Relax With Dax

Category: Saving the world

  • Franschhoek Bastille Festival & Haute Cabriere

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    I haven’t been to the Bastille Festival in Franschoek for several years. I went for the first few years and then I started going to the Knysna Oyster Festival. This year, work commitments forced me to cancel my Knysna plans so I ended up at the Bastille Festival again. It has certainly grown! It used…

  • Shell pays Ken and our Government pays Biowatch

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    In November 2007 I posted an article about Biowatch being told by the courts to pay Monsanto’s court costs, even though Biowatch won their case. This disturing ruling has prevented me from sleeping easily all this time. Biowatch were refused leave to appeal, so they went to the constitutional court and finally some sense prevailed and…

  • StreetSmart – a worthy cause

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    I must admit that I do recall seeing little StreetSmart cards at some of the restaurants I’ve been to but I never took the time to read them. Thankfully I was exposed to StreetSmart in another way when I attended the awards celebration for Rossouw’s restaurant guide recently. Rossouw’s restaurant guide supports StreetSmart and so…

  • A visit to Buffalo Ridge

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    A while ago I posted about Eat In magazine and their award for Best New Product which went to Buffalo Ridge Mozzarella. I recently had the opportunity through Slow Food Cape Town, to visit the farm and learn about Mozzarella and how it is made. The farm is located in Wellington, about an hour from…

  • Just Add Heart – a project

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    A group of us decided that there is a disconnect between worthy charities and people who want to give back to society. Despite having a desire to assist and make a difference somehow, people often find it difficult to find a suitable charity with which they connect and which needs assistance. We want to introduce…

  • Earth Hour 2009

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    I’ve spoken about the WWF before and mentioned that they are involved in many different and worthwhile projects (read my posts here and here). The most recent project they are involved in is Earth Hour 2009. Earth Hour started in 2007 in Australia and was supported by 2 million people. Last year it went global…

  • Community Supported Agriculture

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    I remember hearing a while back about someone asking a bunch of kids (at school?) where chickens come from and although the responses were varied, they were all supermarket names. I don’t find that story difficult to believe at all. Children grow up in cities and unless some concerted effort is made to expose them to…

  • Individual responsibility for corporate malfeasance

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    Just recently in China, two people have been sentenced to death and another sentenced to life imprisonment, all in connection with the tainting of milk products with melamine. If you are interested, you can read more about it here. It reminded me of a comment I posted in June 2007, entitled How to end corruption. At…

  • Green Magazines

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    One new green newspaper and two new green magazines have recently been launched. I’m sure they have done their market research which means there is a demand for more green publications, something I am pleased to note. It means that people are becoming more aware, more interested and more informed. This is the foundation that…

  • International Buy Nothing Day 2008

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    This Saturday, the 29th of November is not just my birthday, it’s (I)nternational Buy Nothing Day. I blogged about IBND last year, having only learnt about IBND a few weeks before I wrote about it. I have just read my post from last year and I really like it. I couldn’t remember what I had…