*Tread Lightly - Moving Planet Cape Town*
Take the Pledge to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels
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About The Event
In Cape Town, a collection of green leaders have come together to create a massive event that will celebrate environmental successes while simultaneously demanding change from our leaders. Some of the organizations and groups who are already involved are:
- Project 90 by 2030
- GreenPop
- Fairtrade South Africa
- 350 Africa
- LitterAWEH!ness
- Treasure the Karoo
- Ecobuzz
- UCT Green Campus Initiative
- Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN)
- Cape Town Bicycle Map
- Green Your Art (GYA)
- Skateboarders Association
- UNIMA South Africa
- COPART
- Jungle Theatre Company
- Anglican Church
- Free life on Earth (FLOE)
The Cape Town Moving Planet event will feature a huge march/parade with floats, costumes, puppets and more, with thousands of people, young and old, marching to make change. The event will seek to raise awareness of climate-friendly alternatives to damaging practices like driving your car, cutting down trees, and many other harmful actions. As fun and exciting as it will be, the event will also be a petition, demanding change in the policies and programs put forth by our government that damage the environment.
Alongside the march we will also be hosting an exciting bike ride to promote cycling as an active mode of transportation. We are also aiming to celebrate the new developments that the City of Cape Town has introduced which support alternative forms of movement for people in and a round the city – my city bus route, bicycle paths, pedestrian walk ways etc.
The event will be very exciting and seeks to represent all members of the Cape Town community. We would love it if you got involved, as we want this to be the most powerful and exciting event to date!
Date: 24th Sep 2011
Time: 10:30am
Where: Cape Town station Forecourt
Bring: Bikes, prams, wheelchairs. Banners, signs and everyone you know
Think about: dressing up to be part of one of five themes headed by a large float:
1. Renewable energy
2. Recycling
3. Greening the environment
4. Buy and eat local
5. Reduction of fuel consumption