by Cathryn | 22 Apr 2023 | Community, Conservation, Mother Earth
22 April – Earth Day. On the United Nations website – International Mother Earth Day. Another day to acknowledge all the wonder and beauty of Mother Nature and all she does for us. Another chance to hear her urgent call for action to make different choices about how...
by Cathryn | 14 Jan 2023 | Community, Conservation
All set to write my first blog post for 2023 with a focus on two years of Pure Spaces. Grateful about what has eventuated in the past year for me in this space and excited about setting intention for the year ahead. Then earlier this week 25 elephants were...
by Cathryn | 24 Sep 2022 | Community, Conservation, Education, Mother Earth
About a month ago, I was privileged to attend the Elephants Alive Nlopfu Gogos Program Exhibition. This is a little reflection I wrote from the day. Posting today as it is Heritage Day here in Mzansi South Africa and it seemed appropriate. A very big thank you goes to...
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...
by Cathryn | 5 Jun 2022 | Conservation, Education, Nature, Storytelling, Wellbeing
For the first part of leg two the Rise of the Matriarch crew was based in Hoedspruit. I travelled a lot here as a child when it was still one or two shops and a petrol station. Today, Hoedspruit is the gateway to central Kruger and a thriving hub for the safari...