Water is a complex topic worldwide, but particularly in a water-scarce and unequal country like South Africa. Our towns and cities are facing increasingly severe water shortages. While some of these problems relate to ageing infrastructure and municipalities that are unable to keep up with rapi.
I went freediving in a kelp forest with the narrator from My Octopus Teacher – here s what I learned
Pippa de Bruyn shares her profound experience on a seaforest tour with the man behind the best documentary feature in this year s Oscars
Behind the scenes filming of My Octopus Teacher
We met on a perfect Cape spring morning, the sun sparkling off an uncharacteristically calm Atlantic. Craig Foster, tall and lithe, limbering up on one of the granite boulders that bookend the Cape Peninsula beaches. Me, unfit and flabby, attempting to touch my toes. Wondering what the hell I was doing, wasting the time of the kelp forest guru.
Non-Profit Organization Connects SA Children to the Sea Children snorkeling in the Pristine Marine Protected area Windmill Beach. 1 month ago 5 min read
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Cape Town based environmental non-profit organization, I AM WATER, has partnered with renowned sport foundation, Beyond Sport, and five other international sporting organisations, in a global, “Sport for Climate Action Collective Impact Campaign”, using sport to raise awareness about key environmental issues and sustainability. Each of the organisations involved will run a campaign that contributes to the greater goals in terms of their sporting code in their respective countries.
I AM WATER will drive an awareness and fundraising campaign from South Africa, that includes a call to members of the public to sponsor chil
By BBC Travel 5 March 2021
Growing up on a horse farm outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Hanli Prinsloo dreamed of being a mermaid – never mind that the closest ocean was a 10-hour drive away. After a friend introduced her to freediving at university, Prinsloo turned her childhood dreams into reality, plunging 60m into the ocean s depths and holding her breath for six minutes while breaking 11 South African freediving records.
50 Reasons to Love the World - 2021
Why do you love the world? Because just before the world got turned on its head, I spent a week in [South Africa s] blue water with wild dolphins at seven months pregnant, and through their echolocation, they could see my baby girl, surrounding me, scanning, clicking and celebrating this new life inside me, reminding me of just how magical this blue planet truly is.