The fun of Nature Journaling - why we all need to do it. So... why am I telling you about Nature Journaling? Because somewhere along the way, we became permanently attached to our devices. Not all bad, of course—but in the process, we drifted away from nature. Life...
In the last newsletter we included an infographic on Biosphere Living, and a question of “do we love the biosphere to death” with our actions? Here is a “50/50” type question from a resident Although this style of article is different to those we usually feature in...
Last month, Mike The Owl Box Man, showed us how dangerous it is to put poison out for rodents. Owls suffer from secondary poisoning after eating those rodents and other poisoned prey. He asked us to stop using poison and consider using humane animal traps. At his...
It was World Bee Day on 20 May. The theme for World Bee Day is ”Bee together for People and Planet – A partnership that sustains us all”. To celebrate this day at our BBC4thSATURDAY event on 25 May, we hosted Lourens and Dylan Kruger from the Cape Honey Bee...
On behalf of the Ratepayers Association my job is to assist our members in all queries and concerns related to respecting and preserving our biosphere way of life. Our request for reducing the speed to 60km/h on the 10.4 kilometres of Clarence Drive through our...
ERF 4030: Crassula Lifestyle Gardens & Botanical Walk Current discussions with the directorate: Property Management of the Overstrand Municipality is progressing well, ensuring that we stay in line with the Lease agreement to achieve the proposed plan for...
The Hangklip Botanical Society (NPC) trading as the Kogelberg Branch of the Botanical Society of South Africa is doing amazing work. See notes re: The achievements of the Hackers over the past month The Bookshop turnover for this past financial year which has...
Twenty-seven volunteers met on a drizzly and windy day at the parking area on the western side of Malkopvlei (Bass Lake) to continue with the removal of the Waterbessie trees which have invaded the wetland on its northern side. This was the third hack here this year....
We see it happen so often. New residents arrive with a un-informed idea of what living in the Kogelberg Biosphere is all about. Houses pop up that make us groan in dismay at how inappropriate they are and how they have destroyed the fynbos. New owners face challenges...
This may sound like a daft question, but it is worth considering. Humankind is the only creature on earth that can and has destroyed swathes of nature and large-scale ecosystems. We may have been nature lovers in big cities within environments that were heavily...