November 2019 – ReStory

To survive first we must heal the land, then the planet

November 25, 2019January 15, 2021 admin

ReStory narrator: James Blignaut [This article was first published by The Daily Maverick. The article can be found here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-24-to-survive-first-we-must-heal-the-land-then-the-planet/]

General Thought corner

The promised presidential investment in agriculture needs to heal the land and its people

November 22, 2019November 25, 2019 admin

ReStory narrator: James Blignaut [This article was first published by The Daily Maverick. The article can be found here: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-12-the-promised-presidential-investment-in-agriculture-needs-to-heal-the-land-and-its-people/]

General Urban renewal

Greening of urban areas: restoring a building site to bring nature back

November 18, 2019January 15, 2021 admin grassland, natural veld, resprout, soil restoration, urban renewal

It is indeed up to each one of us to play a part in restoring and conserving the precious heritage of our natural veld and soil. And it is not impossible and difficult to make it a lifestyle. It is richly rewarding.

General Urban renewal

Residents prefer improved urban green spaces – Addis Ababa

November 18, 2019January 15, 2021 admin Addis Ababa, multi-use parks, urban green space, urban renewal, willingness to pay

Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia and urbanisation is increasing and unsustainable. This creates pressure on urban green spaces, negatively affecting the beauty and attractiveness thereof and threatening the ability of these spaces to provide ecological, social and economic functions.

Biodiversity, nature, climate General

Pienaars River: Camdeboo National Park

November 4, 2019January 15, 2021 admin Camdeboo National Park, Pienaars Rivier, training

ReStory narrator: Ken Coetzee The Pienaars Rivier project is one of many undertaken by the now retired manager of the

Economic General

Restoration in Africa – a brief encounter

November 4, 2019January 15, 2021 admin Africa, hunger, maize, Moolmanshoek, soil health, sustainable production

ReStory narrator: Willie Nel Following the development of a Low-Cost Production Strategy at Moolmanshoek during the 1980s, I eagerly pursued

General

Wisdom of the Ages

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 admin

Two weeks ago the man who some describe as a founding father of Regenerative Agriculture was in South Africa giving a number of Master Classes. It was a privilege to sit for two days and listen to a man who has a global following but doesn’t want to be guru; who has enormous experience but admits he doesn’t know all the answers; who doesn’t believe that his way is the only way, but who does want to share his experience; who shared his belief of how farming should be a marriage with nature, approached as one approaches a responsive lover, not as a warrior engages with an enemy.

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