EcoMaties

Student-run society at Stellenbosch University focused on ecological sustainability for our campus and the planet. 🌿🌏

[EcoMaties @EcoMaties]

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[EcoMaties @EcoMaties]

Join us tonight for a screening of a documentary about the first environmental war ever fought (and won 😉 )

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Today, with climate change affecting their way of life, the local fishers are starting to rethink the idea that there are plenty of fish in the sea. #ClimateImpacts #ClimateAction

https://t.co/nVXHB6Gjap

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Many South Africans are already feeling the impacts of climate change. For decades, the community of small-scale fishers in the Kogelberg region in the Western Cape had access to abundant fish stocks.

[Climate Reality @ClimateReality]

“We are the front lines of climate change and we’ve known that for a long time.”

Indigenous communities are disproportionally impacted by the climate crisis.
https://t.co/JLrzGv33fL

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

Clean air shouldn't be a privilege, but a right for all.
#CleanAirNow

https://t.co/POaMesFVC9

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

40% of plastic produced globally, 1⃣6⃣1⃣million tonnes, is packaging used once and thrown away. That’s almost 4⃣0⃣kgs of plastic waste every year per person.
How to make packing more sustainable?
Learn more at https://t.co/W5gGKrk86c #SustainablePackaging #BeatPollution

[SwedenInSA @SwedeninSA]

On Monday we begin the #7DayChallengeSA to live, eat & move sustainably.
Can you:
Give up meat?
Save & resuse water?
Cycle to work instead of drive?
Join the challenge from 30th September to 6th October. Post updates on #7DayChallengeSA
Do you have what it takes?
Join US!

[EcoMaties @EcoMaties]

Predators should stay in the wild. And they should have wild places where they are safe. 💔

[Blood Lions Official @Blood_Lions]

Incidents stemming from human interaction with captive predators in South Africa are becoming more and more frequent. So far the number is over 40 deaths and injuries of which 60% involves captive lions.

https://t.co/wpXcMA4bFs

[EcoMaties @EcoMaties]

Interesting stuff this.

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

Around 90% of the 🌎’s population breathe polluted air.

At the @UN #ClimateActionSummit, @PinskyMichael recreated the air of five major cities for the project #pollutionpods, designed to raise awareness about the issue.

[ExtinctionRebellionZA_Winelands @xrwinelands]

Join the Strike in Cape Town for the beginning of great things!! Climate change has affected many people’s lives already and we will no longer let this violation of human and Earth’s rights go unchecked! See you on the streets!! Go check the fb event for deets 😉

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

In the Philippines, we lost more than 10,000 people in two hours to Supertyphoon Haiyan. After losing her family in the typhoon, Joanna is demanding her right to a stable climate.

Support the climate justice movement >>
https://t.co/q9EjJzcGY9

[Climate Reality @ClimateReality]

“We’re seeing more grassroots action, and she’s creating a movement where young people are pushing communities, cities, states and corporations and saying, ‘we’re not going to wait.’”
https://t.co/2nfpgDTi4D

[ExtinctionRebellionZA_Winelands @xrwinelands]

We would really love to meet all you beautiful people!! Join us tomorrow for a chat about the fight we are fighting and to share your ideas any about how to raise awareness about the climate crisis! Let’s be a real community! 😊🌻🐝🐞🐋🌊🌸🦄

[EcoMaties @EcoMaties]

See you all there today!!

[EcoMaties @EcoMaties]

Bringing the movement home! Let’s make this thing as big as it should be, friends!!

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

A low-carbon future can be our reality if we all work together towards climate neutrality!

Congratulations @max_burgers, @naturabroficial, @Apple & @Infosys for winning the @UN Climate Action Award under the category #ClimateNeutral Now!

⏩ Read more: https://t.co/KY2ApeHfIr

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

This glacier has lost up to 90% of its volume since 2006.

90%.

#ActOnClimate
https://t.co/y6ab5WthJo

[Climate Reality @ClimateReality]

Investors are finally starting to understand the threat the climate crisis poses to our world.
https://t.co/k13ixEdT4P

[EcoMaties @EcoMaties]

Bringing the movement home! Let’s make this thing as big as it should be, friends!!

[EcoMaties @EcoMaties]

Bringing the movement home! Let’s make this thing as big as it should be, friends!!