Regenerative futures
Engaging in conversation, storytelling, dialogue, and action research, with conscious activity for the protection, restoration, and potentiation of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area – KAZA. Here our core partners are Cooperation for Research Development and Education (CORDE), REOS Partners, and the KAZA TFCA Secretariat.
Kruger to Canyons Biosphere, where we partner with the InvestRural Academy (IRA), Rural Development Trust of Southern Africa (RDTSA), Kruger to Canyons NPC, UKUVUNA Permaculture, U Can Grow (Pty) Ltd, Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) NPC, EcoAfrica Group and the Mpumalanga Provincial Government. The work is for the regeneration of the Klaserie and Timbavati Rivers, part of the Olifants catchment area and main tributary of the Limpopo River system with a focus on creating buffer zones for the sacred sites in the biosphere.
In the Marico Biosphere we are forging a partnership with InvestRural Academy (IRA), Tara Rokpa Centre (TRC) and its Permaculture training centre, U Can Grow and Ukuvuna Permaculture to promote permaculture, healing therapies, ecosystem health and integrity, spiritual growth and community transformation. The intention is to support communities near and far from the Centre to strengthen livelihoods through ecological organic agriculture while learning mindfulness practices and reconnecting with nature through our EcoChild programme.
Our work in the Greater Gaborone Biosphere benefits from collaboration with Cooperation for Research Development and Education (CORDE), and other local partners. This programme looks to protect the Ngotwane river and its tributaries, which is a part the Marico and larger Limpopo River system and is integral to the overall work in the Limpopo River basin, spanning from Botswana, to Marico to Mpumalanga and eventually Mozambique.
KAZA covers the Okavango and Zambezi River basins, while the other sites are all part of the Limpopo River Basin.
The drylands imperative
We adopt an agroecological and indigenous approach which brings collaboration towards food sovereignty, healing and safeguarding of sacred sites. We contribute towards a tapestry of collectives practicing ecological organic agriculture and realising potential for regenerative food systems and traditional medicines that bridge rural and peri-urban landscapes in Southern Africa, including the desert regions of the Kgalagadi and Namib. Capacitation of these practices would see emergence and strengthening of small-scale farming as well as the protection and restoration of soils, land, caves, rock art, aquifers, sacred springs, streams and rivers. Underpinning all of this is a revival of traditional wisdom and the creation of a reliable supply of healthy nourishing food and medicines for communities.