Snow has dusted parts of South Africa this week β including Moorfield, one of WWFβs biodiversity stewardship sites in the Northern Drakensberg.
Have you experienced snow where you live? Share your photos or tell us where you're checking in from below.β¬οΈ
πΏ Five women. Five lessons. One planet.
This Women's Day, we're celebrating conservation leaders whose stories remind us that lasting change starts with courage, collaboration and small actions.
π Read all five lessons: https://t.co/f5dkRvuxGt
#WomensDay#WomensMonth
These are just some of the women whose ideas have shaped how we care for people and planet. ππ€²
π Want to discover the lessons behind their achievements? Read more in our latest blog: https://t.co/JO50YJ1S3Q
#WomensDay#WomensMonth
[THREADπ§΅] A woman's place is...
Wherever she chooses to make a difference. πͺ
This #WomensDay, we're celebrating every woman who's left the world a little (or a lot) better than she found it. Whether that's π³ in
Rhino conservation... but make it wildly creative and paint-filled! π¨π¦ Mural artist @_MacClements turned a blank wall at Parq Student Living in Pretoria into a bold celebration of SA's rhinos π¦
Read the story behind this mural here:
https://t.co/NiPauKXlP2
Looking after nature starts with looking after the people who protect it. πΏ
This World Ranger Day, we're celebrating the rangers of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi and the solar energy systems making their remote camps a little more liveable and sustainable. βοΈπ¦π
#WorldRangerDay
Turns out South Africans aren't the only ones who take home security seriously. π‘π§π Meet some of South Africaβs best defenders in nature. π
What does it mean to truly look after your home? π
Meet Ashleigh and Ian: sharing their land with Cape leopards and rare fynbos, and who are seeking to have it declared a nature reserve to keep it that way. πΏπ
Hear from the people living it π https://t.co/tzDfgrzavB
Fynbos isn't just a landscape. t's a web of connections between plants, animals and people, where every part plays a role in keeping the whole landscape thriving.
Discover how stewardship is helping protect it:
https://t.co/jogEMSIMG1
When communities are empowered to look after their surroundings, everyone wins. The land thrives. The creatures big and small thrive. The people thrive. That's stewardship. πΏπ€
Looking after home isn't a one-person job. It takes a villageβ¦ literally. π
Everything in nature is connected, as Sir David Attenborough reminds us. πΏππ§ββοΈ
Mountains to rivers to coastlines. Wildlife to people. One living landscape. One shared home. π«Άπ
Looking after nature means looking after our future. π
The emoji keyboard owes South Africa an update. πΏπ¦π±
If you could add ONE South African species to the emoji keyboard, what would it be?
We'll start:
πΎ Pangolin
#WorldEmojiDay
Looking for ways to spend your 67 minutes this #Mandela Day? β°β
From planting indigenous flowers πΌ to joining a community clean-up π§Ή there are plenty of ways to give back to the home we all share. π‘π Here are a few ideas to get you started. π‘ πΏπ¦ https://t.co/EUKRjUhSsp
π£ Nature is hiring. πΌ And the benefits package is unmatched. π±
Trees, bees and earthworms have been keeping our home running for billions of years - no salary, no leave days, no complaints. π³ππͺ±
Who's your Employee of the Month? ππ
When climate change hits home. Literally. Traditional healer Xolo Madubu has spent his life in the Eastern Cape Drakensberg. But the landscape he grew up in doesn't exist anymore. Climate change is in the data & in the lives of the people living it. π
https://t.co/9LGqBKHyqK
π The weather's been keeping us guessing lately...
But beyond the forecast, many of us are noticing bigger changes at home. π‘
π₯΅ More hot days?
π§οΈ Less predictable rainfall?
πͺοΈ Stronger storms?
π Or maybe something else?
What changes have you noticed where you live? π