This year marks the kick-off of the United Nations’ (UN) Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (UN Ocean Decade). For those who may be hearing of this for the…
Student uprisings 16 June 1976 (GoodThingsGuy, 2019)What we ought to be commemorating on any given South African Public Holiday is, unsurprisingly, a contentious subject. Many of the events in our…
I am present in this watery time as I write about the concept of freedom. Being present is to draw on what Donna Haraway refers to as ‘staying with the…
Earth Day is said to mark the birth of environmental consciousness and protection in an industrialised western society. On 22nd April 1970, a diverse collection of students, organisations and faith-based…
We are all familiar with sea “amnemonemomnes” …or are we? After the popular family feature, many people would hear “anemone” and envision its large tentacles and resident clownfish. There are…
From a young age my parents instilled in me a deep appreciation and love for nature through leading by example. I knew the names of bushveld birds and trees long…
On Saturday, 19 September 2020 communities around the world came together to collect waste along their coastlines. More than 40 registered cleanups took place In Cape Town and the Overberg…
It's almost International Coastal Cleanup Day! With just under five days to International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICC) on the 19 September; we thought we would give you all the details…