11 July - Arts, Culture & Environment

Today we spoke to Peter Salter – from the Simon's Town Flora Conservation Group. Simon’s Town Flora Conservation Group is an organisation that helps control invasive foreign vegetation in the greater Simon’s Town area. The aim of this organisation is to expose the beauty and endless variety of plants and flowers. For more information contact Mr Salter on (021) 786 1620 or visit www.simonstown.com

We heard from Karina Andersen - Founder and CEO of SmilingOne’s. We were talking about her Self Help book, titled The Responsible Individual. Karina launched the book at the Cape Town Book Fair last month and will be instores soon. For more information go to www.responsibleindividual.com

Nigel Vermaas was also here for the Arts update in and around the city.

We closed off the show with an interview with Solomon and Vinchenza Kamwendo – From City at Peace. City at Peace is a youth development organisation that uses the performing arts to teach a diverse group of youngsters about cross-cultural understanding, non-violent conflict resolution and leadership for social change. For more information contact (021) 465 0408 or visit www.cityatpeace.org.za

PICS:By Busisiwe Mtabane