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New urban pocket forests have sprouted around Cape Town in Langa, Mitchells Plain, Bo-Kaap, Pinelands and Philippi. They were planted using the Japanese Miyawaki afforestation technique, transforming vulnerable urban spaces into thriving green spaces that support biodiversity and ecosystem rest.
Cape Town Climate Week 2023 was a weeklong event initiated by the African Climate Alliance (ACA) from 18-22 September. The idea was to break climate justice out of its bubble of being something that only environmentalists cared about and to show the city and its people how these issues affect e.
Lester Kiewit interviews Aghmad Gamieldien, the founder and director of a small-scale pocket farming project, about how we can make our cities greener.