Penguins at Boulders Beach, Cape Town. a legal battle that may determine the fate of the penguins is to be heard in court in March. (Photo: John Yeld) | Pretoria High Court. (Photo: Gallo Images / Daily Sun / Raymond Morare) By Kristin Engel – 18 Feb 2025 In the battle for sardines and anchovies,…
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Grow Joy & Restore Nature
Image credit: Getty Images BY EMILY SMITH PUBLISHED 3 DAYS AGO It’s time to throw out the pesticides because experts have found that planting one particular flower variety can help keep gardens pest-free. So instead of dousing your precious crops in chemicals, why not try this all-natural ‘pot marigold’ pest control alternative? Watching your latest garden trends fall victim…
Grow Joy & Restore Nature
Access video classes and a vibrant community. Learn from the world’s greatest nature leaders and make your balcony, garden, or local river and forest burst with life… SEE MORE
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Scientist reveals key facts about garden microbes to improve your soil!
In this episode I interview Colin Bell. He is a scientist who studies soil microbes and plant-microbial interactions. He completed his Ph.D. in Soil Microbial Ecology in 2009 and is well known as the inventor of Mammoth P – a popular microbial inoculant. He currently works for Microbial Mass, a microbe product that helps promote…
Join WECA for an inspiring opportunity
Hi All! Please join the Walmer Estate Civic Association in collaboration with ward 57+ Umbrella Civic on 22 Feb 2025 for a learning session around the history of civic movements and how key it was during anti Apartheid activism. Be part of rebuilding this important part of history and change in our neighbourhoods! Please RSVP…
Homeless in Cape Town: Meet Sean
In this video we speak with Sean who lives under the bridge on the Harleyvale side of Observatory in Cape Town. He speaks of being on and off the streets for the last 40 years and of his time serving in the border war in South West Africa and later of his time at Pollsmore…
MEDIA RELEASE: Stop the share: support victims of bullying by not sharing videos of assaults
This past week, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) received various videos of learners allegedly attacking one another both in and out of school. Many of the images are deeply disturbing. The WCED is engaging with each of the schools that can be identified. All of whom have confirmed that the necessary disciplinary processes are…
Fresh outcry over hotel development next to historic Bo-Kaap mosque
The Auwal Mosque in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, was established in 1794 and is the oldest mosque in the country. A hotel development is planned right next to it. Photo: Matthew Hirsch. 4 February 2025 | By Matthew Hirsch There has been a renewed call to “save the Auwal Mosque”. This follows a City of Cape…
Mondragon as the new City-State—this cooperative could be its own country [The Elysian]
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The Alternative – 4 February 2025 Excerpt from Elle Griffin’s Substack The Elysian, here: Mondragon is the largest group of worker cooperatives in the world. With 92 cooperatives in the industrial, financial, retail, and educational sectors, the group earned €11 billion in revenue last year with more than 70,500 workers… READ MORE