Digging deeper into the unique connections that people share with nature and the environment.
“Litter clean-ups make me feel so relaxed,” Jamie reveals as we sweep our way across the Makhanda (formally Grahamstown) Botanical Gardens, with yellow gloves and black plastic bags fitted to our hands. This is the third litter clean-up that nature enthusiast and environmentalist, Jamie Ayliffe has organised since coming to Makhanda in 2017 and she is not stopping any time soon. Continue reading “A Voice for Change”
It is just after 07:oo, and whether you are still sweating from your early morning gym session, slightly hungover from last nights festivities or, about to make your way towards your first morning lecture, you need to get your hands on one of Makhanda’s best pick-me-ups: An extra strong, double-shot cappuccino from The Bairsta-Sisa’s coffee shop on the corner of Somerset street.
American author Octavia E. Butler once said: “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.” Continue reading “Why I Write”
The Natural Connection 