Brad is an accountant with nearly 20 years of senior financial management experience in the SMME business sector. He has recently "seen the light" and is in the process of shifting from a profit-only focus to a more sustainable vision. He is passionate about human transformation and believes ordinary, connected people will be the ones to bring about real change in the world. He is happy to work on a freelance basis in the Cape Town area for any organisation/business in the environmental industry.

Growing up in Zimbabwe on a wildlife farm, Tara has a passion and great respect for nature. Moving to Cape Town in 2007, she has training in permaculture and sustainable design and began a career in edible landscaping and green coaching. Tara assists with writing and sales and marketing. She has 4 years recent sales and marketing experience and loves connecting people and nature through her work.

Reliance Compost - Growing Greener Generations with a passion for quality, superior customer service and constant improvement of the current state of the environment.

Reliance Compost is of the highest quality and is produced from pure green garden refuse, with no other additives. The product is certified by an internationally accredited certification body as being 100% organic. Reliance reduces Greenhouse Gas emissions by about 80 000 tons a year.

The nebulous greenhouse gas (GHG) issue comes to the fore every now and then. Who doesn’t get uneasy about the effects of global warming and the impact it can have on our lives? Most people tend to dismiss the warnings, but luckily there are some who take it more seriously once they understand the extent of the threat.

In late January and again in the second week of March, the sun lashed out in a bit of a temper tantrum, on both occasions sending out a powerful interplanetary coronal mass ejection whose full effects reached Earth in a few days. We got lucky: Nothing much happened, and the resulting space weather storm didn’t pack as big a punch as expected.

Support WWF's global eco-friendly campaign, Earth Hour, with a special lantern that has been designed to hold a single candle, so users can switch out the lights at 8.30pm on Saturday 31 March 2012, for 60 minutes.

Rachel is currently a junior lecturer in the Journalism Program at the University of Pretoria, while studying to complete an honours degree in International Relations. She finds the politics of environmental issues fascinating.

Adel is proudly Capetonian, with a BA from Stellenbosch University and an Honours degree in Media from the University of Cape Town. She is passionate about wildlife and has volunteered in conservation at various places. Therefore, she loves writing about the environment. She is also fond of writing about the Mother City.

Mark Allen brings over 20 years business experience, much of it at National management level, and with particular focus on all the sales disciplines. This was gained in numerous industries, including corporate banking, foodstuffs, building materials, timber, LPG gas, electronic outdoor advertising and more recently in the GREEN movement.

Elma switched on to the precarious future of the planet in 1990, when she crafted her first green column "Nurturing Nature" in the Eikestadnuus newspaper in Stellenbosch, coupled with various social/environmental initiatives in the area. She worked in community empowerment and adaptation, followed by corporate and environmental training and coaching. In 2003 she was asked to do a second green column, this time "Living Green" in the Bolander newspaper, before launching the Green Times dedicated green newspaper in December 2008. Elma now runs the Green Times, trains eco journalists and, time permitting, writes stories - see here.

Affordable and fully equipped self-catering cottages where you will experience tranquility, romance and privacy in authentic, eco-friendly cottages on the edge of the Knysna forest, where delicately living green meets multi-award-winning standards and service. A peaceful base from which to explore all the attractions and activities the area has to offer; or you can stay close and enjoy the secluded cola-coloured rock pools, forest walks, mountain biking trails, birdwatching.

Sway away your cares in a hammock, get still in their meditation corner, have sundowners with the fireflies, braai under the stars to the evocative calls of frogs and nightjars, or cuddle up to your fireplace with a dvd or good book. Come discover the soul-renewing Magic of the Forest...

For more information or to book your stay, contact Ronel via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , visit www.forestedge.co.za or read more about the food forest on Facebook.

Finding a solution to the short-term interests and ongoing unsustainable practices driving our societies and economies is a recurring issue. Few innovative ideas have emerged, fewer are being fully implemented and, as a consequence, we are exceeding planetary boundaries, threatening the security and wellbeing of those around us and those who follow us.

As a passionate photographer, activist, artist, designer, writer, public speaker and eco warrior, David Devo Oosthuizen is devoted towards aiding Wildlife-and-Environmental Conservation in Africa using his talents, passion and experience. He is the founder of the Activist & Conservation Photography movement “Devographic: Activism through the lens” and lives for making a real measurable difference.

With less than a week to go until WWF’s Earth Hour, several ambassadors have lent their support to this year’s I Will If You Will (IWIYW) campaign.

After four years of thoughtful, creative and spiritual work, St John the Baptist congregation in Pinetown has registered as a SAFCEI Eco-Congregation. The Rector, the Revd. Dr Andrew Warmback, and Dot Saunders, a stalwart environmentalist, have championed the process.

The rhino is being hunted into extinction and could disappear forever unless we act now. Shocking new statistics show more than 440 rhinos were brutally killed last year in South Africa alone - a massive increase on five years ago when just 13 had their horns hacked off.

“Fracking no, fracking never! Clean energy, now and forever!” chanted about 140 protestors from various communities in Cape Town, as they took to the street on Human Rights Day, to protest against plans that Royal Dutch Shell and other companies have to explore for shale gas in the Greater Karoo Basin.

Death and funerals, topics we generally prefer not to think about, are an inevitable reality for us all. And an important question to ask ourselves is: Would I want to turn a loved one or myself into pollution when they or I pass on?

If you’re not passionate about the earth, don’t bother to do the 5 hour trip from Cape Town to Forest Edge along the Knysna forest. Although it is a multi-award-winning resort with very well equipped and serviced cottages, this is ultimately a Nature Lovers’ Retreat.

As the world commemorates International Women’s Day today, women around the globe are speaking out on various issues that affect them. In light of recent natural disasters and calamities in the Philippines, women are increasingly citing climate change as one of their most pressing concerns.