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![]() ![]() The Consumption Barometer - which will show how much waste is being generated and how much water and electricity is being used at the WSSD - will go live on video screens at the Summit, on 23 August 2002. The Bontle ke Botho awards for the cleanest ward, town and school, in
Gauteng, will be made at the Ubuntu Village on 23 August 2002. Prizes
worth about R3,2 million will be awarded. The finalists for the Imvelo Awards have been announced. The Imvelo - which means "nature" in Zulu - Awards recognises those tourism establishments who have responsible tourism programmes. These programmes are aimed at protecting the environment, conserving natural resources and providing social and economic benefits -- from tourism -- to local communities. The awards ceremony will take place on 22 August 2002. The head of Tourism SA, Cheryl Carolus, will be the guest speaker. The "Greening the WSSD" exhibition was visited by South African
President, Thabo Mbeki, who was briefed on the initiative's efforts to
ensure that the Summit is organised in an environmentally responsible
way.
Certificates will awarded to those delegations that have signed-up up for the Joburg Climate Legacy (JCL) Project, on 30 August 2002, at the Nedbank Building in Sandton. The JCL is an attempt to make the WSSD climate neutral by getting delegates to invest in energy efficient carbon off-set projects. Speakers include: Mary Metcalfe, MEC for Environment, Conservation and Land Affairs in Gauteng Province, John Ohiorhenuan of UNDP; Mohammed El Ashry MD of The Global Environment Facility; and Yolanda Kakabadse, President of IUCN.
The "Greening the WSSD" initiative tours to sustainable development project around Gauteng officially start 26 August 2002. The projects show efforts by communities to put sustainable development into action. The tours will go the townships of Alexandra and Soweto and nature reserves in and around Joburg.
There will be a media briefing on the Consumption Barometer - which
will show how much waste is being generated and how much water and electricity
is being used at the WSSD - on 26 August 2002.
The Bontle ke Botho awards for the cleanest ward, town and school, in Gauteng, will be made at the Ubuntu Village on 23 August 2002. Prizes worth about R3,2 million will be awarded.
The finalists for the Imvelo Awards have been announced. The Imvelo - which means "nature" in Zulu - Awards recognises those tourism establishments who have responsible tourism programmes. These programmes are aimed at protecting the environment, conserving natural resources and providing social and economic benefits -- from tourism -- to local communities. The awards ceremony will take place on 22 August 2002. The head of Tourism SA, Cheryl Carolus, will be the guest speaker. Judging of the Bontle ke Botho competition -- to find the cleanest town,
ward and school in Gauteng - is underway. The awards ceremony is scheduled
to take place late in August 2000. Residents have started campaigning
for their communities as the competition heats-up. In Joburg, busses
and taxis are sporting Bontle ke Botho stickers - ahead of an expected
visit by judges. WSSD volunteers and other service providers - like the police and tour guides - are being trained in how to protect the environment during the summit. They are learning some of the practical skills of sustainable development, like how to separate waste for recycling and save water and energy. Bus drivers are being trained in responsible driving techniques that reduce emissions from vehicles. The training will run until 16 August 2002.
The first draft of the Phase 1 Monitoring and Evaluation report -- on the use of water and energy and effective waste management, at the major WSSD venues - has been completed. The monitoring and evaluation system to drive the Sustainable Development Barometer - which will show how much water and energy is used and how much waste is generated -- during the Summit. The barometer aims to encourage delegates to be environmentally responsible and conserve natural resources. The finalists for the Imvelo Awards have been announced. The Imvelo
- which means "nature" in Zulu - Awards will recognise those
tourism establishments who have responsible tourism programmes. These
programmes are aimed at protecting the environment, conserving natural
resources and providing social and economic benefits -- from tourism
-- to local communities. The awards ceremony will take place on 22 August
2002. The head of Tourism SA, Cheryl Carolus, will be the guest speaker. The Gauteng Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture, Conservation,
the Environment and Land Affairs, Mary Metcalfe, will brief foreign correspondents
on the first attempt to ensure that a UN summit is organised in an environmentally
responsible way. The canvas that will be hung as a ceiling drape on the "Fuelling the
Future" -- the exhibition stand which will showcase emission reduction
technologies and fuels for developing countries - has been painted. The
theme of the painting is schoolchildren's perceptions of air pollution,
the WSSD, transport, poverty and education. The art-work will be auctioned
after the Summit and proceeds will go to a disadvantaged school.
The Gauteng Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Agriculture, Conservation,
the Environment and Land Affairs, Mary Metcalfe, will be visiting the
Joburg Eco City in Midrand, on Wednesday 14 August. The Joburg Eco City
is one of the exhibition projects that delegates to the WSSD can visit
to see how local communities are taking up the challenge of implementing
international protocols designed to protect the global environmnet. The official switch-on of the supply of green electricity to Nasrec
exhibition centre - venue of the Global Forum - will take place on Wednesday
14 August 2002. The Global Forum is the biggest of the WSSD gatherings
with over 40 000 delegates expected to attend. Green electricity is produced
in an environmentally responsible and sustainable way.
It is roughly estimated that the 65 000 delegates that will be in Joburg for the 23 days of the WSSD will generate 1,495,000 kg of waste during the Summit. Calendar of Greening the WSSD Events - August - September 2002 The "Greening the WSSD" exhibition stand will open at Ubuntu
Village on 17 August 2002. Even though the WSSD is the largest international
conference ever held in Africa, it will leave Gauteng cleaner and greener.
This is the first time that an effort has been made to minimise the environmental
impact of a UN Summit. The stand will show the many, practical ways this
has been done - and what delegates can do to keep the Summit green. The supply of green electricity to the Ubuntu Village will be switched
on, on 17 August 2002. Green electricity is power that has been generated
in a sustainable and environmentally responsible way. South African Breweries (SAB) will be launching their Green Glass project at the Ubuntu Village. The project involves the recycling of glass bottles into drinking glasses by members of a community development project. The glasses have the "Greening the WSSD" initiative's stamp of approval.
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