Birdy calling
The fact that certain birds can learn to ‘speak’ (and often well enough to mortify their custodians), should serve as a constant reminder to us that inter-species communication is not only possible, but exists.
TREEVOLUTION
One tree can start a forest
Come and join Greenpop and volunteers from across the globe to plant 5000 trees in one of the most deforested parts of the world and see how your small step leads the way for a Treevolution.FRACKING
The moratorium on fracking in the Karoo has recently been extended by a further six months. Gareth Morgan's article helps explain just why this extension should be welcomed by all South Africans, despite Shell's veiled threat that they may lose interest in the project.SUSTAINABLE WATER
Durban in December is hot and sticky and as I was walking around the public expo at COP17 I was handed a glass bottle of ice cold DEW water and invited to see for myself how sweet, pure water is extracted from the humid atmosphere.
It is one of the fastest growing plants in the world and has a multiplicity of uses, from the manufacture of biofuel to decor accessories, furniture and building materials. A miracle plant? No, just the ordinary bamboo, a plant usually associated with, but one which also proves to be well adapted to the dryer conditions of the Eastern Cape.
Beach weather is here, and so too are the audited results of Coastal Clean Up Day 2011. So what contributed to the most plastic waste? The answer may surprise you, but perhaps not as much as knowing that even living inland, your litter can and does find its way into our oceans.
Mushrooms will again turn pink on supermarket shelves in October as the South African Mushroom Farmers’ Association (SAMFA), Pick ‘n Pay and Yucca Packaging join forces to help raise awareness of breast cancer during Breast Cancer awareness month.
INTERNATIONAL RHINO DAY
22 September is Rhino Day. With as many as 300 rhinos killed between January and early September, 2011 could well see last year’s total - 333 exceeded. An easy way for us to help raise awareness and support the work being done to combat this threat? Buy a bracelet for just R30
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