EcoGnome

22/03/2017

South Africa’s Bill of Rights includes the right to “have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations”. It is fitting that South Africans celebrate Human Rights on the same day as the United Nations’ International Day of the Forests because the right to a healthy environment is enshrined in our Constitution. We will be marking the International Day of the Forests by planting at least 2250 trees nationwide on the day after Human Rights Day - 22nd March 2017. You can get involved by calculating and offsetting your carbon footprint in the link below, or getting your company involved in a tree planting team-building event.

http://www.trees.co.za/carbon-offset/carbon-calculator.html

17/01/2017

30/03/2016

Tim Bennett: What do you want to do with your life? Sit and watch the end of the world with a coke in hand in front of a flat screen TV? Or do you want to be a guardian of a small plot of land, growing your own veg and trying to do what you can to make things better?

07/01/2016

Go India! What great news.

10/12/2015

Diana Ríos, of Peru's Ashéninka people, is in Paris fighting for her people's rights -- while back home, her people are receiving threats from illegal loggers on their land.

10/12/2015

10/12/2015

18/07/2014

The Boophone is a medicinal plant - the papery scales are used to treat ailments but the bulb itself is poisonous- The Bushmen used it for the tips of their arrows.

15/07/2014

Insectivorous: This baboon spider was dismantled by a team of ants in a matter of hours.

14/07/2014

Artichokes - So easy and rewarding to grow - not frost hardy though: Harvest flowers early!

11/07/2014

Thankful to the Japanese Volunteers who came a few years ago - we loved working with you & the gardens you planted are still being harvested!