by Cathryn | 5 Jan 2021 | Reflection, Storytelling, Wellbeing
So after putting in the months of work it has taken to put this website together, I took a break over the Christmas/New Year period to rest and reflect. Reading and listening for fun only. Leisurely walks for fun only. As January rolled in I started to look at my task...
by Cathryn | 15 Dec 2020 | Education, Reflection, Storytelling, Wellbeing
In the previous post – Pure Spaces – I shared the values Pure Spaces Education is grounded in. In this post I want to delve a little deeper in how these values came to be. About 7 years ago I came across a book that was to change my life. After reading it I was...
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...