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GREEN NETWORK - CAMPAIGNS AND ACTIONS

Green Network is engaged in international, national and local campaigns and actions

Global Day of Action on Climate Change: The 24th of October is international day of action on climate action. In 2009, 350.org mobilised people globally to take public actions to get the message through to the world’s politicians who gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark to ensure Climate Justice Now!
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Green Network contributed to and participated in the Poverty and Climate change hearings. The event was organised by the South Durban Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) on 19 August 2009 to highlight the relationship between climate change and poverty. Several civics and activists made submissions which were included in the plan of action.

Are spheres of South African government serious in engaging Civil Society on environment and sustainable development? Through various fora, Green Network has made numerous presentations to the national parliament including a review of the National Water Act and the negative effects on climate. You can watch a film, Voices of the Vulnerable (18mb - 9 minutes), about communities in a changing climate.

At a local level, government does not actively engage Civil Society in environmental governance and initiatives. Engagement should have occured, for example, in realtion to the Integrated Development Plan, the Environmental Management Framework (Read the Final Inception Report and the Status Quo Report) and the landfill site monitoring committee. Green Network is committed to improving the civil society sector engagement with government. Green Network conducted research on floods and vulnerability in Msunduzi Municipality. A guide for decision makers, planners and activists was produced to guide interventions

Green Network is committed to greening the environment. Green Network sources, distributes and plants trees through community partners, for example during the Arbor week. We establish community and home gardens.