Responsible Cape Town

The Verde Ventures Fund (VVF) at Conservation International is inviting applications from Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME’s) in the following four key sectors for consideration for investment: Africa; Coffee and Cocoa; Fisheries; and Clean Energy. VVF utilises a “blended capital” approach of technical assistance and loans and has successfully invested over $15 million in [...]

Responsible Tourism in Cities Mini-Conference Albert Luthuli Convention Centre (Durban ICC), Durban, South Africa One day only, 6 May 2011 (The day before Indaba opens) Time: 08h30 – 16h00, tbc. Cost: Free of charge. Registration spaces limited. Download PDF of this announcement . Register to attend the conference here. Description of the conference: Engage with [...]

In a blog post today, Cape Town Tourism highlights opportunities to visit the Cape Flats, home to over a million Capetonians and authentic local cultures.  “Don’t let the name fool you – the Cape Flats, the low-lying area just to the north of Cape Town, is one of the city’s most edgy, colourful and creative [...]

“My perfect city would be one with no cars, no traffic jams and no pollution, access to safe reliable public transport linked to cycle lanes with plenty of cyclists and pedestrians commuting to and from work and play. The absence of cycling is not generally a problem in Cape Town. Riding around my Southern suburbs [...]

“In 1998, what is now Africa’s most visited National Park began an epic journey and adopted a bold and ambitious tagline to anchor their vision to – A Park for All, Forever.  This was not an easy promise to make for a Park lying entirely within the municipal boundaries of a major metropolitan city and [...]

We will understand only what we are taught In 1968 in New Delhi Mr Baba Dioum, a Senegalese environmentalist, in his speech to the general assembly of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said that “In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand. We will [...]

“Having travelled fairly extensively over the past few years, an immediate mental comparison takes place when visiting any city, my benchmark being Cape Town. Perhaps this is because while I have been living in the UK for the past 6 years, I still consider Cape Town to be ‘home’. In my slightly biased opinion, I [...]

“When I think about my favourite places and experiences to enjoy responsibly, what first comes to mind is my favourite mountain to hike: Lion’s Head. What a pleasure to enjoy this in the early morning. The mountain gives you 360 degrees views of Camps Bay, The Atlantic, Clifton, Sea Point, Robben Island, Signal Hill, the [...]

“As tourism grows to join the ranks of the world’s major commercial industries, so do the questions around the impact this industry has on our fragile world and its people. Tourism can do as much or not more harm than good if not developed and managed responsibly. The world is rife with examples. It is [...]

“Have you tried to find snoek in a restaurant in the Central City? What about umngqusho or chakalaka? Why is it that if you want ‘culture’ you visit a township? Why is a City Tour a tour of only the original Cape Town city, and not the broader city, as if nothing out of the [...]