A Genuine Contribution to Sustainability

Greenprint Trust is a results-driven organisation that evaluates, audits & implements measurable sustainability projects whilst specialising in the creation of original educational resources & communications campaigns.

Why Donate?

What use is money when the Earth is too polluted to support life? An important solution to this rapidly escalating environmental crisis is to create a profound awareness that engenders determined action throughout the globe. We need your donations to do whatever we can to bring about this transformation - now!  By the time you personally can see, feel and be endangered by the destruction we have caused  to the planet's vital ecosystems it will be too late...

From a personal perspective can you think of anything more worthy or important to do with your time, your talent and your finances than to use them to save the Earth itself? Help us to help you to do the right thing.

Greenprint Trustees are volunteers with diverse backgrounds and unique professional skills. All donations are used for the resources or projects themselves, as Greenprint has no overheads at all. These are covered by the respective Trustees. This creates 100% accountability and purity of intention. Funds are administered through a Board of Trustees, an attorney and an auditor. We have no hidden agendas, affiliations or ulterior motives. We are simply committed to bringing about the radical change that is urgently needed if we are to survive on Earth. We create transformation through education that has proved over two decades to be influential throughout all levels of society. This is reinforced through practical greening and economic upliftment projects in poverty stricken communities. 

From a corporate perspective we are ideally positioned to intelligently address and memorably communicate abstract and sometimes sensitive issues, thereby benefiting all concerned. As global awareness increases and the moral imperative to genuinely contribute to social stability and environmental health become powerful marketing forces, there is enormous potential for growth and repositioning. It is internationally recognised that well managed, responsible donor programs and outstanding commercial success go hand in hand.

Professional Services    

Through our unique analytical software we enable you to make informed decisions through thorough research, assessment, audits and reports on your existing projects as well as presentations of innovative new projects with potential for dynamic promotions.

Communications, Publicity

We leverage meaningful CSI by effectively communicating your aims and achievements to diverse audiences with creativity, originality and in-depth knowledge.

Greenprint Survival Kit

We introduce practical options that save poverty stricken households up to 90% of their monthly income through practical greening projects.

Educational Resources

Donations are used for the creation of the original educational materials that have provided significant inspiration and sound knowledge to hundreds of thousands of children. Since 1990 our sponsored resources have generated official recognition and support. They can also providing unprecedented visibility for corporate sponsors.

Motivation, Inspiration

You can paint your bandwagon green or openly join the human race against nature. But what will we do with the  money when there’s no more air or water?

Greenprint Magazine

Become well-informed and enlightened. Companies can optimise their community or environmental investment through publicity in this award-winning, beautifully presented journal.

Greenprint’s Writes

The Pen is Mightier than the Sword - original solutions to practical and conceptual challenges accessibly presented ... making complex issues simple and constructive solutions comprehensible.

Numerous Awards

16 awards and 4 nominations for design, presentation and environmental awareness - more than anyone in this field in SA.

Fundraising

We facilitate diverse fund raising options for worthy causes. For instance:

- A Symposium in aid of the famous palaeontologist Richard Leaky’s launch of his visionary book: “The 6th Extinction”

- Fund-raising for Dr. Ian Player’s Wilderness Leadership Foundation through designing,  producing and donating a limited edition coffee table book with original essays by Sir Lawrence van der Post, with photos donated by the renowned photographer Gerald Cubitt.

Innovative Strategies

The evolution of a new marketing revolution - promotional resources designed specifically to be manufactured by the disadvantaged communities that are the beneficiaries, thereby integrating the aims and principles into the execution of the campaign itself.

Responsive Marketing

What message does your public image portray? Can conventional campaigns that provide no real benefits to others continue to be justified? Examples of useful products & information could save lives whilst encouraging awareness and genuine upliftment - lateral thinking that successfully performs multiple functions, benefiting you, your company and the community in an astonishing number of ways.

Greenprint Trust is a non-profit organisation specialising in the creation of original educational resources & communications campaigns. It also implements measurable sustainability & economic upliftment projects at grassroots level.

It raises funds for multi-lingual educational resources that inform and educate in order to ensure community buy-in, local government awareness and genuine co-operation. This results in tangible, measurable success. Greenprint's unique approach therefore focuses on five key aspects:

- Creation and distribution (through various government departments) of officially endorsed educational resources;

- Design and implementation of advertising and promotions campaigns based on environmental & social upliftment projects;

- Publicity for donors and sponsors through Greenprint Magazine (see link above);

- Implementation of well-researched grassroots projects;

- Monitoring, measuring, objectively evaluating, auditing and reporting of projects

(In all of the above we can be of service to existing NGO's or their sponsors). 

Original Educational Resources

                       Greenprint Trust sources sponsors for the highly sought after educational resources that we research, develop, produce and distribute in up to eleven official languages. We have originated hundreds of original wall charts, board games, puppets, puzzles and other officially endorsed educational materials that provide a valuable contribution towards social upliftment, health, safety, conservation and environmental awareness.

These projects are designed to contribute to communities, clinics or to the school syllabus, making them a welcome addition to any community centre or classroom. They provide well illustrated information and ideas that are not available in text books. They are enthusiastically supported by  national, provincial and municipal government and are distributed by various government departments as part of their mainstream programs.

Our posters on safety, health, nutrition, growing organic vegetables, energy efficiency, hygiene, wise use of water resources, energy generation, waste minimisation, recycling and conservation are visible on library, school and community centre walls everywhere. The pay-off for sponsors is that they are associated with something worthwhile and visible. These resources remain as an integral part of active learning programs for many years to come and have had a profound effect on the direction and content of the school curriculum.

Communications and Marketing Campaigns

 We provide a unique service in that we specialise in marketing campaigns that communicate the ethics and principles underpinning social responsibility and environmental financial contributions. We immeasurably compound the benefits that should rightfully be enjoyed from this expenditure, but in fact rarely are!

In general, donations to various causes are undertaken with the aim of enhancing credibility, goodwill and loyalty for the donors - and also for their nation. However, most organisations, whether corporate or government, have severely delineated "divisions", which can at times certainly live up to their name.

Mostly the very real power of corporate donation strategies is irretrievably lost because marketing and advertising departments (and their appointed agencies) do not appreciate the benefits to be derived from campaigns revolving around such investment.  In fact many employees, service providers and even senior executives secretly deem corporate social investment to be an incomprehensible waste of money that should have ended up in their own bank accounts!

It takes a very special awareness to see the bigger picture, and most conventional marketing, communications and advertising agencies are simply not orientated towards creatively interpreting and communicating philanthropic gestures or environmental contributions.

They are all too often unaware of the academic expertise, protocol and sensitivities surrounding both non-profit organisations and donor recipients.  As a result their amateurish interpretations and information blunders can have the undesired effect of  creating more embarrassment and confusion than eagerly anticipated accolades.

This can unfortunately make any commitment to further funding melt as fast as, for instance, the polar caps; or carbon credits from a coal fired power plant...

Publicity and Long-Term Visibility for Donors and Sponsors

Greenprint's resources are simply to valuable to be thrown away, and are designed have lasting impact. They successfully enhance their sponsor's image in the very best possible way.

Success in this genre can be measured by acceptance and visibility for years to come. These resources should not only communicate important messages, but they should be original, unique, appropriate to the local context and irreplaceable! How much of that can be said for your average commercial promotion?

Promotional resources should be designed specifically to be manufactured by disadvantaged people where possible. Some 20,000 hand puppets for Shell's Paraffin Safety Campaign (above) were made by a ladies' craft project in a local informal settlement, thereby assisting with economic upliftment as well as safety and health in the very communities for whom the campaign was destined. They were mostly made out of recycled materials, and were sent to pre-primary schools along with some script suggestions that dramatised key messages around safety in the home.

All the kids loved it, and it's doubtful whether any of them ever forgot those lessons! Campaigns should ideally focus less on marketing hype and more on valuable information and education. Clients should question common advertising industry (and magazine publishing!) practices and ask themselves what messages they are conveying to an increasingly discerning public through conventional advertising strategies?

Information, Reporting and Accountability

In addition to the unique communications capabilities outlined above, experience has shown that some really worthwhile NGO's iniatives have failed in the long run through lack of local government support. We therefore have ensured that we can provide unusual opportunities for partners, donors and investors through strong connections to local government in all provinces of South Africa via our ongoing pioneering work in IT, data mining and information delivery of municipal treasury systems. These are naturally occurring data warehouses for the socio-economic profiling of households, leading to a practical understanding of the dynamics of residents, especially those of disadvantaged communities.

Our reputation and skills have enabled us to obtain national and local government recognition and co-operation, without which many NGO initiatives fail to gain acceptance and long-term momentum.

 Why Donate?

Whilst there are excellent reasons to donate funds in order to build the economic, cultural and social stability of a country, research has shown that adequate reporting and good communication to all sectors - internal and external - is key to obtaining optimum leverage from non profit-driven investment.

Most corporate investors aim to derive significant benefits in terms of image building, reputation, legislative approvals, compliance, successful tenders, public recognition and increased profitability, but often these opportunities are not fully realised. Whilst many NGO’s have good intentions and practical experience, most are not in a position to provide professional auditing and reporting in order to ensure donor compliance with legislation, political dynamics, accountability and fiduciary responsibility.

They also almost certainly cannot provide original, officially accepted educational resources, established distribution networks, government recognition and award-winning advertising and promotions campaigns!

All too often donors suffer from inadequate benefits and returns. The average non-profit organisation most certainly utilises funds for worthwhile projects, but they usually do not possess  the cutting-edge data management and professional creative skills to provide research, evaluations and audited reports - let alone strategic marketing and communications capabilities such as professional photography, award-winning creative concepts for branded advertising or promotional campaigns, high profile media coverage, events, exhibitions, speeches and other crucial tools.

Greenprint Trust provides outstanding professional services that guarantee tangible benefits for donors and maximum leverage with potential target markets, staff, senior executives, board members, government bodies or the general public.

If you would like to donate to Greenprint Trust please use the form provided in the link above.

We truly appreciate your commitment to constructive change!

Whatever the amount, it will be used to create valuable resources such as those you see here.

Every cent you donate goes directly into the  educational, transformational projects themselves.

Work undertaken by Greenprint's Board of Trustees is entirely voluntary.