Super eventful day on the 1+1=1 Pledge Drive calendar ...started off to a bit of a drizzly morning at Shamwari that had us longing to stay sitting in front of their nice log-burning fireplace.

After breakfast we made our way through to Sandilsiwasi, the local High School in Paterson. The visit was kindly arranged for us by Christine who works at Shamwari.

Sandilsiwasi High School is quite an environmentally aware school - that has quite a big eco focus. Their theme this year is"Recycling" which as we all know is something super important. Its nice to see the future leaders of tomorrow getting the opportunity to learn and practice important things like recycling while still in school.

Mr Gouza, the principal, was excited about our project and we enjoyed a few minutes telling him about our drive.

We would like to thank Mr Gouza for adding his signature to our scroll and taking the pledge on behalf of the Sandilsiwasi High School and for committing to the future.

After our short stop in Paterson we continued on to Grahamstown...or City of Saints, as it is known...due to the fact that it has so many churches and religious buildings. ( interesting fact: there are about 52 churches of various denominations...and more than 100 religious structures scattered through Grahamstown )

Our next school today was Graeme College - where we had a great meeting with about 400 or so of the students. An excellent crowd to talk to, who seemed to really understand the concept...and responded with enthusiasm.

After the presentation of our project in assembly, we collected signatures on the scroll, and R1 donations in each classroom... Each and every class participated, which was great!

Thank you so much to Brendon Grant and Peter Reed from Graeme College -as well as, of course, all the awesome students. We appreciate your time -and the commitment you all made towards sustainability and Greening SA.

Also on the events list this afternoon was a live interview on RMR (Rhodes Music Radio), which we thoroughly enjoyed. It's great to know that we are able to get the word out to thousands of people all over and have such an impact. We are hoping that the message of environmental and social awareness that we are spreading really takes "root"!

Another busy day for us tomorrow - zipping back and forth between Grahamstown and Port Alfred... looking forward to it from this side, so will let you know how it goes!

*Sa & Jon*