On the 22nd of November; Michelle Korevaar (Founder of ChangeMakersHub) and Bradley Zass (Cederberg Municipality) had an interview with Rowan from Weskus 92.3fm, talking about the launch of the Clanwilliam Ecobrick Challenge
Listen to the interview
On 19th November, the ChangeMakers Hub ‘Impact Accelerator Programme’ was launched. In partnership with Cederberg Municipality, it is a pilot changemaking project that addresses multiple sustainable development goals. Held at Driehoek Garden in Clanwilliam – the Clanwilliam Legacy Garden, this project’s first initiative, was unveiled.
Key to this project will be the use of EcoBricks to build the Legacy Garden benches – proudly made by Clanwilliam residents and businesses via the ‘Clanwilliam EcoBricks Challenge’. The challenge calls for all residents to provide their plastic waste in a compacted format to ChangeMakers Hub. With 20,000 EcoBricks needed to build the benches, this will see the repurposing of no less than 40,000 litres of compacted plastic. Says Michelle Korevaar, founder of ChangeMakers Hub: “The plan is straightforward. We encourage citizens to collect and turn harmful plastic waste into EcoBricks. However, the impact and benefit are more far-reaching than just that. Very importantly it is an inclusive opportunity to build something for the community by the community. This project, as it progresses will see these EcoBricks repurposed into various initiatives and ‘buildings’ around the area.”
Read More on the Clanwilliam Ecobricks Challenge – ONE ECOBRICK AND ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME
For more information on the ‘Clanwilliam Legacy Garden’ and ChangeMakers Hub ‘Accelerator Programmes’, email startaripple@changemakershub.org or call 082 556 4574.