by Niël du Toit, CEO of Go Sustainable Tourism (GST) Using Cape Town – the Fairest Cape – as gateway, travel South Africa by Kontrei (Region). This refers to using Kontrei glasses when looking at South Africa as it shows itself via the brittle outer layer at the Earth’s surface. South Africa’s amazing geographic diversity […]
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Bioregioning Is Our Future
By Richard Heinberg, Resilience Lately I’ve been reading Andrew Schelling’s Tracks Along the Left Coast, a biography of linguist, anthropologist, and anarchist Jaime de Angulo (1887-1950). De Angulo was a character worth knowing about. His affluent Spanish parents gave him a civilized upbringing in fashionable Paris; nevertheless, he had a wild streak. So, before he […]
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Land reform in South Africa: how new landholders could prosper from wildlife and not just farming
By Hayley Clements, Senior Researcher, African Wildlife Economy Institute and Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University; Alta De Vos, Associate Professor, Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University; Matthew Child, PhD candidate, University of Pretoria; Siviwe Shwababa, Associate Researcher, Rhodes University. First published on January 7, 2026 by The Conversation South Africa has a thriving wildlife […]
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Making Ends Meet: Part 1 – Agri-Tourism
By Leon Hugo, University of Pretoria & Jean Hugo, Tshwane University of Technology The pressing environmental crisis is well-documented and widely recognized (Hugo, M.L. & Hugo, J.O., 2024). A significant global concern is food security, particularly in the context of a rapidly increasing world population. The advent of geoengineering in agriculture has led to a […]
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Paarl Waste and Recycling: Dedication and Sustainability
By Rina Steyn, GST Correspondent TWO YEARS AGO, the current owner of Paarl Waste and Recycle purchased Wykco Recycling and appointed Jacques Boshoff from Ceres as the General Manager of the new company in Donkervliet Street. Jacques was the ideal choice to lead the business. Jacques was the first South African to study landscaping in […]
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12 reasons why plastic recycling is failing so badly
By Jordi Diaz Marcos – Profesor departamento materiales y microscopista , Universitat de Barcelona. First published in The Conversation on February 24, 2026 As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and […]
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Cape Town’s wildflowers are a world treasure: six insights from a new checklist
By Dian Spear – Senior research scientist, Stellenbosch University; Nicola van Wilgen-Bredenkamp – Research associate, Stellenbosch University; Patricia Holmes – Plant ecologist, Stellenbosch University; Ronell R Klopper – Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria; Tony Rebelo – Scientist, South African National Biodiversity Institute. First published in The Conversation on 11 February 2026 CAPE TOWN, IN SOUTH […]
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Namibia and Angola’s remote Ovahimba mountains reveal a haven for unique plants – new survey
By Vera De Cauwer, Associate Professor Natural Resource Management, Namibia University of Science and Technology. First published in The Conversation on October 19, 2023 The Kaokoveld region, covering north-western Namibia and south-western Angola, is one of the remotest areas in southern Africa. Although it’s extremely dry, it is a centre of species endemism: many species […]
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Maintaining natural resilience for a sustainable future
By Prof Leon Hugo, former head of the Department of Geography at Pretoria University. First published in Environatics.co.za Nature maintains a delicate balance between growth and decay. For instance, trees in a forest perpetually grow, yet the total biomass of the forest remains constant. This chapter will delve into the control mechanisms, that serve as […]
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Clearing alien trees can help reduce climate change impact on Cape Town’s water supply
By Petra Brigitte Holden – Researcher, University of Cape Town; Alanna Rebelo – Senior Researcher, Agricultural Research Council; Joyce Kimutai – Climate Scientist, University of Cape Town; Kamoru Abiodun Lawal – Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Science, University of Cape Town; Mark New – Director, African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town; Piotr […]
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