The Miss Earth South Africa;
joined forces with Consol and Tsogo Sun to launch their 2013 Programme: Make
Every Day an Earth Day.
The launch event took place
Tsogo Sun’s beautiful Palazzo Hotel in the Monte casino precinct on Sunday 21
April, the eve of International Earth Day and was attended by 50 of South
Africa’s A-list celebrities, media personalities and political figureheads.
The campaign centres on the
concept of treading lightly and in light of this the guests were treated
to a foot-massage and pamper session by the staff of Camelot International Spa.
Guests were treated to special addresses by a number of celebrities and
environmental sector experts, and were asked to pledge their support to the
Tread Lightly campaign, around which the Make Every Day an Earth Day programme
centres.
The campaign includes the Miss Earth South Africa’s Annual Stationery
Drive, Glass, Energy and Bean Planting Projects, Clothing, Blanket and
Non-perishable Food Collection Drives as well as their Mandela Day, and Tree
and Food Garden planting Projects.
Guests at the event included
South African socialite, Edith Venter; The Wild’s Connie Ferguson; the
current Miss Earth South Africa, Tamerin Jardine; Olympic Gold Medallist, Lawrence
Ndlovu; re-knowned hydro political scientist, Dr. Anthony Turton; AIDS activist
Criselda Kananda; radio DJ, Nicole Da Silva; Idols finalist, Pixie Bennett and
leader of the UDM and Member of Parliament, General Bantu Holomisa.
For more on the Tread Lightly
campaign and the Make Every Day an Earth Day programme, visit their website, www.missearthsa.co.za and follow them on Twitter, @missearth_sa and Facebook.
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