“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bittern…
South Africa
20 Food Proverbs to Bring New Meaning to Your Eating
Bringing meaning to the joy of eating. When the “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” proverb is the only a…
13 Creative Ways to REpurpose Your Home
South African designer Katie Thompson is revolutionizing the way we think about junk. Katie Thompson of REcreate describ…
Africa and The Elephant
Driving east beyond the Cape of Good Hope and the true terminus of Africa, Cape Agulhas, where the convergence of the In…
Christmas in the Slums of Gugulethu: Part 2
The rains coming in mean bad news. In Gugulethu, the shanties here are on dirt and when the water comes, this equals mud…
The Slums of Cape Town: Part 1
I travel the world looking at garbage. Plastic garbage. This is my job. Our NGO quantifies plastic density in the oceani…
Arrival In Cape Town
After a journey that was punctuated by storms and unfavorable wind directions, the 5 Gyres crew arrived in Cape Town, So…
South African Allure
Genius. Pure, simple, and genius. Haldane Martin has spread his creative genius all over his Cape Town, South Africa hom…