"Be the change you want to see in the world"

Another busy day today - but what a fun one. The day started out quite sunny, but then the Windy City lived up to its name...and became quite blustery.

Did a great presentation this morning to Theodor Herzl School. The Gr 7's, 8's and 9's were a super audience! Think that they really enjoyed the 1+1=1 concept and were excited by the opportunity to plant their own seeds.

The staff from Theodor Herzl were very friendly, and we enjoyed our time chatting to them over tea. We would like to thank Anita for accepting the tree on behalf of the school - and for helping with our visit. And to the students - you guys were great; keep that enthusiasm!

We then took the scenic drive through to Amakhala Conservation Center - The Center was started about 6 years by Jennifer Gush. her aim was environmental education and research.

Today the Amakhala Conservation Center held an early World Environment Day. About 45 students from 4 different local schools attended. The kids topic today was global warming - as they got taught about terrariums, windmills and solar cookers. They learnt by "doing" and all walked away with smaller versions of the above ( terrariums made with plastic coke bottles, windmills made on pencils etc. )

It was great fun for us to share our message with the kids although a little tough as it needed to be translated into Xhosa as we went along.

Will definitely say the kids loved the opportunity to draw pictures on the scroll and receive their very own seed to plant and look after.

Our tree planting ceremony was much anticipated - and enjoyed by all...as everyone participated and added their handful of soil towards planting the tree.

We hope that the message that we left with the kids today, will take root as well as the tree that we planted. Thank you Jennifer and Thecha, and all the other staff for making today possible.

Another highlight of our day was our visit with Councillor Lonake on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. We thoroughly enjoyed spending the better part of an hour discussing the project and their local initiatives.

We are proud to have the support of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. To Councillor Lonake, and also Liziwe - thank you for your time.

Off to Knysna tomorrow - land of tiny seahorses, and great oysters... catch you there.

*Sa & Jon*