This is the title of a comprehensive and unusual gardening book and an all-round treasure for the environmentally conscious gardener.
Deforestation is just one of many crises facing the world. It is closely related to environmental crises such as climate change. Modern human relationships with nature are profoundly dysfunctional and, on the current trajectory, can only lead to a global ecological catastrophe.
“There is another reality that we can personally discover....we are not alone," says Michael Harner.
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf has become an Honorary Councillor of the World Future Council (WFC).
Nature as teacher is the main principle behind The Center for Ecoliteracy's publication 'Smart by Nature - Schooling for Sustainability.. This requires thinking in terms of systems - one of nature's basic characteristics.
The Proteus Initiative is privileged to host Craig Holdrege of The Nature Institute, upstate New York, to participate and teach in 'Discovering how a genuinely holistic perspective affects our thinking with respect to every aspect of environmental concern' in August 2011.
There are still people who believe that economy and ecology are mutually exclusive systems. How then did the earth thrive for so many millions of years?
More than 300 community members from Paarl-based township Mbekweni participated in an extensive tree-planting initiative, launched by KWV yesterday. 500 fruit trees were planted as the first phase of a project that aims to establish 2 670 trees in the next year.
Backsberg Wine Estate and Starke Ayres Garden Centre came up with a novel way to encourage tree planting last month.
With the purchase of a case of wine from the Backsberg Tasting Room during September, people had the option of taking home either a Halleria lucida tree or a voucher for Starke Ayres in Cape Town. The latter, in turn, gave away a bottle of Backsberg Chenin Blanc 2009 with every tree purchased.
Pressures on our natural capital, such as alien plant species, water pollution and overuse of resources, have caused a chain reaction of negative effects threatening our agricultural sector. Whether it is visible like sedimentation in our dams, or less visible such as fewer effective pollinators, the impact is enormous.
Guerrilla gardening is the art of altruistic horticultural intervention - gardening for the greater good, if you will. It can take place anywhere, but let's be honest ' there's less reason for well-meaning gardeners unknown to be plugging seedlings into roadsides in the gamadoelas than there is in the inner city, where a little foliage goes a long way to brightening up otherwise dreary streets.
There is 'hidden' economic value in protecting forests ' people and animals that depend on the forests. When they are protected, sustainable economies develop, and climate change is stopped.
Become a Climate Buddy and help us find out. Average temperatures worldwide have increased by 1oC in the last century and are predicted to rise another 5oC by 2100.
Outdoor Site_Specific Art (or Land Art) combines natural elements like landscaping, permanently sculptured elements, rocks, sticks, soil and plants to create artworks which heighten and challenge appreciation of the beauty of our natural surroundings. Although in time the artworks will be reclaimed by the environment, traces remain to challenge the interpretation and enjoyment of the site and to highlight man's transitory role in nature.
"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river." - Ross Perot
The African Renaissance team have no doubt been in the river getting their hands dirty this past year and the hard work, dedication and vision of 'Green TV Team' is starting to bear fruit. Yesterday, at the 22nd annual SAB Environmentalist and Environmental Journalists of the Year Awards, African Renaissance Productions were honoured with a merit award in the Radio and Television Category for its series, The Nature of Change.
'Heal our planet, nurture nature and all her creatures' the words of the bright mural stood out from the kaleidoscope of birds, flowers, trees, stars, leopard and antelope. I was amazed to see such a beautiful mural at the back of the garden of the Sunlight Gallery in the sleepy town of Graskop, Mpumalanga. The artist, Griet van der Meulen wandered past and I asked if I could take a photograph of the mural. I explained that I am an environmentalist, a term that I dislike in the sense that it implies that others are not, and she replied 'off course' and proceeded to show me other artworks. 'Wait', I said and rushed to the car, grabbed my video camcorder and rushed back.
