Book Review: The Urban Homestead by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen July 22, 2009
Posted by Andreas in Book Reviews, Environment, Gardening, Organic Food, Sustainable Living, Urban Agriculture.2 comments
This is a very accessible book for anyone who wants to start to be more self-sufficient in their home. It’s inspirational and covers a lot of ground from growing and preserving your own food, cleaning your house, saving water and electricity and more, all in an environmentally sustainable way, without going into too much detail, which makes it a good starting point for beginners like myself.
The book is not particularly well edited – typos et al abound – but makes up for it by providing a lot of useful information and a very nice resource section at the end. The authors’ approach is largely DIY with an emphasis on keeping things cheap and simple. A great little book.
Beyond Elections documentary screening July 9, 2009
Posted by Andreas in activism, anarchism, Cape Town, Film screening, Politics, Society.add a comment
While You Were Sleeping, the non-profit film collective I’m involved in, is showing a great movie about participatory democracy in action at the old Labia cinema on Orange Street on July19, 20 and 21.
Rock art in the Cederberg July 7, 2009
Posted by Andreas in History, holiday, Life, South Africa.1 comment so far
We spent a couple of days at Bushmans Kloof in the amazing Cederberg mountains last week. I was totally taken by the rock art in the area. There are over 130 individual sites (and many more in the Cederberg as a whole), ranging in age from around 2000 years to as old as 8000 years. Incredible!
The Antidote 