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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 9 of Adjusted Level 2, 8 June 2021.

 

Tuesday 8 June 2021, Day 9 of Adjusted Level 2 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for keeping going with just more than 4 hours of sleep; for getting my work done in time for a quick Bakoven walk before heading to Sea Point; for a tea and chocolate cake treat at Bokeh Creative Studio, meeting twin sister Debra Peterson Gurney of Gary Peterson 🙏; for three meetings in a row at the newkings boutique hotel, Zest Restaurant starting to take shape, with plants and furniture arriving today, the restaurant likely to open next week; for capturing a beautiful sunset from the restaurant terrace, imagining what it will be like to enjoy sundowners and meals outside; for an inexpensive car wash in the Piazza da Luz and shopping at the Woolies there; for a quick walk Continue reading →

Celebrating World Oceans Day today 8 June: ‘The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods’

 

World Oceans Day today (8 June) has a special significance for me, given my dedication to cleaning up litter in Camps Bay, and in organising a monthly Camps Bay Community Clean up. My goal is to prevent as much of the litter on the pavements, lawns, and walkways at the Camps Bay Beachfront from flying into the Atlantic Ocean.

Artist and sculptor Francois Knoetze’s   ‘This is Plastiglomerate’ is a well-timed artwork which has recently been erected on Camps Bay Beach to draw attention to the danger of plastics to our environment, World Environment Day having been celebrated last week.

The Labia Cinema celebrates World Oceans Day with a screening of ‘My Octopus Teacher’ today.

World Oceans Day is celebrated in South Africa too, and forms part of June being Environment Month.

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Big Five to become whale of a Big Seven!

Speaking at the celebration of World Oceans Day and International Year of the Shark in Gansbaai this week, new Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Buyelwa Sonjica announced that South Africa’s marketing is set to be adapted to move from marketing its Big Five ( lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino) to the Big Seven, to include the great white sharks and the Southern Right whales, reports the Cape Argus.