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Soiled soil: Environmental and Rural Solutions is providing mothers in the Eastern Cape with a more environmentally friendly alternative to disposable nappies, which are a major source of pollution. Photo: Getty Images
NAPPIES

Taking the poo-lution out of nappies

An NGO is providing parents with reusable nappies made out of bamboo fibre to replace disposable ones

  • Lesego Chepape
4 min read
WWF NEDBANK GREEN TRUST

How environmental conservation is being inspired among Matatiele youth

Environmental and Rural Solutions (ERS) has been making a profound impact for the past 21 years

  • Lesego Chepape
5 min read
Healthy outlook: The grasslands, soils and wetlands in the Matatiele area are being restored, helping to protect the Maloti-Drakensberg watershed, essential to South Africa’s water supply and with profitable spinoffs for communal livestock farmers. (Willeen Olivier)
CATCHMENT AREAS

Project to heal the land a success

A partnership with chiefs, NGOs and businesses is helping Matatiele’s small-scale farmers adopt conservation practices and so turn a profit

  • Heather Dugmore
5 min read