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16 March 2012

International World Water Day takes place on 22 March and with UN Water estimating that 1,800 billion people will be living in regions with absolute water scarcity by 2025, the time to save water is now!

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2 February 2012

It's World Wetlands Day! Celebrated on 2 February, World Wetland Day celebrates the anniversary of the signing of the 1971 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance.

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17 November 2011

Over 200 delegates from around the world will be attending COP17 in Durban this month until 9 December to talk about climate change. Find out why we need to pay attention to the outcomes.

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2 November 2011

Our blog, Get Green SA, has been nominated as 'Best Environmental Blog' in the South African Blog Awards 2011. Finalists are chosen by public vote and we'd love your support!

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4 October 2011

It's WeedBuster Week (2 - 8 October 2011) and gardeners around South Africa are encouraged to remove invasive alien plants estimated to use 7% of our water resources! Find out what you can do to help...

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27 September 2011

Wear green for 'Green Day' on Friday, 30 September and support the initiative to help make environmental awareness issues more mainstream.

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16 September 2011

It's estimated that 7 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean every year! The impact on marine life and our food chain is devastating. But the good news is that we can all make a difference!

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14 September 2011

September is all about spring cleaning! Diarise these environmental events...

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1 September 2011

Celebrate Arbour Week from 1 - 7 September and plant one of the trees of the year!

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5 August 2011

It's the second annual World Rhino Day on Thursday, 22 September 2011.

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2 June 2011

It's World Environment Day on 5 June. What will you be doing to protect our planet this Sunday?

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