Last month, to help launch the Two Oceans Aquarium's new Smart Living Challenge Zone, an interactive digital learning/play zone that was developed in collaboration with the City Of Cape Town, we organised a Twitter chat with co-hosts the WWF South Africa, GreenPop and Rethink the Bag.
We asked our panel and the wider Twittersphere questions about eco-friendly living centered around water, waste, energy and biodiversty, with the aim of generating new and imaginative ideas that you, our audience, could implement at home in order to have a lighter, friendlier footprint.
The key take out from the day was this: smart living starts at home.
How many of these smart-living tactics for energy management and biodiversity conservation have you, or will you, employ at home?
Click here to read our Twitter tips for waste and water.
Q3: How can we reduce our electricity consumption in the home? @rethinkthebag @GreenpopSA @WWFSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/uSRaoaqS2x
— Two Oceans Aquarium (@2OceansAquarium) December 8, 2015
.@WWFSouthAfrica @2OceansAquarium @rethinkthebag @GreenpopSA Close the door of your office, if an air-con is on.
— Katja Rockstroh (@Rockkatz) December 8, 2015
.@WWFSouthAfrica @2OceansAquarium @rethinkthebag Solar phone chargers work pretty well! Especially on days like today #SmartlLiving
— Greenpop (@GreenpopSA) December 8, 2015
@2OceansAquarium @rethinkthebag @GreenpopSA @WWFSouthAfrica Install LED bulbs and save money and power. #SmartLiving
— Jay Reeler (@jayreeler) December 8, 2015
@2OceansAquarium @rethinkthebag @GreenpopSA @WWFSouthAfrica Fit a low cost energy meter. What gets measured gets managed. Peter Drucker.
— Sunny, The Solar Guy (@sunnyboymorgan) December 8, 2015
Boil the kettle for hot water when cooking and reduce the energy need it takes to boil on the stove. #SmartLiving https://t.co/3Vwh9Xijqf
— Katja Rockstroh (@Rockkatz) December 8, 2015
Turn your geyser down from 70*C to 60*C - you won't feel the difference and you can save up to 5% on your electricity bill #SmartLiving
— Two Oceans Aquarium (@2OceansAquarium) December 8, 2015
Unplug energy vampires, especially chargers #romanticcandlelight #solarjars #SmartLiving
— Rethink the Bag (@rethinkthebag) December 8, 2015
Q4: How can we as city dwellers co-exist in the web of life & help preserve our natural biodiversity? #SmartLiving pic.twitter.com/yv1EmhuyIK
— Two Oceans Aquarium (@2OceansAquarium) December 8, 2015
@2OceansAquarium @rethinkthebag @WWFSouthAfrica @GreenpopSA Support roof top gardens that reduce urban heat + invite nature in #smartliving
— Rita Adele Steyn (@ritasteyn) December 8, 2015
Biodiversity is the web of life. Visit a nature reserve. Speak up for the environment - our lives depend on it. #SmartLiving
— Two Oceans Aquarium (@2OceansAquarium) December 8, 2015
Join a beach clean-up! Clean ocean & clean environment = happy animals! #SmartLiving https://t.co/6ETrmI1iSt
— Katja Rockstroh (@Rockkatz) December 8, 2015
.@2OceansAquarium @rethinkthebag @GreenpopSA make time to be in and connect with nature. #SmartLiving
— WWF South Africa (@WWFSouthAfrica) December 8, 2015
Start with healthy soil! @OrganicReliance has helped us turn a barren plot into a food forest! #SmartLIving https://t.co/o0zmQPCDDS
— Greenpop (@GreenpopSA) December 8, 2015
Give thanks to nature for the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink. We cannot be without nature #SmartLiving
— Helen Lockhart (@2OceansHelen) December 8, 2015
Create an insect hotel in your garden to encourage diverse insect life #SmartLiving https://t.co/o0zmQPCDDS
— Greenpop (@GreenpopSA) December 8, 2015
Save and spread wild seeds. Some city guerrilla gardening can be fun & rewarding. #smartliving https://t.co/KlnEnNII6f
— GreenHome (@GreenHomeSA) December 8, 2015
Form a close relationship with nature, hike, cycle, swim, picnic, kayak, plant trees, soak up sun shine, breathe.......... #SmartLiving
— Rethink the Bag (@rethinkthebag) December 8, 2015
Nature is not out there, it is home #SmartLiving
— Helen Lockhart (@2OceansHelen) December 8, 2015
