Ulwazi - Sharing Indigenous Knowledge » Imagine Durban http://blog.ulwazi.org The Durban Indigenous Knowledge Programme Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:59:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Deputy Mayor and City Manager Launch the Sustainable Cities Exhibition http://blog.ulwazi.org/2010/08/deputy-mayor-and-city-manager-launch-the-sustainable-cities-exhibition/ http://blog.ulwazi.org/2010/08/deputy-mayor-and-city-manager-launch-the-sustainable-cities-exhibition/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:00:31 +0000 Betsie http://blog.ulwazi.org/?p=447 Both deputy mayor Logie Naidoo and city manager Dr Michael Sutcliffe were at hand to launch the Sustainable Cities exhibition on Friday, and share a ride on some sustainable transport!  The event also saw the launch of the Innovations in Local Sustainability book (more on this in a later post), compiled by MILE and featuring the Ulwazi Programme as an example of good practice in the Municipality.

Dr Mike Sutcliffe and Logie Naidoo

]]> http://blog.ulwazi.org/2010/08/deputy-mayor-and-city-manager-launch-the-sustainable-cities-exhibition/feed/ 0 Imagine Durban Workshops for FBOs, NGOs and CBOs http://blog.ulwazi.org/2010/02/imagine-durban-workshops-for-fbos-ngos-and-cbos/ http://blog.ulwazi.org/2010/02/imagine-durban-workshops-for-fbos-ngos-and-cbos/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:02:33 +0000 Betsie http://blog.ulwazi.org/?p=197 The Imagine Durban project will be holding four regional workshops (north, south, west & central) for all Faith Based Organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations and Community Based Organisations that operate within the eThekwini region.

The purpose of these workshops will be to:-

  1. Share the Imagine Durban Plan that represents a vision for a better Durban that government, civil society organizations, faith based groups, tertiary institutions, business organizations and ordinary folk have identified through the Imagine Durban consultation process
  2. Hear about the outreach projects that your organization is involved in
  3. Develop a partnership with you organization for the future
  4. Facilitate networking between FBOs, NGOs and CBOs

The first workshop for the northern area will be held on Monday 1 March 2010, from 08h30-11h00 at Besters Hall, Inanda.  The other three workshops will take place in April and May 2010.   Details of the other three workshops will be on our website, in your local newspapers and an invitation will also be sent to all stakeholders on our database.>

For further queries regarding the content of the workshops please contact Genevieve Hartley on Hartleyg@durban.gov.za.

]]> http://blog.ulwazi.org/2010/02/imagine-durban-workshops-for-fbos-ngos-and-cbos/feed/ 0 Imagine Durban: New call for Demonstration Projects http://blog.ulwazi.org/2009/11/imagine-durban-new-call-for-demonstration-projects/ http://blog.ulwazi.org/2009/11/imagine-durban-new-call-for-demonstration-projects/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:46:28 +0000 Ulwazi Web Editor http://blog.ulwazi.org/?p=66 The Imagine Durban Project is pleased to announce a new call for demonstration projects.   Three separate project categories have been identified for this call:

Project Category One:  Schools and Food Security – R100,000 allocation

Food Security has become an increasingly important issue both globally and within South Africa.  Nationally many government departments and non-government organisations have taken up this issue through the promotion of numerous food gardening projects.   One area where there has been particular focus is on the promotion of food gardening projects within schools.   The purpose of the project category is to provide an opportunity to implement a project that will show case long term sustainability in schools food security or to test an innovative approach to schools food security.

Click here to read the full story on the Imagine Durban website …

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