Yes, you read that right. To plalk is to pick up litter while walking. Instead of just shells and shiny pebbles, the bright red, the
Category: Environment
All roads lead to De Rust
… and other true stories The Karoo dorpie of De Rust was a blip on my radar – a stopover town en route to Cape
The green jewel of the east coast
Kwelera National Botanical Garden takes shape We’re standing in the middle of a wetland deep in the cultivated portion of the Kwelera National Botanical
3 fabulous (and free) trails
Being close to nature – especially walking through it – is the number one way that I sustain myself. It clears my busy head, fills
The high stakes of climate change denial
I’m steaming. This is not because the temperature is topping 35C (95F), but because a handful of the cleverest people I know are reciting the
Wilderness man
Connecting with a legend of conservation, Paul Dutton, at his Shangri-La It’s a big and blue day on the beach at Salt Rock on KwaZulu-Natal’s
Evergreen joys
Christmas, for me, is about being with people I care about. On the big Day, we gather to eat together, often under the milkwood trees,
A few of my favourite things
My most favourite things right now are a small inverter, two water tanks and a sense of humour. It’s been hard to keep the latter
I’m planting trees. Are you?
Every single time I do an Internet search, I am planting trees. Yes, you read that correctly. And you might have noticed that I did
Taking a walk with Nomama Mei
Nomama Mei and I are walking, and talking, along the shore of the Kwelera Nature Reserve, now part of the new Kwelera National Botanical Garden.