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| The Ecologist Archive |
| Plenty of Parking |
| By Rebecca Kahn on September 10, 2009 |
"The concrete jungle of Joburg hides more secret green spaces than you can imagine. Our parks are a wonderful part of our city, and the best place to soak up the real spirit of the city."
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| Comments: 5 | Views: 6349 |
| Living History |
| By Rebecca Kahn on August 25, 2009 |
I’ve been thinking quite a lot over the last few days about 2010, and the BRT and the Gautrain and all the very exciting things that are going to happen in the city I live in over the next few months. I’m excited about it, I think it w...read more |
| Comments: 2 | Views: 175 |
| Look a little closer, and you'll see the wonderful, secret treats Jozi has to offer. |
| By Rebecca Kahn on August 20, 2009 |
"Concrete hides some wonderful, unusual life in this city. This life is what makes Jozi tick, makes it exciting and keeps me in love with it, day after day. "
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| Comments: 7 | Views: 572 |
| But Is It Art? |
| By Rebecca Kahn on August 18, 2009 |
Public art is always a tricky subject for me. Partly because people define art so differently. To some Joburg residents, the state of Nelson Mandela in Sandton Square is public art. To others, (myself included) it’s a cynical, ugly piece of ...read more |
| Comments: 0 | Views: 101 |
| Lest We Forget |
| By Rebecca Kahn on August 7, 2009 |
One of the things you learn when you live my part of town is to navigate by the dead. Some Joburg residents give directions using highways or shopping centres as landmarks, but in Brixton it’s the cemeteries. We’re practically surround...read more |
| Comments: 0 | Views: 110 |
| Can you hear the trees? |
| By Craig Jacobs on August 4, 2009 |
Rather than counting down the days to the official start of spring, I have taken to looking outside my bedroom window at the Jacaranda tree which, on windy nights, grazes against the pane.
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| Comments: 5 | Views: 944 |
| Surprise! |
| By Rebecca Kahn on August 3, 2009 |
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In my last post, I mentioned my local park, and how very lekker it is to have such a great open space near by. On a recent trip there (really, trip is hardly the right term, since it’s about two and half blocks ...read more |
| Comments: 1 | Views: 53 |
| My Park. In the Middle of My Hood |
| By Rebecca Kahn on July 28, 2009 |
Just round the corner from my house in Brixton is my vary favourite park in the whole of the city. It’s called Kingston Frost Park, and it’s full of little oddities that set it apart from the usual wide green expanses of Joburg parks. I think it sums up the mixed-bag of Brixton life v...read more |
| Comments: 12 | Views: 6117 |
| Inner City Sustainable |
| By Rebecca Kahn on July 23, 2009 |
Urban poverty in South Africa, and particularly in inner city Johannesburg is rife, and while we often think about poverty alleviation in terms of access to health care, education and sanitation, people often forget about nutrition. The reality is that the urban poor have very little access to fr...read more |
| Comments: 2 | Views: 187 |
| The Plant Is The Political |
| By Rebecca Kahn on July 16, 2009 |
| I was in Cape Town last week, and, inevitably, the Cape Town vs. Joburg discussion arises, and I’m asked things like: “How can you stand living in that urban hell-hole? It’s so ugly, just concrete and tarmac.” It’s a boring conversation, and generally one that only peop...read more |
| Comments: 2 | Views: 139 |
| Pimp My View |
| By Rebecca Kahn on July 13, 2009 |
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This is the tower that overlooks my gardnen. I love this tower. Capetonians have a mountain and a sea, and that's all very well. But I love my tower more. Whenever I go away, and I find myself coming back into town, by road or by air, I feel a special thrill when I see my tower again. |
| Comments: 0 | Views: 96 |
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