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What the sleuth turned up - dissatisfaction with standard of living and inequality may go hand in hand

Been doing some sleuthing, thanks to a good question on my post of a couple of days ago. https://media.giphy.com/media/3orieUe6ejxSFxYCXe/giphy.gifgif source As...

Self-discovery, or finding my inner Gen Z

Yesterday morning, our local radio station featured an interview with two Chinese-South Africans and one of the first questions the interviewer (who really love...

Continuing the good African news story

A couple of days ago, I shared some surprisingly good news about Africans getting out of extreme poverty - the news goes completely against what we expect from ...

Good idea for kids at local South African retailer

Sustainability comes in many guises. Corporates helping families get their kids to eat better is perhaps a less common sustainability initiative, but that's pre...

Good news - the world is getting better for a lot of people, including Africans

Finish this sentence in your head, or with those around you. "In the last 30 years the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty has...." Now...

Kiligirl's a lepidopter-geek

While I was waiting for the experts to come and plant Herbert the River Bushwillow on Monday, I noticed a butterfly flying rather oddly in the tallish grass nea...

Scenes from my afternoon walk today

In my continuing efforts to satisfy the Medical Aid deity, I look for pleasant ways to get my ten thousand minimum steps, and our little suburb is simply a beau...

Gift Tree

Last week I introduced you to a young River Bushwillow tree (also known as a combretum) given to @tim-beck and me by a friend who rather than wanting to receive...

Today is World Water Day

Every 22 March is a special day, as it's World Water Day. Without water, we humans wouldn't be on this planet, so it's something to be deeply grateful for and t...

Alien invasion on Human Rights Day

Our neighbourhood is quietly and systematically being invaded by aliens. Can't see them? Gosh, how well they blend in! I'm talking about plants that just appear...

Introducing Levi Draheim, 11 year old environmental activist

If I've given you the impression that Greta Thunberg (see list of posts I've written about her recently at the end of this article) is the only child activist o...

Awesome birthday celebration idea

On Saturday morning, @tim-beck and I joined friends and family of one of our dearest friends for his 60th birthday celebration in Pretoria. There were a few unu...

Climate Strike 15 March 2019 - a roaring success!

Given the importance of the issue and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg's effectiveness at mobilising young people in support of her climate change fight...

Mass shooting at mosques in New Zealand - hate will not win

Words cannot express my sorrow today. Image source I went to bed in South Africa last night uplifted and excited by news that the 15 March global student climat...

Greta Thunberg has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

Oh. My. Greatness. The Nobel Peace Prize. The day before hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren that she has mobilised since first starting her protest alone i...

Tulip tree in Lusaka

Nearly two weeks ago I wrote about the African tulip tree growing in our garden. I spent last week in Lusaka, Zambia's capital city, and was treated to streets ...

Striking for climate justice

Fridays for FutureImage source A movement that started with one determined teenage activist has snowballed into a global movement in less than a year. https://m...

Doofus is as Doofus does

I can occasionally get a teeny bit OCD - I like for things to be in their place, especially for things like credit cards to be in the "correct" section of my wa...

On the nature and purpose of beauty

The last couple of days I've been musing on naturally-occurring things which are beautiful - two days ago it was an African Tulip Tree, and yesterday it was the...

African Sacred Ibis

Yesterday I was enamoured of a tree, and today, oh fickle me, it's a bird. The African Sacred Ibis I even bought a painting of them, I like them so much. Painti...