GEORGE NEWS - A workshop on climate change adaptation is being offered as part of a WESSA and USAID project entitled Stepping Up to Sustainability.
These public participation initiatives will focus on biodiversity, energy, waste, the optimal utilization of water and the cross-cutting theme - climate change.
Attendees will be able to see what can be done to save energy and water and to bring about changes in the choices they make and hence change some of their behaviour.
There are currently 11 sustainability commons in South Africa. The aim is to provide people with opportunities to adopt climate change adaptation practices after being shown practical examples.
A programme of presentations, workshops and courses will be offered to the general public to see on site what can be done at home and at work to change our environmental footprints into environmental handprints of practice for a more sustainable future.
Lorraine McGibbon, WESSA Education Officer in the Southern Cape, is charged with developing this educational programme in George. "In partnership with the Garden Route Botanical Garden Trust, USAID seed funding will be used to retro-fit the Moriarty Environmental Centre to start our journey to stepping up to sustainability."
McGibbon added, "The first presentation will be an introduction to climate change and discussion on what each and everyone of us can do to effect changes at home and at work to reduce consumption of electricity and other resources and in effect, cut one's own running costs whilst saving the planet!
Join this interesting discussion on Saturday, 21 July from 10:00 - 12:00 at the Moriarty Environmental Centre, Caledon Street, George. Free entrance.
- George Herald
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