A couple of bloodthirsty Orcas might make it safe for us to go back into the water but their killing spree is upsetting the delicate ecosystem and threatening at-risk species
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A Mandela Day hack in the ‘hood
Highly flammable invasive species fuel the fires on Table Mountain and then out-compete the fynbos in the recovery period. Pulling them out is an environmental good … and a great way to process stress and burn calories
Killing the caracals
New research shows how living close to humans is poisoning the few remaining caracals that live in and around the Mother City. A reminder to shop and consume with care
Dazzled … but not in a good way
Study shows how mankind’s shiny and showy, insensitive and wasteful, ways are knocking everything off course. Even the dung beetle has trouble finding its way
Bark stripping in Newlands Forest
Being very low in nutrients, bark has no real value, except to trees. (Like rhino horn really). We have to find a solution (for the people and the trees)
Reusing 10% ‘will halve plastic waste in ocean’
A new report from WEF shows how a tiny change in the re-use of plastics would create a massive shift in what seems like an impossibly huge global problem
Water fight in the Sahel
With Cape Town’s severe drought in mind it is alarming to read in this article from The Conversation about the apparently outsized role of foreign private sector players in discussions over possible responses to the crisis at Lake Chad, including a proposal to divert water from the Congo River
Hoping for healing after the fire
The Rhodes Memorial fire reminds us that homelessness in our city is all of our problem … and how keeping the mountain clear of invasive alien trees can help manage fires
The ‘green city in the sun’ is burning up
That’s the problem with paving over paradise
Kilimanjaro burning
Fires shaped Mount Kilimanjaro’s unique environment. Now they threaten it