Look at a protea and you see a flower. Look closer, and you see an ecosystem. There are flowers we admire because they are beautiful, and there are flowers we admire because - once we understand them - we realise just how extraordinary they are. There are flowers that are useful. There are flowers that…
read moreA reptile in a pigeon hole: ‘If it'd been a snake it would have bit you.’ ‘A snake in the grass.’ ‘Slippery as a snake.’ ‘Snake eyes.’ ‘Venomous words.’ ‘A snake pit.’ ‘Snake oil salesman.’ ‘Forked tongue.’ And ‘coiled with anger.’ Ophidiophobia - the extreme and irrational fear of snakes - has inspired idioms and…
read moreEmojis are not just ornamental; used Use the hashtags #EmojiForProtea, #ProudlyFynbos and #CapeFloralKingdom in your related social media posts. Read and watch content from relevant pages such as
read moreTime in nature is time invested in people. Employee Wellness Week is observed annually by the In one
read moreIf you go back far enough, the story of biodiversity is also the story of astronomy. In the early universe only the light elements such as hydrogen and helium existed. Through immense heat and pressure, the heavier elements that make up organic life - namely carbon, oxygen, calcium, iron and many others - were forged…
read moreThe wind carries no suitcase, yet moves forests, across centuries. From gentle breezes to tempests fierce, air as an animating force in nature and the stuff of breath has always held a secure, if somewhat perplexing position, in human imagination and reverence. Talking about the weather is clichéd as a universal icebreaker. Oscar Wilde called…
read moreWe can never forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one. As go the oceans, so goes the planet. The pioneering French oceanographer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau said that "The ocean is this great unifier. For man, it is the one great hope." After thousands of hours deep-sea diving he also noted…
read more“The hunger for good things usually winds up as starvation," wrote the Nobel Prize-winning poet Czesław Miłosz, born in Lithuania during June 1911 - the conclusive years of the Russian Empire. It’s the paradox of desire: the intense pursuit of our cravings often alienates us from what sustains us. For all of known history, few…
read moreWhen biodiversity has a problem, humanity has a problem. Biodiversity is the living fabric of our planet. It underpins human well-being and its rapid decline threatens ecosystems and society alike. May 22 is the
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