Offsetting your carbon emissions by planting trees: what you need to know, how to get involved, and…Written by Thekla Teunis (Grounded), with contributions by Leah Wolfe and Ethan Soloviev (How Good), and great advice from Daniel Fourie…Aug 31, 2021Aug 31, 2021
The ‘direct trade’ fairytale, and why agriculture needs a new kind of middlemanMiddlemen have a bad reputation. When you hear the term, your mind probably conjures a cabal of greedy traders sitting between poor farmers…Jun 15, 20211Jun 15, 20211
A lesson in humility: what it really takes to restore our degraded ecosystemsSitting in an office, you can try to calculate the costs of the climate crisis, the value of nature conservation, or the true price of a…Nov 17, 20202Nov 17, 20202
Here’s why we can’t agree on what’s worse: the cure or the diseaseHuman beings are not rational when it comes to decisions about life and death. We try to figure out whether lockdown regulations should be…May 11, 2020May 11, 2020
When solidarity isn’t just a nice wordI have written two blogs on the COVID-19 situation in South Africa, and felt after the second blog that perhaps I was ‘done’. But as the…Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Here’s how to help out while you’re locked downSitting at home, being locked down, watching the virus infections going up every day all over the world, is quite depressing. This blog is…Mar 31, 2020Mar 31, 2020
Self-isolating? Here’s a story from South Africa to make you feel grateful and a bit uncomfortableBeing from the Netherlands whilst living in South Africa reminds me every day of how incredibly privileged I am. The stark inequality here…Mar 20, 20201Mar 20, 20201
