Flatfoot Dance Company in association with the Durban Botanic Gardens Trust, presents “The Cleansing” with Iain ewok Robinson at the Botanic Gardens from 20 to 24 April at 6pm each evening. In The Cleansing, Flatfoot Dance Company journeys into the heartland of Earth issues using this performance moment to negotiate the true meaning of ecology – the connectedness of human … [Read more...]
Mqeku Picnic Site: an ideal spot for family outings
Head for the great outdoors, enjoy the early-winter crisp weather and discover somewhere new: visit the Mqeku Picnic Site - a magical unexplored playground only 20 minutes from Hillcrest in the heart of the Valley of 1000 Hills. With Youth Day and Father’s Day both coming up in the next fortnight – families may be looking for interesting things to do together. Mqeku … [Read more...]
Great events planned for this year’s Earth Hour
Earth Hour 2015 will be held on Saturday 28 March between 8.30PM and 9.30PM in your local time zone. The event is held worldwide towards the end of March annually, encouraging individuals, communities households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet. Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007 … [Read more...]
Foxglove organic stories Part 2: Up to my elbows
This month I am up to my elbows in other people's business! Not by my choosing because firstly, it has nothing to do with me and secondly, I already have 3 full-time jobs! Farm living is not strictly about farm life. I ended up catering for a friend's birthday picnic as the only other options were ridiculously expensive or grocery store platters of sausage rolls and oily … [Read more...]
Creative ways with waste
Polystyrene got lumped with 'bad plastics' in the old days before it was recycled in our country. Today there are still those who don't understand that any product which you personally make sure is recycled, is green. So most of the time the essential ingredient in the story of waste is not what material you're using, but how you personally decide to handle it once you're … [Read more...]