A license to be ... Ruda Landman

"We all grow up in boxes with people who are like you. You choose people as friends who laugh at the same jokes you do," says Ruda Landman on the iStart2 Show this week. "Journalism kicks you out of that. In South Africa we have an advantage (in that) we have to get along with people who are very different to us. We must count our blessings." 

Ruda Landman starts2 on the iStart2 Show

Widely regarded as one of South Africa’s most respected TV journalists, Ruda Landman chats to Keitu and Pierre about changes in her career, her life, her new show VeranderDinge and her perspective on the sustainability challenges we currently face in South Africa. 

Ruda is excited about having recently acquired a solar geyzer: "It works like a charm ... and we always have hot water. We have also just installed a rainwater tank. Johannesburg has water restrictions and we take that very seriously." Ruda irks about the heaps of litter in our small towns and the fact that only 66% of our people have access to refuse removal. "I believe that my life matters and that therefore I should live it responsibly towards other people and the environment."

To listen to the show and some of her favourite music by Wouter Kellerman, just click play:



Thought of the Day:

Upcoming Events:

Emperors Palace - 15 & 16 June 2016

In a historic moment for South African jazz, bandleader Jonas Gwangwa will share the stage with Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim during a reunion concert at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, on Thursday. “It will be a pleasure and a great moment for me,” says the veteran jazzman and leading trombonist, Jonas Gwangwa.

Nirox Sculpture Park - 18 June 2016

Featuring original compositions from a collection of the finest guitar players in South Africa, including: Derek Gripper, Steve Newman, Pops Mohamed, Sibusile Xaba, Richard Bruyns and Michael Plaxton-Harrison. Their warm sounds will wander through our grassy amphitheatre beneath a sunny Winter sky.

The concert will be held on Saturday 18 June amidst the NIROX Winter 2016 Sculpture Exhibition: A Place In Time with over 40 outdoor sculptures on display by local and international artists.

There will be a fully stocked bar offering a delicious selection of drinks – including Glühwein – to refresh and hydrate as music lovers explore the landscape of Nature and Art.

Enjoy your week!

Sustainability Conversations ... Snake Eagle Thinking

What does sustainability really mean for your business?

It is your way to say why and how your business is acting responsibly.
Your viewpoint should:

• Reduce barriers: Reduce consumer confusion around sustainability by describing positive values and impacts of buying your products
• Create benefits: Create an emotional connection by helping consumers feel they are contributing to a better world and are part of a solution when they buy from your company.
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Tshwane greenest city on the continent

 

Mayor of Tshwane Kgosientso Ramokgopa heard this week that his city had won the Africa leg of the Earth Hour competition for its consistent green policies.

 

Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa  was delighted to learn his city had won the Africa leg of the Earth Hour competition. Image by: SIZWE NDINGANE.
Read more here 
 

 

 

 

 Snake Eagle Thinking -

Sustainability-through-Art

Please take a few minutes and watch an extract of the Launch of the Snake-Eagle Thinking path in Matjiesfontein. Eugenie Grobler performed at this event and the video uses an extract of a live performance of the song “One Day” as background.

 Eugenie will be performing in AMSTERDAM Datum: DO. 30 Juni 2016,
Theater de Roode Bioscoop, Haarlemmerplein 7, 1013HP AMST
Telefoon: 020 6257500, Kaarten bestellen: www.roodebioscoop.nl 

Please support this extraordinary artist from South Africa. 

“I believe that each person has a story to tell and my life is informed and shaped by the stories I experience and witness around me. Alongside my love of story, both my personal and professional worlds are shaped by a life-long fascination with the study and teaching of the creative process and the possibilities it unlocks for transformative encounters with ourselves and each other. My career as singer-songwriter and facilitator of creative and social empowerment processes has been a reflection of the above”. - Eugenie Grobler

 

Our Sustainability Hero of the Week is Ruda Landman, widely regarded as South Africa’s most respected TV journalist. Tune in to the iStart2 Show on Thursday at 17h30 to listen to our interview with this incredible woman.

Keitu Gwangwa & Pierre du Toit host the iStart2 Show on Thursdays at 17h30. Radio Today broadcasts on 1485 MW (AM) in greater Johannesburg and countrywide on ‪#‎DStv‬ audio channel 869. 

Radio Today also streams globally on www.1485.org.za.

Something to think about:

Paul Hohnen wrote in his blogpost the other week that "where a decade ago there was still optimism that things could be turned around on issues like climate change, deforestation and over-fishing, people [sustainability professionals] are now openly saying that it is too late. Humankind will have to experience a profound crisis before it understands that the "doom and gloom" and "limits to growth" fraternity were right after all".

Have a wonderful week!