Forage your garden (Photo: https://instagram.com/rockandvole) The father of structural anthropology, Claude Lévi-Strauss, was not known as a gardener. Rather his claim to fame was the idea that culture—as identified through archetypes and myths—was structured around binary oppositions such as raw vs. cooked, edible vs. inedible, and, in Trumpian America, truth vs. alternative facts (also known as lies). The […]
Gardeners are saving the world (Photo: https://priscilladupreez.mypixieset.com/). While the impact of climate change is more visible than ever, decisions to limit carbon emissions at COP26 have, yet again, been neutered by the leaders of large carbon emitting countries. Lead by India, China and South Africa, a stronger “phasing out of coal” commitment was changed to a weaker “phasing down of […]
20 Easy Things you can do to recycle your food waste Food waste is the last recyclable. If food waste was a country, it would be the third largest emitter of green house gases (behind China and the United States of America). When food waste rots in a landfill it emits methane which is 22 times […]
What’s up with feeding swill — food waste — to pigs? (Photo by Nicolas Castez on Unsplash) Feeding food waste to pigs is a widespread waste management strategy in South Africa. In general it is cheap, pigs are fed and the waste doesn’t go to landfill. It’s a win win. Or is it? In South Africa the biggest […]
Autumn leaves It’s that time of year again. Nights are longer. The days shorter. And getting out of bed is becoming more and more difficult. Autumn is here! But before we start looking forward to the start of Spring by hunkering down under a duvet and a hot water bottle, we must celebrate Nature’s Bounty. […]
52 Easy Things you can do to live a more planet friendly life Often times we feel that the climate crisis is too big, too scary and too difficult to solve. However, we believe that a lot of us — you and me — doing small good things can have a massive impact. “52 Easy […]
Waterfall walks the green talk! We are so proud that our industrial composting machines have been installed at Waterfall City. The IVC will take food waste from residents, businesses as well as from the Mall of Africa.
Can food waste become compost within 48 hours (or less)? Photo by Djim Loic on Unsplash There are an increasing number of table top or industrial machines which claim to turn, usually, food waste into compost within 24 to 48 hours. The claim, generally, is that Machine X will turn kitchen scraps into “compost” within 12/24/48 hours because […]
Composting is a key weapon against climate change This summer’s excessive temperatures and rampant fires in Europe and Canada have (how many reminders and examples do us humans need?) again highlighted that climate change is no longer a theory about the future. But is here. Right now. We are now living within the predicted climate […]
Tips for a “Zero Waste Braai”
