Spring has sprung, but what are you doing for Arbour Month?
What are you or your company doing for Arbour Month?
1 Miss Earth South Africa 2014 Ilze Saunders with Akani pupils on 2 September.
2 Tsogo Sun’s Candy Tothill with Akani pupils celebrating Arbour Month.
3 Tsogo Sun’s CEO Marcel von Aulock plants a tree at Akani School as part of their Arbour Month celebrations.
September seems to be the most important month of the year. Other than being Heritage Month in South Africa, it’s also Arbour Month, and the first month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
All in all, Arbour Month seems to have the gravitational pull that city dwellers seems to latch on to, considering the events taking place in September around Johannesburg.
On 2 September the Akani Primary School in Diepsloot received 10 trees in an Arbour Day collaboration between Tsogo Sun (with support from the company’s Montecasino employee volunteers), SerVest and Miss Earth South Africa.
Tsogo Sun actively analyses and manages its impact on natural resources and the macro environment in which it operates. The company continuously strives to improve its environmental performance through the use of an integrated model at its 14 casinos and more than 90 hotels. During the last year, the group decreased its energy consumption by six percent and its water use by three percent.
SerVest donated the 10 trees that were planted, and tools and equipment for the project, while the Miss Earth ambassadors guided and educated the young school students at Akani about biodiversity, food security and tree-planting.
Catherine Constantinides, executive director of Miss Earth South Africa said, “We are honoured to be affiliated with an organisation that walks the talk on a number of environmental and social issues. Our young applicants are exposed to the potentially destructive effects that society is having on the environment, yet there is hope when corporates such as Tsogo Sun prove to be ahead of the curve by demonstrating their commitment to environmental sustainability on a business level.”
As part of its Arbour celebrations, the Johannesburg Zoo is planning to instil the values of sustainability to pupils of 20 schools around the city on 5 September. The zoo will aim to create awareness around the importance of tree planting and the educational aspects of nurturing nature.
The City of Johannesburg has numerous activities planned through the month, and will also be launching new parks during September in an effort to create more green lungs in urban spaces.
Details: https://www.jhbcityparks.com/
