WESSA Living Green Expo 2008

For Exhibitors please complete the Registration form online or download it and fax to 0865 020 484 or email to livinggreen@wessa.co.za

A Welcome from our Chairman....

Welcome to WESSA Lowveld , the local chapter of South Africa's oldest, most widespread and participatory environmental organization. The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa has been at the forefront of conservation and people coming to terms with their environment for over 80 years.

In the Lowveld we are faced with particular environmental challenges. Whereas direct conservation is the responsibility of state agencies (National and Provincial Parks Boards) the places where ordinary people live are being steadily overloaded. WESSA is very concerned that the human footprint in the lowveld is unbearably heavy. We carry not only our own population but being downstream of Gauteng and the highveld we also carry much of their human burden as well. This is most crucial in respect of shared water resources, which are quite simply just running out.

With this in mind WESSA Lowveld wants to get you involved in finding ways to lighten the human impact on living in this wonderful but embattled region. What you build and the way you live and the example you set for others are vital to our survival. We urgently need to change wasteful habits and demand resource efficient design. We are holding the Living Green Expo in Nelspruit to showcase what is possible and what is new in the way of more sustainable living. WESSA Lowveld invites you to Participate in Caring for the Earth.

Tony Ferrar
Chair, WESSA Lowveld

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