How do female writers portray nature in works of fiction and essays? How does culture color that perspective? Nature writing has long been the domain of primarily white male writers. Today, women are staking their claim on the genre in original ways. How does their perspective enrich what the Scottish author Kathleen Jamie has called …
In episode 2 of the More Trees Please series, Dan meets writer Zakiya Mckenzie and discusses finding peace in nature. Please join the growing call for #MoreTreesPlease: http://friendsoftheearth.uk/trees
BBC Bristol’s Ujima Pick of the Week with Dj Style and Nia featured a clip from the Grio Sound radio programme, April 2019. On this episode travel/nature writer Nick Hunt joins Zakiya Mckenzie to chat about his treks, work as a writer and his new book work of gonzo ornithology, The Parakeeting of London. Nick is an editor …
The city’s Corridor of Freedom plans to go through this area in its bid to develop Johannesburg as an easily commutable city. It hopes to dismantle the spatial and social legacy of apartheid characterised by racial segregation by creating easily accessible, high-density developments to break down the barriers of isolation and exclusion.
The trees in our suburbs serve many purposes. They beautify our communities and release oxygen while offsetting carbon dioxide. They also moderate the climate by regulating the effects of the sun, wind and rain. What’s more is that trees and the soil they root in help to absorb run-off water associated with stormy weather.
Angus Gunn and the handkerchief tree MONTGOMERY PARK – Retired horticulturalist Angus Gunn gives a byte of history about the Johannesburg Botanic Gardens. September 11, 2013 The handkerchief tree (Davida involucrata) is easily recognized by its nut The next time you are in one of Joburg’s parks or gardens, reflect on the tree you’re sitting …
Greenpeace leads the solar panel rooftop revolution RICHMOND- Greenpeace demonstrates how to get rid of your electricity bill. November 12, 2013 KEEPING COOL: Greenpeace Africa staff members Irene Wabiwa, Restley Sebolela, Mike Baillie, Tracey Moyo and Lerato Tsotetsi in front of their solar-powered offices in Richmond. How about not doling out hundreds of rand to …
Come and see entire communities running on hydroelectricity with coconuts as the main resource for oil, petrol, soap and more. The Bouganville Revolution did that!