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 | 24 Dec 2023 | Reflection
Pure Spaces Education was born into the world at a time of great personal professional upheaval for me. At the time I had no clear sense of where or what. Still not sure, to be honest. The Pure Spaces journey is certainly not a linear one. Recently I heard this...
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 | 14 May 2022 | Anam Ċara, Conservation, Mother Earth, Reflection, Storytelling
Connection is the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard and valued, when they can give and receive without judgement; and when they derive sustenance and strength from relationship. Brené Brown We are a week into the much anticipated Rise...
by Cathryn | 16 Jan 2022 | Anam Ċara, Conservation, Reflection, Storytelling
One year ago, I launched the Pure Spaces Education website. After being made redundant from a conservation education job in 2020, developing and self-publishing this website gave me a chance to learn something new (putting a website together from scratch). It also...
by Cathryn | 11 Dec 2021 | Reflection, Storytelling
This time last year I was putting the finishing touches to this website, getting ready for a January launch. I had no idea what doors this online portfolio would open. Here we are, 2021 is about done and Pure Spaces Education has changed the trajectory of my career....