Celebrating soil, soul and society

Celebrating soil, soul and society

This year, we also re-launched our Soil, Soul and Society series as a collaboration between Lynedoch, the Sustainability Institute and Eve Annecke, Bertha Fellow – taking form through a serious of intimate dialogues and deep questioning about the matters that matter...
Learning with indigenous knowledge at Schumacher College

Learning with indigenous knowledge at Schumacher College

Stepping aside after 15 years as the founding director of the SI has become a gigantic adventure! By December, I will have spent only 3 months at my home in the Lynedoch EcoVillage in a journey that has spanned 10 countries, a 350 km pilgrimage, trying my hand as a...
At last – A municipal subsidy for all iShack clients!

At last – A municipal subsidy for all iShack clients!

On Friday 29th May, we finally signed a contract with Stellenbosch Municipality in which a monthly “Free Basic Electricity” subsidy will be paid to the iShack Project for each client that receives the solar electricity service. This is a first in South...
An SI approach to learning

An SI approach to learning

What does it mean to learn ecologically within a postcolonial frame? The SI approach to learning is core to who we are. As we imagine what it is to be human, what a good society might be, we come back time and time again to how we learn. As Africans, what does it mean...