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Backyard Gardens in Ocean View

27 November 2014

Creating Change – an organisation focused on teaching good nutrition through natural gardening and cooking to school children, rewarded 7 Change Agents from Ocean View Secondary School their own back yard salad and herb garden this week.

These kids have completed the one year Conscious Lifestyle proram through Creating Change and…

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Added by Liesel James on November 27, 2014 at 12:16pm — No Comments

Change Agents foraging at Cape Good Hope Nursery

One of the objectives of Creating Change is to link children back to their heritage through indigenous edible plants usage for culinary and medicinal use.

Recently we took the Change Agents from the 4 different schools, Kleinberg Primary, Marine Primary, Ocean View Seconder and Ukanyo Primary  to meet Roushanna Grey from Cape Good Hope Nursery who took…

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Added by Liesel James on October 30, 2014 at 1:38pm — No Comments

Thanks Ripples for Good and Builders warehouse.

I had the great privedege to meet Maria Botha a public figure for doing good work in communities and schools since 2004 and founder of Ripples for Good a few weeks ago.

I volunteered on one of her projects, to paint and renovate an area in Parkwood. A very poor community with elements of gangsterism, drugs and malnutrition amongst many kids to…

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Added by Liesel James on September 29, 2014 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Kleinberg Eco Warriors Planting Winter Crops

Creating Change facilitators had such fun with the kids reshaping and planting the next crops at Kleinberg Primary School in Ocean View. The kids were ecstatic to say the least. We allocated 5 planting beds to groups of 4 and 5.…

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Added by Liesel James on May 26, 2014 at 11:51pm — No Comments

Wicking Beds and Square Foot Garndening, with Urban Farmers Africa for Conscious Lifestyle Program

Our mission at Creating Change is to teach our kids to grow and cook healthy food at home. The Conscious Life Style  programme is all about making healthy informed choices and providing skills training. With limited space and other challenges we experience in townships we asked Pete Staley from Urban Farmers Africa, to come…

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Added by Liesel James on May 25, 2014 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Creating Change Conscious Lifestyle Program launch at Desmond Tutu HIV Youth Centre.

 

 

The new ways to select, prepare and cook food, to protect the earth, improve our health, and eat deliciously!

 

Creating Change, a Public Benefit Organisation has had the privilege with the assistance of Spur Foundation and GCX Africa to launch the Conscious Life Style Program to 2 Youth Groups at the Desmond Tutu HIV Youth Centre in…

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Added by Liesel James on March 18, 2014 at 2:01pm — No Comments

Meeting Dr Jane Goodall Roots & Shoots Founder 2014

 Dr Jane Goodall Roots & Shoots…

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Added by Liesel James on February 19, 2014 at 11:03pm — No Comments

Creating Change Newsletter 2013 and going forward!





Dear friends of Creating Change,

 

2013 has come to an end. A significant year for us; we lost our African Father and leader, Nelson Mandela.  A time where our current leadership is questionable and a…

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Added by Liesel James on January 22, 2014 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Back Yard Garden at Ons Huisie Retirement Home, Ocean View, Cape Town

Further to the launch of a Power of Community movement in Ocean View earlier this year, Creating Change organized a backyard garden workshop at Ons Huisie Retirement Home in Ocean View on the 18th of November. This is one of 3 workshops sponsored through the DA 61 ward counselor, Simon Liel-Cock.

 

Change Agent and facilitator Maryna…

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Added by Liesel James on November 28, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Planting trees for Abor and launching AfriTwin Project at Marine Primary School, Ocean View.

STOCKHOLM, 27 September - Human influence on the climate system is clear. This is evident in most regions of the globe, a new assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes.

 

With this in mind, Creating Change launched the 18 month project for Marine Primary School’s AfriTwin project with the learners involved and…

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Added by Liesel James on November 27, 2013 at 1:14pm — No Comments

Cape Town Science Centre: Conscious Cooking - Sprouting Workshop

CTSC-spring-holiday-programme-2013.pdf

Come and join us for our 3rd season at the Cape Town Science Centre. Bookings are essential as we only take 20 kids at a time.

Happy Spring Holidays!

Added by Liesel James on September 19, 2013 at 5:18pm — No Comments

Cape Town Science Centre: Conscious Cooking and Container Planting workshops

Click on link below for detailed information:

Conscious Cooking and Container Planting - Cape Town Science Centre

4 and 5th April 2013

Bookings: info@creatingchange.org.za

Added by Liesel James on March 31, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Watch SABC 1 - YOTV Creating Change Gardening and Cooking Projects - MARCH 2013

Creating Change Conscious Cooking and Gardening Coverage on YOTV – SABC 1 at 6:30 am



Tuesday: SABC 1 YOTV   - Zenzele Show     05/03/2013…

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Added by Liesel James on February 28, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Best wishes for 2013!!

Added by Liesel James on December 31, 2012 at 6:41pm — No Comments

Kommetjie Primary is Ice Screaming for Gardens !

In the spirit of sharing and National Clean Up Week (10 – 15 September) , allow me to share progress with our  Kommetjie Primary Recycling project, a project primarily aimed at extracting organics from the existing waste stream  

Our flagship project is our Nestle Ice Cream for Gardens Project 

We will be collecting organic household kitchen waste from Kommetjie residents and restaurants and worming and composting with the Green Guerrillas, rebels with a green cause – and eventually…

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Added by Sonja Pithey on September 10, 2012 at 7:02pm — No Comments

Achievement Through Perseverance!

 Women of the Year 2012 Down Syndrome Sheri Brynard visited LSEN School, Marine Primary School and Noordhaven Montissori school in August 2012.

 

She gave a moving speech about her challenges and struggles in trying to fit into society.   She faced failure on numerous occasions but never gave up until she achieved…

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Added by Liesel James on August 31, 2012 at 12:00pm — No Comments

The Conscious Cook

This year Creating Change has launched a The Conscious Cooking at Marine Primary in Ocean View.

 

The Conscious Cook is a cooking course teaching life skills and educates children on what it means to eat ethically and the impact their food choices have on personal health, our communities, animals and environment.

 

By working in…

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Added by Liesel James on July 16, 2012 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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