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Archbishop Tutu says Save Princess Vlei

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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has added his voice to the thousands calling for the preservation of Princess Vlei. In a statement in the Cape Times, the Archbishop said: “I would like to express my support for the campaign to save the greater Princess Vlei area from the inappropriate development of a shopping mall, and for its protection in perpetuity as a nature and heritage park. Princess Vlei is a valuable place for citizens to come to be close to God and nature, to find peace and to build family and community. God has carefully crafted our universe; let us stop destroying our beautiful world for the sake of short-term profit. Let us use our laws to safeguard our natural and cultural heritage.”

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Integrating the Environment into life at St Cyprians School

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The environmental club at St Cyprians Anglican School has grown over the last five years and now consists of 40 girls from Grade 8 to Matric. Although concern for the environment is quite a new concept for all of us, we have started seeing it not as an added extra in our routine, but rather as an integral part of it. We started with an audit of the school which led to installing proper insulation for our Science labs, purchasing rain tanks and building our own vegetable garden. This year we have taken a more pro-active approach to environmentalism around the school. In June we held our annual Environmental week where we had guest speakers such as science writer Leonie Joubert  who talked about food security, Cormac Cullinan who discussed Fracking in the Karoo, and the late Reverend John Oliver who spoke  about the importance of the relationship between humans and the planet which God has blessed us with.

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Garden of Hope

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Many young people lose hope when they struggle to find work. But some young men from St Michaels church in Harare, Khayelitsha had a different vision, they decided to start an organic garden. They have cleaned a plot of land owned by the church which involved removing a lot of rubble and rubbish!

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Anglican Youth Fellowship Star in Eco-Dramas

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  At a vibrant, action packed evening with much fun and laughter, members of the AYF from 5 Dioceses introduced their friends and colleagues to some critical environmental issues through  a series of thought-provoking eco-dramas. Using background information, groups were tasked with developing a story around a contextual environmental issue in their own Diocese. In ten minute presentations, each team of actors had to do a performance that was not only factually correct but one which offered a sense of hope with positive and practical suggestions for action and change.

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