Shared Earth Magazine

Issue 2 of Shared Earth magazine went on sale in June 2009.

Gardening

Heirloom Vegetables
Most of us remember what real veggies tasted like. But you don’t get them anymore… do you? Enter the heirloom vegetable.

Cooking Compost
The easiest way to think about composting is to pretend you’re cooking a meal for your garden.

Food

Preserving Summer’s Goodness
If you want to become more self-sufficient in your kitchen, it makes sense to extend this self-reliance beyond the kitchen door and into the garden.

In Search of Good Food
Pia Taylor explores farmers’ and organic markets across South Africa in search of the freshest, yummiest food and produce.

Parenting

Frugal Parenting
Having kids doesn’t have to cost the earth!

Money

Does Your Money Walk Your Talk?
There is another part of our lives which our activism does not penetrate, and that is what we do with our money.

Self-Sufficiency

South Africa’s Green Hotspots
Sam Adams explores the growth of the green movement in different parts of South Africa.

From Suburbia to Self-Sufficiency
Follow Tanya Factor and her family’s discoveries as they embark on an off-the-grid existence.

The Freeman’s Sustainable Journey
Sean Freeman and his family have embarked on the journey towards being completely self-sufficient.

Keeping Bee-zy
The Conterio family discover the joy of bee-keeping in the Kouga.

Urban Homesteading in Cape Town
Wendy Young decided a year ago to embrace self-sufficiency now, instead of waiting another day, week or year.

Sustainable Homes

Building with Adobe
Malcolm Worby explores the advantages of building with adobe, a natural building material made from clay and sand.

Water

Rain Gardens & Living Roofs
We need to find a new way of working with water – a way that is about discovering how water might behave naturally in our surroundings, and working as hard as possible to allow and enable it to do so.