by Cathryn | 18 Mar 2021 | Community, Conservation, Education, Nature, Sustainability
18th of March is Global Recycling Day. At first look one could be cynical and think shouldn’t every day be recycling day? Also, as there doesn’t seem to be a universal “language” of recycling isn’t it difficult to get behind the idea of global recycling? Putting...
by Cathryn | 5 Feb 2021 | Community, Conservation, Education, Nature, Sustainability
This post sees us delving into business and how business models may be changing as capitalism and the might of the big corporation starts to wane. This is a broad topic. In the interests of not being here for pages and pages, I will focus on some specific examples of...
by Cathryn | 15 Jan 2021 | Conservation, Mother Earth, Nature, Sustainability, Wellbeing
People have been asking me about Biodiversity – what it is and why it is so important to a healthy Mother Earth (which includes us, of course). In this post I have curated some resources I use to help address this question – What is Biodiversity and why is it so...
by Cathryn | 5 Dec 2020 | Nature, Reflection, Storytelling
Pure Spaces began as a kernel of an idea in 2007. I was living at Twee Rivieren rest camp in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and working as a volunteer intern for SANParks People and Conservation. At the time I remember being so overwhelmed by the paradox that is...