Greenpop party tonight to welcome Earth Day

Tree planting initiative, Greenpop, started planting indigenous and fruit trees on the Cape Flats in September last year. At Greenpop, the past seven months have resulted in just over 3000 trees going into the ground, environmental education spreading, more than 500 volunteers signing up to come to plant and wonderful schoolchildren getting their hands dirty and learning to plant and care for trees.

Through the hot summer, the schools implemented Greenpop's grey water idea, in which each child brings in a two-litre bottle of their bath water to school three times a week and each class has designated days to water their trees. With more than 1000 learners at some schools, that's a lot of recycled water!

Rain dancing

But now it's time for the rains to come, and some rain dancing is in order.

Greenpop's second "Cool as Folk" party is today, Thursday 21 April, the day before Earth Day and a string of public holidays. What better way to welcome the rest season and bring on the Cape rains.

Come party for trees at Cape Town's premier live music venue, The Assembly!

The line up includes:

* Jeremy Loops and Trak
* Machineri
* Toby2shoes
* Two Minute Puzzle
* Tommy Gun
* Monique Pascall
* Honey B

Prizes to be won

Tickets are R30 before 9pm and R40 afterwards. The 150th person to buy a ticket will win: a bottle of Jim Beam; a BOS Ice Tea Hamper; a Greenpop Tree Ring compliments of BOS (a tree will be planted in your name and you'll receive the GPS co-ordinates of where it's growing. You'll also get a cute Tree keyring!).

Pre-buy your party ticket and a Greenpop tree on Webtickets (www.webtickets.co.za/assembly) and stand a chance to win: a bottle of Jim Beam and free entrance for five of your friends.

You'll be saving money on the door (pre-booked tickets are R25 and tickets at the door are R30), gifting a tree to an under-greened community, and you'll be entered into a draw to win.

RSVP to event on Facebook here: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107547242662972