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Edu-ca/ac-tion Indaba

Ten days ago, supported by EThekwini Municipality and Green Corridors, around 100 environmental education / public awareness practitioners met for an Indaba to discuss how we can accelerate our joint…

Rag rugs

The Internet is full of fantastic ideas for upcycling generally (turning waste into something useful), and rag-rugs specifically. Old T-shirts too stained to pass on as second-hand clothing, still find…

Bottle garden

In a city, one doesn’t always have access to a vegetable patch. But vertical gardens are a great way to grow food on hot, sunny walls. Here is a 4min…

Solar home

As I write, our neighbourhood is wrapped in darkness. At Stage 6 national load shedding, electricity cuts out several times a day. But we hardly notice. We enjoy the benefits…

Climate Action Programme

On Youth Day (24 June 2022) the South African Youth Climate Change Coalition (SAYCCC) ran a workshop in Durban to strategize how to ramp up climate change action and activism,…

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Pre-2020 Blogs

Before EASTERaction was founded, educational events and activities were carried out under the banner of What Insect Are You?

Covid-19

EASTERaction was born into a global health, social and economic crisis. We responded by providing food donations, a free information booklet on Covid-19, and advice/support to a local old age home. Read more.