Anti-fracking Petition to SA Government

By on January 20, 2012 in environment, sustainability, water

We have written briefly about fracking here and here. What are your thoughts on it? Is it a viable energy source? Too much of an environmental risk? So says the reader who sent in this link to an anti-fracking petition… Do you agree with what is written below? mol-d In South Africa, the government is considering whether to remove the [...]

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Trees for Zambia

Trees for Zambia

By on January 19, 2012 in garden

For 3 weeks in July 2012, Greenpop is hosting a reforestation and conservation education project in Livingstone, in partnership with Zambezi Nkuku.  Zambia has the second highest deforestation rate in the world! In an effort to fight this drastic deforestation, Greenpop is planting 5,000 to 10,000 trees in Livingstone and spreading education. Interested in volunteering? [...]

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French Tomatoes - ooh lala!

Why granny’s tomatoes are great!

By on January 17, 2012 in food

A tomato should  be round and red – right?  Actually, wrong.  Some tomatoes are red and round, others are yellow and oval, while others are lumpy and black.  Tomatoes have been especially bred over the past 50 years to conform to the red and round stereotype (I blame the Americans), at the cost of diversity [...]

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Honeybee problem nearing a ‘critical point’

By on January 17, 2012 in insects, sustainability

  Anyone who’s been stung by a bee knows they can inflict an outsized pain for such tiny insects. It makes a strange kind of sense, then, that their demise would create an outsized problem for the food system by placing the more than 70 crops they pollinate — from almonds to apples to blueberries — in [...]

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Invitation to Open Forum on Grey Water Re-use

By on January 16, 2012 in environment, garden

Imagine Durban project would like to invite you to a Open Forum on Grey Water Re-use. Speakers include Nick Alcock from Khanyisa Projects, and Dr Nicola Rodda from UKZN who will be able to tell you more on the re-use of grey water to reduce water consumption and support household food gardens. Details Date: 25 [...]

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