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Cape Town’s indigenous plantlife | Local flora and conservation efforts

Cape Town is one of the most biodiverse cities in the world, and is at the centre of the world’s smallest and richest plant kingdom. The Cape Floristic Region contains over 9000 plant species, and 70% of these are found nowhere else on earth (i.e. they’re endemic)! Table Mountain National Park alone has more recorded …

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Slacklining in Cape Town | Best Slackline Spots in the Mother City

If you are looking for the perfect anchors, or you want to meet up with local slackliners, you’ll want to visit some of Cape Town’s most popular slacklining spots. The Mother City’s abundance of tall trees and expansive lawns make it perfect for beginner to intermediate-length parklines. Our natural spaces in the city are impressively …

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Moving from protest to resistance: a case for non-violent civil disobedience in South Africa’s climate movements

It is incredibly difficult to make people take meaningful action on climate change and biodiversity loss, as has been made clear over the past 30 years. There are arguably two reasons for this: firstly, people often have a natural reluctance to engage with the implications of climate and ecological breakdown. In other words, very few …

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