Blissful lucuma

September 21st, 2010 in and

In my experience, bliss arrives when we’ve let everything else go, and, unplanned, let it saunter in.

In Madagascar, arriving in a tiny village on the coast, far from where I’d planned to end up, alone, and with no expectations…



Food Security Workshop

September 7th, 2010 in and

This week I attended a 2-day workshop on Food Security at UCT’s Graduate School of Business, convened by Milla McLachlan and Ralph Hamman of the Food Security Change Lab, and facilitated by Reos.

This was a continuation of a process, which included a number of workshops and Learning Journeys around Cape Town, Johannesburg and Limpopo, all aimed at answering the question What will it take to ensure sustainable food security in South(ern) Africa?.

They have consciously brought together different voices, including government, NGO’s, large corporates and small social businesses such as ourselves.

Early on the first day Adam Kahane spoke…