by Cathryn | 24 Oct 2024 | Anam Ċara, Conservation, Mother Earth, Nature, Storytelling, Wellbeing
It is a calm, overcast morning, with a refreshing ambiance lingering in the air after the spring rains. I sit here, coffee in hand, gazing over the hills of Zululand, listening to this enchanting world awaken. The valleys resonate with the melodies of birds –...
by Cathryn | 8 Feb 2024 | Anam Ċara, Community, Conservation, Nature, Reflection
This post is a collaboration between Cathryn Gill & Graham Adams In the heart of mystical Zululand, a pioneering community conservation project is taking shape. Loziba Wildlife Reserve promises to be a wildlife safe haven, the perfect habitat for iconic keystone...
by Cathryn | 31 Jul 2023 | Anam Ċara, Conservation, Nature, Storytelling
Field Rangers and Guides are probably the most underappreciated of Conservation Heroes. Without Rangers and Guides – their passion and dedication to both protecting wildlife and unlocking the power of Nature’s story for us – wildlife and wild spaces and...
by Cathryn | 28 Oct 2022 | Anam Ċara, Storytelling, Wellbeing
So many of my blog posts this year have been me-focused. My year of adventure. My dream of Pure Spaces evolving from passion project into purposeful career being realised. It is true to say that, for this phase of my life at any rate, I am a walking example that my...
by Cathryn | 27 Sep 2022 | Anam Ċara, Nature, Reflection, Wellbeing
Woop woop… woop woop…. There’s an African Hoopoe calling from a nearby tree this morning . A Southern Masked Weaver is finding grass to weave his nest as spring sets in properly here in the Southern Hemisphere. There’s also a Bokmakierie, Cape Robin-Chat and a...
by Cathryn | 9 Jun 2022 | Anam Ċara, Conservation, Nature, Sustainability
THE GREAT GREY GREEN GREASY LIMPOPO RIVER ALL SET ABOUT BY FEVER TREES. Rudyard Kipling Here we are. My final post for the Rise of the Matriarch expedition 2022. Our last stop on this epic adventure was Limpokwena. This is a private reserve on the banks of the Limpopo...
