UNDER THE MILKWOOD

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

Durban was always going to be my big challenge a mere four-something months into my year of not buying new clothes. A visit to my

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,

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

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

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.

Black Friday is all set to spark the frenzy of festive season buying: you know, when we spend money we often can’t afford on things

Could giving up buying new clothes be the biggest personal change you can make for the environment? That’s what The Guardian asked in an article on

Seven. It shows up everywhere, from major religions to popular book titles. Naturally, the days of the week, the wonders of the world, the continents