foster its long-term protection. Craig and the Sea Change team also want to mentor and create an outreach programme for young South Africans so that they can become aware of this wonderful wilderness on their doorstep and act as future custodians.

The Sea Change Project calls the kelp forests off our shore the Great African Seaforest in order to give it a unique African identity. Kelp forests are found along 1/4th of our world’s coastlines and yet very little is known about them. Craig is currently a consultant to the Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE) a Research Council of Norway funded Centre of Excellence (COE) based at the University of Bergen. Together with his brother Damon they have translated the science of human origins on the South African coast into a series of short films and exhibitions which are being showcased around the world. Over the next decade scientists in the COE will integrate archaeology, climate and psychology in an ambitious programme to extract, analyse and understand the processes that shaped the behaviour and cognition of our common ancestors, Homo sapiens, in southern Africa between 120 000 – 50 000 years ago. The paleo scientists have evidence from various discoveries of marine organisms in the time layers in the caves on our coast which show that the early people here depended quite heavily on foraging and feeding from the Great African Seaforest, making it on one of the wild spaces with which we humans have a 6000 generational pact. This meld of science, culture and nature, is what drives Craig and Sea Change Project’s passion for the underwater Seaforest. Craig’s greatest passion is being in the water however and he has nearly completed the promise he made to himself about daily dives for ten years. This however will continue for as long as he can now as it has become his way of life. He believes that deep nature immersion and creating stories that spark our innate love for the wild is a key tool to the regeneration of our living planet, our home, the foundation for the air we breathe, our food and our well-being. Comment by David Parry-Davies: Craig personifies the thinking, values and behaviours of an eco-logical human being - leveraging his impressive knowledge base, intelligence and almost superhuman physical prowess to raise public awareness about the need to protect our natural environment which he so openly and passionately loves. Quiet and modest yet fiercely determined, Craig deserves our unreserved admiration and wholehearted thanks for the amazing work he is doing for the benefit of all of us.

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Kia Johnson Words of encouragement Eco-Logical Intelligence Award: To Craig Foster of the Sea Change Teacher

Mbali Vilikazi Words of encouragement Eco-Warrior Award

Riaan Manser: Words of encouragement Eco-Angel Award

Eco- Youth Award

Water Conservation Award

Eco-Community Award Zolani Mahola: Words of encouragement

Recycling and Waste Management Donovan Copley: Words of encouragement

Nik Rabinowitz: Words of encouragement: Green Economy Award Performance by Zolani Mahola

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Eco-Build Award

Biodiversity Award

Municipalities Award Leigh-Anne Williams Words of encouragement