Today starts our new HOW TO SERIES – on demand by you our readers. How do we take our environmental footprints into our own hands and radically reduce our negative impact on the planet we hope to leave behind to our children in a liveable state? How do we adapt to the realities of the environmental crisis and live with reverence and joy? Every second week we will publish the … [Read more...]
Tasty tales from the Overberg
Environmentalist film production and media agency Green Renaissance has recently closed shop in Cape Town and moved to a tiny off-grid home in the Overberg, along the Cape's South Coast. They continue to produce the most creative short films on topics related to sustainable living, which we will be sharing with your regularly. Here are two from their new series of … [Read more...]
Bringing sustainability back to Greyton
Greyton is a small rural community based in South Africa’s Western Cape. It lies in the foothills of the Riviersonderend Mountains in a dramatically beautiful region known as the Overberg, 140 kms east of Cape Town. In January 2012, Greyton became South Africa's first Transition Town. Inspired by Totnes in Devon, England, UK ex-pat Nicola Vernon undertook training in the … [Read more...]