On the eve of COP17, the New York Times wrote a great piece about greening initiatives in Cape Town, with lots of tremendous credit to Greenpop.
“Greenpop is gaining attention from media and corporate sponsors for its gung-ho attitude toward mobilizing volunteers for tree-planting days…”
Ramsay Media sent a group of staff to plant with us at Day of 1000 Trees and the Getaway Blog posted pics and a write up after the awesome event. Read it here
Katie Williams wrote a great article about our Day of 1000 Trees…
“We realised that planting trees was not so much about the sapling, but about the community. We were joining a cross-cultural movement, offsetting carbon emissions, meeting new people, and greening an underprivileged area.”
Yazeed Kamaldien visited one of the rehearsal days for our PopArt project (a collaboration with Libellule Theatre) which saw students from Prince Georges Primary School in Lavendar Hill planting trees and devising a play about the importance of caring for our environment…
“Student Junaid Abrahams said simply ‘The environment is important because we live in it.’”
Leanne Farish from The Big Issue wrote a story about how Greenpop started…
“Judging by the momentum this fresh, inspired project has gained in just eight months, the future’s looking brighter and greener every day.”
The Chronicle wrote an article a few months after we started…
“On these days, beneficiaries are not only bequeathed with trees, but are taught how to care for them and the fundamentals of biodiversity. In addition to Mitchells Plain – Plumstead, Retreat, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha have already benefited, as have Athlone, Nyanga, Vrygrond and Masiphumelele.”
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