Photo by Sebastian Davenport-Handley on Unsplash The Alternative – 31 December 2024 From The Conversation UK: In the grand scheme of things, 45 years is not a long time. Back in 1980, it would take me three weeks to run a computer program, written in the programming language Cobol, that worked using punched cards. Each card represented one line of code…
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Aloe ferox — the Karoo’s winter soldiers
The Aloe ferox, or Bitter Aloe, the exclamation mark of the Eastern Karoo veld. (Photo: Chris Marais) By Julienne Du Toit – 23 May 2024 When the landscape turns cold, bleak and often snowy, the Aloe ferox lifts its bright spears of red flowers all across the southern Karoo. Everywhere you go along the southern…
I was in despair about the environmental crisis. Then I volunteered to clean up my local park
Sam Pyrah – 13 January 2025 ‘Instead of sobbing in front of your computer screen,’ my counsellor said, ‘go out and do something’ There’s a pesky crisp wrapper half-sunk in the mud under brambles. Each time I secure it within the jaws of my litter-picker, another piece tears off. I persist, until all the fragments…
What if climate solutions were causing more harm than good?
Greenpeace Africa, 2025 Across Africa, Indigenous Communities are being displaced, with their land being auctioned off in the name of ‘saving the planet’. At the centre of this injustice lie carbon credits, a so-called solution to the climate crisis. We created a powerful video that breaks it all down, uncovering the truth behind this curated…
Dirty water… and antics: Over 50% of municipalities face criminal action over sewage crisis
Water pollution. Picture: iStock By Enkosi Selane – 2 January 2025 Municipalities with critical systems must develop and implement monitored corrective action plans to improve their situation. Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has revealed that more than 50% of South African municipalities are facing criminal charges for failing to address raw sewage spillages into…
Cool off at our community swimming pools this summer
We are reopening our community swimming pools in phases, to allow for ongoing repairs and maintenance even as pools become operational. Keep an eye on our swimming pool schedule for more information about opening times.
Webinar on toxic pesticides
7 Amazing Small-Scale Kitchen Gardens | Ideas & Inspiration For Gardeners
This video is a compilation of 7 unique small-scale kitchen gardens that will fill you with ideas and inspiration for this growing season! Pre-Order my upcoming book The Permaculture Garden: https://geni.us/ThePermacultureGarden
Oude Molen food garden
Seed planting calendar
Fernando Tolosana
Make your own earthworm farm! Remember to keep the box in shade / indoors or cover if exposed to sun at any time of the day. Secondly, take note of air holes – earthworms breath oxygen so add as many as you can (you can cover with a mesh to help keep other bugs out)….