Our Living Community - 21 May 2025

--:--
In this final look at Friends of Table Mountain, Andy Davies tells Otto van der Walt about the difficult task of fundraising.
21 May English South Africa Science · Nature

Other recent episodes

Our Living Community - 9 July 2025

Various organisations working in the Table Mountain National Park have joined forces this week to launch a petition called Save Our Mountain. Otto van der Walt caught up with the founder of a previously featured organisation here on Our Living Community, Andy Davies from Friends of Table Mountain to find…
9 Jul 4 min

Our Living Community - 2 July 2025

The Sugarbird Project runs on passion, grit and determination. But it also needs a range of skills and money. In the last episode focusing on this driven organization, Sandy van Hoogstraten tells Otto van der Walt about all the ways in which people have offered to help, like donating paint,…
2 Jul 4 min

Our Living Community - 25 June 2025

To remove invasive alien vegetation takes more than just chopping down some trees. In this episode of Our Living Community, Sandy van Hoogstraten tells Otto van der Walt what a proper hack entails, and what makes a hack challenging.
25 Jun 4 min

Our Living Community - 18 June 2025

The Sugarbird Project teams work hand in hand with local community hack groups. In this episode of Our Living Community, co-founder of the organization, Sandy van Hoogstraten, tells Otto van der Walt about how they work together to restore Table Mountain's Floral Kingdom to a pristine state.
18 Jun 3 min

Our Living Community - 11 June 2025

Tackling the removal of alien vegetation, or hacking, is a team effort. The co-founder of the Sugarbird Project, Sandy van Hoogstraten tells Otto van der Walt about their collaborative relationship with Sanparks, and stripped away any illusions of the severity of the invasives problem.
11 Jun 3 min