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The green jewel of the east coast
21 October 202126 October 2021 Janette Bennett

The green jewel of the east coast

Eastern Cape, Environment, Garden, Trees, Wild things

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 Garden. But there is no water, just a thick covering of invasive solanum, ready to

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3 fabulous (and free) trails
5 February 20205 February 2020 Janette Bennett

3 fabulous (and free) trails

Ambles, Environment, Sustainable living, Wilderness

Being close to nature – especially walking through it – is the number one way that I sustain myself. It clears my busy head, fills me with energy and lifts my mood. Whether it’s the physical exertion or closeness to

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The high stakes of climate change denial
16 January 2020 Janette Bennett

The high stakes of climate change denial

Environment

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 narrative that climate change is nothing alarming, just part of the normal cycle of Earth’s

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Wilderness man
8 January 202014 January 2020 Janette Bennett

Wilderness man

Environment, People, Trees, Wild things, Wilderness

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 North Coast, the kind when the air shimmers and you can see right through the

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I’m planting trees. Are you?
5 December 20196 December 2019 Janette Bennett

I’m planting trees. Are you?

Environment, Technology, Trees, Work-life

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 not say, “Every time I Google.” That’s because I changed my Internet browser from Google

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Freeing ourselves from supporting harm
15 November 20198 September 2020 Under the milkwood

Freeing ourselves from supporting harm

Environment, Reinvention, Slow fashion, Sustainable living

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 the growing number of people moving away from fast fashion to second-hand clothing. I came

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Go native
23 August 20126 December 2019 Under the milkwood

Go native

Eastern Cape, Environment, Garden, Trees, Wild things

Down here in South Africa, especially along the coast, we seem to have a perpetual fixation with palm trees. I know, I know … we’re trying to evoke a sense of being on a tropical island. Or something. But it’s

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Familiar comfort
1 April 20126 December 2019 Under the milkwood

Familiar comfort

Eastern Cape, Garden, Life, Trees

The milkwood tree has been a constant in my life for as long as I remember. The trees grow prolifically in the coastal dune forests of the Wild Coast in the former Transkei “bantustan”, where I grew up. As we

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