Things to do - Saturday 24 October 2009

Support 350.org's International Day of Climate Action on Saturday the 24th of October, along with WWF and hundreds of other partner organisations around the world as you

Vote for Earth!

Show your vote on www.wwf.org.za and help create a global mandate for a fair and effective climate deal in December in Copenhagen.

What is 350 all about?
350 is the number that scientists have indicated is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide—measured in "Parts Per Million" in our atmosphere. 350 PPM—it's the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change.
Source: Love Our Environment


Hike up Table Mountain this Saturday!...

TABLE MOUNTAIN HUMAN "350" (08h00-13h00)
Join a hike up Table Mountain via Platteklip gorge. We will be forming a human 350 on the table top which will be filmed from a helicopter to send out a powerful message to the world. We are meeting at 08h00 at the Lower Cable Station, Table Mountain Road. Wear Red, Orange or Yellow to symbolise global warming.


Take your ice blocks to Muizenberg this Saturday!...

MUIZENBERG MELTING "350" (09h00-16h00)
Join us on Muizenberg beach and gather around the number 350, set up in giant ice blocks. Use blastic lined cardboard boxes and 5L ice cream tubs to make ice blocks. Bring your ice blocks, be part of the photo, or take your own pictures from the beach or up on Boyes Drive.


March with your own banners down the street in Stellenbosch this Saturday!...

STELLENBOSCH "350" march (13h00-16h00)
Join us for a 30min march through Stellenbosch, starting on campus and passing through the historical centre. We will meet in the car park outside the General Administration Building B of Stellenbosch University on Victoria street and leave at 13h00 sharp! Draw 350 on your face or t-shirt and come with home-made 350 flags or banners. At the end of the march, we will gather on the grass in the shape of a big 350 for a final picture.

For more information on these and other actions happening in your area, visit www.350.org or contact 350.org Africa Liaison, Samantha Bailey on samantha@350.org


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The Official New 7 Wonders of the World

The Official New 7 Wonders of the World, as announced in random order at the Official Declaration Ceremony on 07.07.07, are: The Great Wall of China, Petra, Chichén Itzá , the Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Colosseum, Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal. More than 100 million votes were cast worldwide. The New 7 Wonders are all equal – there is no rank among the list.

Next: New 7 Wonders of Nature still needs to be voted for and finalised.



The New7Wonders of Nature latest rankings can be found here. To date Table Mountain is ranking at no 7!!!!

Read the easy to follow 2 Options to Vote in this article - vote now! And please tell you friends to vote for Table Mountain too! Time is still on our side - jeay!

Table Mountain is Official Finalist Candidate

News Release

TABLE MOUNTAIN IS AN OFFICIAL FINALIST CANDIDATE

Representing South Africa in the final phase of the global 1-billion-vote campaign to elect the Official New7Wonders of Nature

Zurich/Switzerland, July 21, 2009 — At 7 minutes past noon GMT today, at the New7Wonders headquarters in Zurich, Table Mountain was revealed as one of the 28 Official Finalist Candidates in the global election of the Official New7Wonders of Nature.

Final stage of voting starts now!
Bernard Weber said "Congratulations to the supporters of Table Mountain from around the world for their passionate, inspiring work in bringing them up from over 440 participants into this elite finalist group of just 28. This is an extraordinary achievement and the eyes of the planet will be upon Table Mountain and South Africa for the next 2 years. We look forward to an exciting and record-breaking final race, with the whole world coming together to choose the Official New7Wonders of Nature, 7 locations that will become part of Global Memory for ever."

Message from the blog editor:
Thank you to all the supporters and well done for helping us reach this fantastic achievement. More information on the final stage of voting to be announced soon right here.

Peninsula Orienteering Club Event

This is a very exciting form of hiking that I have come across recently.

It seems to be a fairly new way of hiking - well to me it is - and Im super keen to give it a go. If any of you wish to join me, then please let me know - it should be great fun.

This is how it works:

1. You get given a map of an area (distance varying between 3 - 7km's depending on which route you / your family / your team choose to follow).
2. Departure from the starting point takes place in intervals (so that everyone is not on top of each other)
3. You (or your team) carry an emit card to track your ETA of each location on the map.
4. The aim is to get this route covered in as fast as possible time - with only points on the map as a form of guidance.

Herewith the invite to their event taking place this coming Sunday:

The PENINSULA ORIENTEERING CLUB
presents the fourth
COLOUR CODED EVENT
of 2009 which will take place at
Geelbeksvlei, Highlands

DATE:
Sunday, 19 July 2009

VENUE:
Take the N2 over Sir Lowry’s Pass and continue on till Peregrine Farm Stall opposite the second Grabouw turn off. Turn right onto the Viljoenshoop road and continue for 5km. Turn left onto the Highlands road (which eventually becomes an untarred road) and continue for 12km up onto the mountain plateau to the start just before the small wooden church and the start of the farm land. The route will be marked with the Orienteering direction boards from the Viljoenshoop turn off.

TIMES:
Registration 10:30
Start times 10:45 – 12:30
Courses close 14:30

COURSES:
Orange: approx. 3 km, physically and technically easy, pin punching
Red: approx. 5 km, runners’ course, technically easy, pin punching
Light Green: approx. 3,6 km, technically/physically moderate, EMIT
Green: approx. 4.2 km, technically more difficult, EMIT punching
Blue: approx. 7km, technically and physically difficult, EMIT punching

MAP:
Multi-colour, scale 1:10 000. Pre-marked.

COST:
MEMBERS (NON-MEMBERS)
Individual: R40 (R60)
Juniors <21 y R20 (R30)
Group R50 (R70)
Extra map R10
Emit Hire R10 for those not owning card
EMIT card purchase - R300 per card

INQUIRIES:
The Peninsula Orienterings Club
info@penoc.org.za,
Alvin Ward 083 703 2284 (See Alvin's blog post here)
Roland Croxford 083 703 3442

PLANNING and CONTROLLING:
Alvin Ward and Roland Croxford

YOUNG ORIENTEERS CHALLENGE:
This is a YOC event, so young orienteers are particularly invited to come along and collect a stamp towards a certificate and a badge. :)

Newcomers welcome!!

GENERAL
1. No dogs allowed (MTO regulations)
2. Please park off the road as much as possible.


Sounds like a ton of fun to me! Hope to see you there :)
Juanita