The Problem
South Africa is a country with stark opposites. On the one hand our eating habits tip the scales to us becoming one of the most obese populations in the world and on the other hand one third of all food produced in South Africa goes to waste, while more than 11 million hungry people are living without the fundamental security of regular meals. The Western Cape is in the worst drought crisis ever. Our landfills are full to overflowing. We aim to educate children at an early level to become stewards of the earth and to live their lives in radiant good health.
These is a charge for each of these workshops, but we are looking for sponsorships for children in the underprivileged schools in our city so that they may also attend them.
Our Plan
We offer educational activities to children and youth. These are advertised in schools, magazines and newpsapers, facebook, by word-of-mouth and by fliers in public spaces. There is a vast array of topics that go on around the year/s and parents and teaches phone our office to book a topic for a certain day and time.
• Saving seeds for the future
• The Web of Life – a game - Jenga and string
• Garden Warriors – identifying pests and disease and what to do about controlling them naturally
• Guerrilla Gardening – seed bombs
• Propagating plants from seeds and slips
• Using your senses – taste, smell, feel, hear, see
• Be a water-wise kid - how to make water go a long way
• How does Nature conserve water – the Water Cycle. Magic of the water game.
• Weird and wonderful water wildlife – snail eggs/planarians/whirly gig beetles, pond skaters, mosquito larvae, dragonfly larvae, mayflies, fish. Life near the surface
• Looking at the life cycle of an insect in our garden. Make a dragonfly/or any other insect mask
• Make a hot box/hay box
• Natural Predators in our garden
• How plants travel
Eating the best food posssible - eating raw
Spouting and microgreens
Fermented foods and much, much more
These is a charge for each of these workshops, but we are busy looking for sponsorships for children in the underprivileged schools in our city so that they may also attend them
