STEPS and SANBI start to film

STEPS is the acroynm for Social Transformation and Empowerment Projects. It has been running an advocacy and information sharing project for the past decade using the medium of film to communicate a complex range of topics around the HIV/AIDS with various groupings around southern Africa. It has now partnered with SANBI, the South African National Biodiversity Institute to run a similar project that aims to draw mainstreams of society into discussions about biodiversity and its place in sustainable social development and sensible economic activity on a fragile planet.

Having been awarded a grant from the SA Lotteries Fund to profile South Africans and South African biodiversity during the period of the 21010 FIFA World Cup... so that international soccer fans can obtain a better understanding of the country that they are visiting ... STEPS and SANBI are now in the process of producing a set of eight short films that explore the productive partnerships that some unsung heroes are forging with nature and their biodiversity heritage.

Watch this space for news on the making of these films.