Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce. – Natalie Goldberg It took me a while, but I finally get what our US brothers and sisters are always going on about …
One Tuesday a few weeks ago I accompanied Duncan Drennan (The Art of Engineering), Duncan’s beautifully pregnant wife Donne, Pia Taylor (Mother City Living), Stefan (a lecturer in applied mathematics at Stellenbosch) and Ruan (a helicopter pilot in training) on a tour of the Fezeka community garden in Gugulethu and the Harvest of Hope packing …
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It’s World Environment Day and the launch day of Open Green Map, a global initiative to map out local natural, cultural and green living sites, to help people make greener lifestyle choices. There are launches being held around the world today: Cape Town, Geneva, Jakarta, Stockholm, Baltimore, Pereira Colombia, the UK towns of Swansea, Clackmannanshire, …
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Live and work in or around Jo’burg? If you’ve ever dreamed of living in an ecovillage, this may just be your chance. The Oak Avenue Trust is looking for people who are interested in co-designing, co-building and co-living in an inclusive, inter-generational and ecological co-housing initiative at 51 Oak Avenue, Linbro Park. Located in the …
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This is the first time on an EcoDIY feature that I’m not going to suggest that you try this at home, unless you have the necessary know how to avoid electrocuting yourself, or similar. But I think that this incredible chair is still worth telling you about, check this out. Lin Shuseng, a 78-year old …
“What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.” – AA Milne Mashed potato is my absolute number one comfort food. It really sticks to your ribs, makes you feel full and warm and is perfect for cold winter days. I like my mash …
The Twitter bug bit me hard, and I tweet most days, finding new interesting green folks to follow and discovering interesting stories and sites online that I might otherwise have completely missed. This #EcoMonday, instead of tweeting a few names at you, I want to share some recommended follows here where I can use more …
“Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!” – Lewis Carroll Continuing the series of vegetarian food that even non-vegetarians can enjoy (and reduce their carbon footprints accordingly), here’s my roasted butternut soup recipe, a real favourite with my family (secret: neither of my children like butternut, but they both love this soup). Roasted Butternut Soup (serves …
Not being much of a follower of sport I hadn’t heard of the World Games until last week. And why did the World Games pique my attention? Because the stadium that’s being built specially for it in Taiwan is the world biggest solar powered stadium in the world. It’s covered in a staggering 8844 solar …
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