by Cathryn | 31 Jul 2025 | Anam Ċara, Conservation, Nature, Wellbeing
World Ranger Day 2025: Celebrating the Unseen Heroes Powering Transformative Conservation #RangersDeserveMore My favourite wild guy driven by his Lorax-inspired motto – “if nothing is done, soon there will be only humans, no wild’ Time today to pause...
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 | 26 Feb 2023 | Education, Nature, Sustainability, Wellbeing
The Inner Development Goals Initiative From the website… WhyIn 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals gave us a comprehensive plan for a sustainable world by 2030. The 17 goals cover a wide range of issues that involve people with different needs, values, 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 | 17 Jul 2022 | Community, Conservation, Mother Earth, Nature, Wellbeing
18 July is Mandela Day. The theme for 2022 goes around food security and climate change. The tagline – do what you can, with what you have, where you are. I have been a bit quiet on the blog after posting up a storm during my magical month of May on the Rise of...
