KwaJongi Langa Agroecology and Forest Research Centre

A serious question for 2026.

How do we generate enthusiasm about the beauty of nature and understand the relationship between the biodiversity and health?

Many young people see no future outside of cities and technology and if they choose to stay in rural areas risk exploitation and lack of health, education and other choices.

We have been quietly working on the project, had some help from our first professional volunteer and made significant progress, especially on reducing the amount of Lantana.

This year we will do more outreach and publish more on the website: https://kjarc.co.za

"The work of attempting to ‘be the change’ is useful irrespective of whether a degrowth economy is ever successfully created. This is because the same practices, values and attitudes that are seeking to create a degrowth economy, are almost always the same things that will help build resilience if the existing system continues to deteriorate or even collapse over coming years and decades.”

“So again, we should aim for sustainability, but may have to settle for resilience. Either way, efforts of resistance and renewal will not be wasted.”

— Dr Samuel Alexander.

Insects can turn waste into valuable plant and animal nutrition.

has recently begun engaging in wider organic waste management and recycling activities, beyond the sole focus on food waste we've had to date.

This includes managing a number of garden waste transfer stations in East London, with a strong focus on waste diversion from landfill and instead, turning these otherwise wasted resources into valuable compost and other products.

We're really excited about this next leg of our journey that will lead us to broader participation in the waste sector, as well as broader input supply into the agricultural sector.

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Natures Rampant plants are suggesting solutions for us and giving us clues about how to survive and how not to manage the landscape, as they thrive in damaged ecosystems.