Whale Coast Conservation celebrated the first of its Arbor Week tree planting events in Gansbaai. Arbor Day 2015 was graciously hosted by Gansbaai Academia. Headmaster Mr Tommy Wilson, members of staff and learners participated enthusiastically in the planting of indigenous trees – a yellowwood, tree fuchsia and white stinkwood. Councillor for Gansbaai Riana de Coning (fourth from left) enthusiastically supported …
Cleaning Up at Gansbaai Primer
Whale Coast Conservation’s Shirley Volkwyn led a team of enthusiastic learners at Gansbaai Primêr in their contribution to International Coastal Cleanup month. Although the school is not exactly on the coast, they all know that litter on land eventually lands up in the sea. As a fishing community, looking after the ocean that is their livelihood and also sustains life …
What We Learned About Aquatic Canaries
The WCC February talk by Edward Archer focused on how we can use biological markers to give us information about the health of our waterways – the so-called aquatic canaries. In an area that is chronically short of water we cannot afford to pollute any of it and these indicators can give us early warning when there is a problem.
Honouring Frank Woodvine
Frank reached the young age of 85 on 14 January. The Hermanus Botanical Society honoured Frank by dedicating two benches in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve to this remarkable man. He has spent a lifetime caring for the environment and continues to do so as vigorously as ever. He is up to any task – enthralling tourists with his deep grasp …
International Coastal Cleanup Day
Whale Coast Conservation and the SA Shark Conservancy joined thousands of people around the world to raise awareness of the detrimental effect of litter on the marine environment. We cleaned up at Gearing’s Point in Hermanus, concentrating on collecting cigarette butts. The litter collected was sorted and tallied for the record. This is part of a campaign …
Honeybees Hanging On
The talk on bees by Mike Allsopp at the Green House at the beginning of June was a real hit. The auditorium was packed and questions flowed. The consensus was that all who were there learnt something about bees we they didn’t know before. Mike explained that there are many thousands of bee species of which only a small minority …
Whale Coast As A South African Hope Spot
National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence Dr. Sylvia A. Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer. She is visiting Hermanus in December. Her special focus is on developing a global network of areas on the land and in the ocean, “Hope Spots” to safeguard the living systems that provide the underpinnings of global processes, from maintaining biodiversity and yielding …
Green Tea @ The Green House
You are most cordially invited to join Whale Coast Conservation for green tea, green cake and talking ‘green’ at the Green House on Earth Day. Earth Hour has barely passed and now there is Earth Day. Every year on April 22, over a billion people in 190 countries take action for Earth Day. People plant trees, clean up their communities, …
Earth Hour 2014
Whale Coast Conservation is bringing a whale of a festival to Fisherman’s Village in Hermanus in celebration of Earth Hour. It will be a day-long festival of education and entertainment that will lead visitors on a journey through education and trade into “Moonlight Avenue”, and a unique “Market by Moonlight”. The highlight of the whole event will be the hour …
Volunteer Frog Monitoring Project
A project to monitor frogs in the wetlands on the Hermanus Golf Course was launched in June. The aim of the project was to assess the health of the wetlands on the golf course. Volunteers from the Hermanus community were invited to participate. A number responded and learnt much about the frogs that occur in this area and how to …
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