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Friday, 27 November 2009

Green Map for Cape Town

Cape Town Green MapThose who live in Cape Town are the envy of most of the coun­try. It is one of the most spec­tac­u­lar set­tings on the planet, although its unique envir­on­ment is also its most fra­gile asset. It lies in the heart of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, the smal­lest and most diverse of the world's six floral king­doms, is one of few cit­ies in the world with a national park within city lim­its, and is home to two world her­it­age sites — Table Mountain National Park and Robben Island.

Now Cape Town has its own green map to illus­trate its nat­ural beauty, and the myriad green, eco and sus­tain­able options avail­able in the city, whilst encour­aging people to live more sus­tain­ably to pro­tect its vul­ner­able envir­on­ment ... Continued

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues
Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Why support organic and local, and where to get it in Cape Town

Organic Cape Town

Organic Cape Town

Everyone's talk­ing organic and local. Eating organic is obvi­ously a lot bet­ter for you, given the lack of chem­ic­als used in grow­ing the food. But is it always the best choice for the planet? And where do you go to find it?

Organic pro­duce is import­ant. We have spent a great deal of the 20th cen­tury adding syn­thetic chem­cials to our food sup­ply and the organic move­ment is a return to the kind of farm­ing that was 'con­ven­tional' before all this tam­per­ing with our food began ... Continued

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues