Reminder that our next Mancomm meeting will be held on Tuesday 25 June 2024 at the Observatory Community Centre at 18:00. Zoom invitations are available on request to [email protected] Mancomm meeting Date: Tue 25 June 2024 Time: 18h00 Venue: Observatory Community Centre (room 1) or via Zoom (upon request) To attend our Mancomm meetings online, please…
The City’s Water and Sanitation directorate
The City’s Water and Sanitation directorate invites applications for funding from registered organisations and community organisations. The closing date for applications is 17:00 on 6 July 2024. No late or incomplete applications will be considered. See the following resources: ENGLISH AFRIKAANS XHOSA GRANTS-IN-AID POLICY annexture A1 GRANTS-IN-AID POLICY annexture A2 GRANTS-IN-AID POLICY annexture A3
Support Friends of the Liesbeek through MySchool card!
Please consider signing up for a MySchool card ,& making Friends of the Liesbeek a beneficiary. They now have this digital pathway to do so, rather than those pesky forms 🙂 https://www.myschool.co.za/portal/register?beneficiary=12893
Mosa Moshabela’s partnership with his grandmother took him from rural Limpopo all the way to the top at UCT
Incoming vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town Professor Mosa Moshabela, during a UCT media briefing. 24 May 2024. (Photo: Suné Payne) Tinyiko Maluleke – 11 June 2024 It is almost midnight in the little-known, poverty-stricken village of Mapatjakeng in Zebediela, Limpopo. As if propelled by a hurricane, 12-year-old Matlagolo Mosa “Moloto” Moshabela darts…
Start composting at home
Compost can be used to feed your soil and is perfect for if you are trying to grow your own food, either at home or in a community garden. You can also start composting at your small business premises if you have a suitable garden area. Composting system Even if you have a smaller garden…
Natural Food Garden Design & Layout
CTT Food Grower’s Initiative in collaboration with Cape Food Gardens proudly presents 🌱 a one of its kind 🌳 Natural Food Garden Design & Layout Third session Date :22 June 2024 Time: 9am to 12 noon Location: Al-Waagah Institute For The Deaf. 6 Petunia Rd, Bridgetown https://maps.app.goo.gl/cChfZXyJsVZoqUu68 Facilitator: Prince Nyadimbo (Permaculturist) Donations Welcome What we’ll…
How artistic organisations can express their role in helping the survival of biodiverse and human life on this troubled planet
The Alternative – 5 June 2024 In terms of how artists and creatives might determinedly respond to climate meltdown, Culture Declares Emergency are at the forefront of change and activism. Below is the introductory blurb (and above the blueprint) for what they’re calling a “toolkit”, that makes any organisation or group fully prepared to be under climate scrutiny….
What are the embryonic initiatives that quickly and radically transform society? Maybe ours will be gardens, suggests Greg Frey
Photos by Holly McGratten The Alternative – 6 June 2024 Always keen to cross-post from the brilliant eco-writer Greg Frey. This is a “think-feature” (also published in Freedom) whose conclusion is: “Many revolutions have clubs and community groups to thank for the forms of embryonic organisation that were necessary to quickly and radically transform society. Possibly, for…
Globalised capitalism’s eating habits are responsible for one third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions
By HG – 7 May 2024 According to a new report from the World Bank, changing how we farm could cut global emissions by almost one third. Greenhouse gas emissions could be drastically reduced by simply altering how food is produced around the world. The agrifood industry – which combines agriculture and food – takes into account the whole production…
SEW & SHADES
Come and support the wonderful ladies at SEW & SHADES 45 Station Road, Observatory, Cape Town. 0744221218 They make bespoke shades, can repair anything fabric and make up whatever you can think of.