This month is Arbour Month. What started out as a day back in the early 80′s, turned into a week and now we have a whole month to plant trees. With so many tweets about social-this-and-that-media , it’s a breath of fresh air to read some tweets about saving the world, Al Gore style… one tree at a time. Release your inner ‘greenie’ and follow these tweeple.

@ftfa is the organisation known as Food & Trees for Africa,  the first and only South African social enterprise addressing greening, climate change action, food security, sustainable water and soil use and management. The section 21 social enterprise facilitates tree planting in South Africa.

@JuanitaSAfrica is Juanita Welgemoed who describes herself as a person that enjoys animals, nature, outdoors and sport. As a hiking blogger posting on Our Hiking Guide, she qualifies as a green tweeter and with World Parks Day on Saturday 19 September, it’s appropriate that  her blog will inspire you (as it has me) to celebrate our green spaces.

@dothegreenthing describe themselves in their Bio: “Creativity Vs. Climate Change. Seven inspiring things you can do to lead a greener life. Join people from 201 countries making a difference.” That sounds good to me and I love their website. Green Thing is a London based non-profit organisation that inspires people to lead a greener lives through sharing inspiring stories from people around the world through social media.

@Eco_investments post links to environmental news from around the world. There is no link to a website and no bio but the enviromental news links are worth a follow.

@ACT_on_CLIMATE is Landia Davies, a tweeter for the non-profit organisation African Carbon Trust (ACT) which aims to counter climate change through innovation in Africa. I am going to take this opportunity to punt ACT’s State of Our Environment competition which you could enter by sending in a story of environmental degradation in South Africa that you care about.

Go on; make the rest of the month a green one. Offset your carbon footprint by planting or sponsoring trees, following some ‘greenies’, retweeting their eco-conscious posts and make Mother Earth (and Al Gore) proud!

Monique Boucher – copywriter/content manager

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