Green Route KZN

12/07/2024

I’m fascinated by survival and climate stories. How the climate chaos around us directly impacts our daily lives and the way climate stories are slowly appearing on our screens, big and small. We’re seeing TV shows and movies reflecting the climate crisis because it is part of our reality in 2024, and it makes sense to see it in what we’re watching.

There’s a cop show on Britbox called After the Flood that builds a whodunnit around a town that gets upturned by a flood. And there’s a new movie on Netflix called Under Paris that takes the existential threat of climate chaos and turns it into a freakishly large shark swimming in the Seine in Paris.

The climate (horror) story genre opens eyes

10/06/2024

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10/06/2024

Have you heard about REKO Notties?
REKO is a Finnish trading movement (meaning "fair consumption”) with the aim of putting customers in direct contact with local producers to have a market of fresh, healthy, local produce while also supporting small scale producers to create a viable enterprise and sustain their ethical/organic production values.

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10/06/2024

Climate change due to global warming is causing more extreme and more frequent extreme weather events.

Residents of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, have described the terror they felt as a tornado tore through the area on Monday, leaving death and destruction in its wake.

30/05/2024

Save the Date: "Walk in the Wild" Event - Sunday, August 25, 2024

📅 Mark your calendars for an unforgettable day in nature! 🌿 Join us on Sunday,25th August for CROW’s second annual "Walk in the Wild" event. 🎉

Immerse yourself in the breathtaking landscapes of the Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve with a brand-new 5km trail walk designed to connect you with the heart of the wild. 🌳👣

Hosted by CROW, this family-friendly event promises adventure, education, and fun! 🏞️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Discover the beauty of our natural world while supporting vital wildlife conservation efforts. 🦁💚

But that’s not all – the excitement continues with our vibrant "Finish Festival" within the reserve! 🎈🎊 Enjoy delicious lunches 🍔🥗 and explore engaging stalls where you can interact with wildlife and conservation experts. 🐾🦉

We can't wait to see you there! 🌟

30/05/2024

🌊 Join Us for World Ocean Day Beach Jam Session🌊

📅 Date: Saturday, 8th June
⏰ Time: 7 - 10 AM
📍 Location: Beachwood Mangroves, Umgeni

Celebrate with us by participating in a meaningful beach clean-up from the Beachwood Mangroves to the Umgeni River Mouth. Enjoy a morning of music, community spirit, and environmental action as we work together to keep our beaches beautiful.

🧤 What to Bring:
• Closed shoes
• Gloves
• Sunblock
• Hat
• Water bottle

Invite your friends and family to join in the fun and make a positive impact on our environment.

Save the date, and we can’t wait to see you there!

Parley for the Oceans Mr Price Foundation Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve Savanna Foundation Toughees Expand a Sign Uzwelo Bags What's on Durban Umgeni Canoe Marathon Kingfisher Canoe Club Soroptimist Durban Surf HQ Surf shop

30/05/2024

Residents of a village in northern KwaZulu-Natal fear being permanently removed from their homes and ancestral land as the mining company Tendele has already started laying the groundwork for three new mines — before the Environmental Impact Assessment and public consultation process have been fin...

28/05/2024

Autumn Abundance: Wild About Weeds

Don't miss this unique opportunity to forage for free food with Nikki Brighton from 31 May to 2 June. Known as the green goddess, foraging fundi and eco-explorer, Nikki will surprise your palate and stimulate your curiosity with her talks and walks on edible weeds.

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09/05/2024

WESSA KZN YOUTH IS 12 YEARS OLD!

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09/05/2024

It’s funny how, although I’ve lived in Cape Town for yonks, on and off, I’ve only just woken up to the fact that we live in a UNESCO World Heritage site: Table Mountain National Park. We live in a city within a national park and a national park within a city. What a privilege. But with privilege comes wildlife and that’s been my wake-up call. Wildlife belongs here, we don’t.







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Good neighbours with baboons and connecting the green dots

09/05/2024

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19/04/2024

I’ve joined a mending circle organised by Extinction Rebellion Cape Town. This is a small scrap heart that I made out of felt and fabric offcuts. I wear it as a brooch. Is it perfect? No. But I love my little offcuts heart.

one stitch at a time

10/04/2024

The grants range in value from R10,000 – R50,000 and aim to spark new narratives about wildlife crime and its broader social context. We hope to raise public awareness of the problems and foster dialogue in the search for solutions.

Environmental journalism agency

10/04/2024

26/03/2024

Restorations and renovations take time - the planning and preparing in our case has gone on for three years - and money. Time we have and the idea is to pay as we go and do as much of the work ourselves: a debt-free slow renovation. After spending lots of money on replacing the asbestos roof, and new and improved insulation it was time for some interior restoration.

Renovation and restoration take team work

12/03/2024

What can you do?

21/01/2024

This was going to be a newsletter reflecting on ‘after the fire’. But the fires seem to flare up daily: If not here then elsewhere in the Cape. So too soon to say ‘after the fire’.

pockets of green

24/12/2023

No one is going to be reading this but what would the year be without a look back? Finally, we have the acknowledgment from COP28 that we’ve been demanding all along: fossil fuels must be phased out (rapidly) if we are to stay within 1.5 degrees of global warming. So what does that mean for you and me? Given that governments have proved themselves to be woefully inadequate for the task at hand I reckon it’s up to us. We can stop eating meat, travel less, and say no to international travel.

more please, no meat

16/12/2023

It was a baking sort of day. I took a bowl, a knife, a chopping board, and a baking tray for my stollen-making morning to Kyoko’s house. Gina from Muizenberg showed us how to make Dresdner stollen, it’s what she makes every December, a reminder of home. There’s no marzipan in Dresdner stollen, but lots of almonds (chopped with my knife, on my board) and almond extract. Flour goes on the board, a well is made in the middle, and into that goes eggs, butter, dried fruit (the cherries!) All the ingredients, apart from some melted butter and icing sugar dusted over the still-warm stollen when it comes out of the oven.

baking break, recipes and killing weeds

07/12/2023

Our very small monthly community market is closing down after more than three years and I’m sad. The market was my lifeline when we moved here and I broke my ankles a month later. I couldn’t physically go to the market but new friends would check in on WhatsApp. ‘Want anything from the market?’ I did. And then they would drop it off or get someone else to drop off my parcel of goodies.

Arthur’s Bakery biscuits, veg samosas from Debbie, jams from The Jam Lady, face treats from Moya Essentials, serum from Karen. But now it’s over. These community gatherings integrated me into Clovelly life. The plant people, bird people, snake people, mountain people, the sea people. Farewell little market.

closure the end of an era

23/11/2023

The award for the most pointless product of the year goes to Kim Kardashian’s ni**le bra. In a double down on greenwashing that’s hard to grasp a percentage of the profit from sales of the nip-bra will go to saving the planet. The fake nips are made from plastic which is made from oil. KK’s ni**le bra idea should have been nipped in the bud. Save the planet, save the ni**le!

saving a shirt

18/11/2023

Go-with-the-Flow
A damaged piece of Shweshwe cloth becomes a tracing board for the community of Clovelly.
Clovelly CAN

A community that stitches together, stays together

15/11/2023

Fossil fuel investments are so last century.
Yet all the major funds have dirty stocks as part of their portfolios, which means we are all funding climate change whether we want to or not.
But did you know, a fossil-free world is now a real, practical possibility, offering the prospect of a cleaner, safer, and more prosperous future?
We believe ordinary investors should have this choice to invest fossil-free.

15/11/2023

Escape to reality in Italy, Portugal and Sicily

09/11/2023

I’m trying to get into some good habits in the morning. Eating breakfast, some breathing, and stretching. Stopping to pause and think: what do I need to do for myself in order to be able to do the next task? Remarkable result: Fewer forgetful low blood sugar events, more organised (not apparent if you look around the house but it’s true).

plant powered coffee for a wakeup call

26/10/2023

Boxes, lots of boxes. Boxes full of possessions were put into the garage three years ago when we moved in. Boxes of mystery and basically I need to ask: do I need what’s in those boxes? This is an existential question. Stay tuned.

when big money talks do governments listen?