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Jolly Carp Organic Market

Jolly Carp Organic Market could be one of the most mouth watering markets in Cape Town!

The market will be 1 year old soon and the month is packed with specials to ring in the first year since establishing the Jolly Carp Organic Market!

Community gardens assist in uplifting communities and combatting social ills.

The City of Cape Town has expanded its community gardens project to a further 12 parks, with five more gardens planned for development this year.

The Community Gardens Project creates user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing parks and promotes gardening of various types, detail and designs.
 

#bikeonboard

Ride your City and Metro Rail launched #bikesonboard - a much anticipated project that will see the creation of new regulations to allow for the transport of bikes on trains in Cape Town!

Metrorail has launched an initiative called BikesOnBoard following complaints from cyclists about not being allowed to board trains with their bicycles outside of special events such as the Pick n Pay Cape Argus Cycle Tour.

©Peter Shapiro

The print editions of the Cape Town Green Map have been included in the GreenMap archive of the New York Public Library's map archive.

Wendy Brawer, founding member of GreenMap System in New York had this to say after the launch event,

©Green24.com

The story of Richard Turere, a thirteen year old boy from Kenya, proves that conservation efforts don’t have to be expensive, high-tech or particularly complicated in order to be effective.

Herding his family’s cattle since the age of nine, Richard is well aware of the constant conflict between free-roaming lions and humans and their livestock. At his home near the edge of Nairobi National Park, night-time lion attacks on cattle are a common occurrence.

Bag Limit of 4 West Coast Rock Lobster

The City of Cape Town would like to remind all Capetonians that the season for recreational fishing of West Coast rock lobster will close on Monday 1 April 2013 at 16:00.

The current season opened on 15 November 2012. Since the start of 2013, fishing has only been allowed on weekends and on public holidays.

The gazetted regulations in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act (Act No. 18 of 1988) for the recreational fishing of West Coast rock lobster includes (amongst others):

Helderberg Nature Reserve

Mediterranean-climate regions are attractive places.  They enjoy great weather, some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities, and some of the planet's most endangered ecosystems.

Great weather, abundant harvests, fabulous food, some of the world's best wines and beaches, Cape Town is also located in one of the world's most critical biodiversity hotspots.

Claire Janisch of Biomimicry South Africa has a question to ask society: What would nature do?

She and Guy Lieberman, a documentary film-maker, have recognised the magic that is all around us. Creative innovation in a context of limited resources and ever-changing environments is nature’s and Africa’s way.

Earth Hour

Switch off your lights this Saturday in support of Earth Hour!

"There is no doubt about it: the world is facing some of the most critical environmental challenges in its history. That may make the journey to a sustainable future seem difficult to imagine, but it is far from impossible. Change this big needs you. It needs every one of us. Together our individual actions add up to make a difference collectively.