Shela Patrickson

There is no Planet B. We are all responsible for our future - sustainable use of natural resources is our investment strategy.
Opinions my own.

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

It's all here! A festival on rethinking economics with a symposium to advance a human-rights & gendered response to climate policy for a #JustTransition! Join us!
📅 16 Sept. 2022
🕦 11:30am to 17:30pm
📍 FNB Building, @WitsUniversity
⌨️ Register here: https://t.co/ZcQd94cLGI

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

South Africa produces 2.4 million tons of plastic waste every year yet only 14% of it is recycled. 🥤Wasting resources should be considered a no-no. Instead, refuse, reduce, re-use, repurpose & recycle. ♻️ Become more plastic smart here: https://t.co/iMFwIfPmsu #ForNatureForYou.

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Do you have a degree in Natural Sciences, Arts, Law, Business, Engineering or Social Sciences?

Apply for the 2023 WWF Environmental Leaders Graduate Internship programme today. #Internship

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

You can still join in and unleash your animal spirit, by dressing up as an animal & helping to raise funds for the work we do at WWF to take care of the environment anytime from now until 15 October! It’s only R 10! Sign up here: https://t.co/6xj41ViFXz

[Shela Patrickson @ShelaPatrickson]

@WWFSouthAfrica @LorrenLandman Read more about why a move to a circular plastics economy for Africa makes sense AND cents. WWF’s @LorrenLandman breaks it down 🗑️♻️🌍 here: https://t.co/Yzdj4xjphk
#CirclarityMakesCents

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

12 passionate members of some of SA’s oldest fishing communities in the Kogelberg region of the Western Cape are doing their part in building local knowledge & caring for the beaches, estuaries & species found in their coastal towns. 🐟 Read more 👇 :
https://t.co/ZTjgJDV9Lo

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Plastic pollution in our oceans is a threat to all sea life, and seals often get entangled in box bands & fishing guts floating in the ocean from plastic pollution. WATCH as the Seal Rescue team from @2OceansAquarium frees Cape fur seals from this plastic. https://t.co/mgxPzOHpOG

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

As South Africa looks to a low-carbon economy, there is a future for coal truckers, writes WWF’s @ChiresheFarai.
Read more about the opportunities in a just energy transition: https://t.co/2TAmM6FZUh

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Our take-make-waste habits are driving an ever-increasing leakage of plastics into nature. 🥤🗑️
To avoid a future where “trash boarding” our nature spaces is a reality, 🏄‍♀️ #ChangeTheJourney by becoming plastic smart here 👉 https://t.co/NJR7vumYT3

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

The Climate Change Bill is out but does it guarantee the necessary levels of transparency & access to information? Join us, @IEJ_SA , @ZAClimateaction and @CentreEnvRights as we unpack the Bill during the #ClimateChange Bill: Transparency & Access to Information webinar.

[Dorcas Wakio @WakioDorcas]

Week 73 of #ClimateStrike .Latest IPCC report projects drought will displace 700 million in Africa. Yet AFRICA is responsible for less than 4% of global emissions! #PeopleNotProfit
#ClimateJustice
#IPCC

@GretaThunberg @vanessa_vash @Greenpeace @fridays_kenya

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Calling all WWF 🐼 supporters to "swipe it up". If you’re a @MySchoolSA cardholder, choose WWF as your beneficiary and get to swiping this month. You could WIN a share of R200 000! #ForNatureForYou

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Thank you to all our supporters in South Africa and around the world who stood in solidarity for people and nature this #EarthHour 🌍⌛. #ShapeOurFuture #Connect2Earth https://t.co/vCDTt6PR3V

[Shela Patrickson @ShelaPatrickson]

Say YES to climate action and a cleaner, healthier planet 🌍 #EarthHour

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

We’re not just living through history right now; we ARE shaping it with every action we take. 🌍✊
This #EarthHour, we’re not asking you to switch off but to share 📩our video and say YES to a cleaner and brighter future for people and nature. 🌍🙌🌱

#Connect2Earth #EH2022

[Shela Patrickson @ShelaPatrickson]

Arts, crafts, gifts and food at the "Kogelberg table" until 31 December @WWFSouthAfrica #FindYourselfinKleinmond #supportlocal

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Today, the Kleinmond, Betty’s Bay and Pringle Bay fishing communities are opening their very first “Kogelberg table”.
Wondering what this is? Follow the thread to learn more.

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Glasgow — where the UN annual conference on climate change #COP26 is taking place.

The message to governments is clear: take action for people and nature! #GlobalDayofAction #MarchForNature #ClimateMarch

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

🇿🇦Let’s join the voices of 2.1 million people and more than 100 countries supporting the call for a #PlasticsTreaty to #StopPlasticPollution

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

DYK, South Africa’s water source areas support 50% of our population, 64% of our economy and 70% of our irrigated agriculture? @FinishSA deserves a solid #elbowbump 💪 for supporting our work in these critical landscapes. 🚰
Learn more:
https://t.co/RMAjgvHlCB

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

If giving back is your love language, then register to be one of 10 people to win R10 000 for themselves & R10 000 to give to their chosen beneficiary by simply swiping your @MySchoolSA MyVillage MyPlanet or linked @WOOLWORTHS_SA card until 24 June 2021.
https://t.co/cW6Lg14LqL

[WWF South Africa @WWFSouthAfrica]

Awareness, engagement and action for nature are greater than ever before.

At the same time, the rate of nature loss
appears to be continuously accelerating.

Are you #EcoAwake? Join the movement for people and nature: https://t.co/F48G1YWkUP