Blogs by j-princess

Global Breakthrough has been pioneering the underground global dance movement in South Africa since the brand’s inception in 2006. Now its third summer kicks off with Channel O and The Global Breakthrough Festival Launch Tour, headlined by Innervisions producer and label owner, Dixon, over the last weekend in November. From the promoters that brought Ame, Henrik Schwarz, Dennis Ferrer, Luciano, Steve Bug, Lee Burridge and James Zabiela to South Africa’s shores comes another Global Breakthrough Summer that will change the face of the local dance scene forever. Hailed as Germany’s hottest property, Dixon was voted fourth best DJ in the world by ResidentAdvisor.net earlier this year. Known for his slow groove, deep house signature sound and classic vocals, Dixon is a true connoisseur of records and a critically acclaimed DJ throughout the world. His three day tour - slated for 28, 29, 30 November in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Soweto respectively - will set the stage for the annu...... Read Full Post

Listening to and learning from the animals A N I M A L C O M M U N I C A T I O N WI T H WY N T E R WO R S T H O R N E Int r od uc t ion Wo r k s hop Join South Africa’s internationally recognized Animal Communicator, Wynter Worsthorne for a two day workshop in beautiful Kwa-Zulu Natal. Wynter will be teaching you how to still your mind in order to start understanding the animals on a much deeper level. The subtle art of inter-species communication is a learned skill available to everyone. All one needs is an open heart and an open mind. This means of energetic communication is as natural as breathing, it is the way we communicate as babies before we learn a spoken language, it is the way all beings communicate with each other. Through Wynter’s teachings you will be able to see the world from the animal’s perspective, understanding their behavior and their feelings about life in general. You will also learn how to effectively communicate information to your animal frien...... Read Full Post

It’s Arbor Month – Plant a Tree In celebration of Arbor Month in September, the City of Cape Town is to plant 738 trees throughout the city. Spring is the ideal time for every resident to become involved in planting a pot plant, shrub or a tree. Plants act as natural filters to clean our air by reducing carbon emissions, thus mitigating the devastating effects of global warming. The Wild Plum (Harpephyllum caffrum) is the common tree of 2008, and the Bladder-nut tree (Diospyros whyteana) is the rare (uncommon) official tree of the year. It is indigenous to the Cape Town area, although it only grows in certain habitats (Afrotemperate). A number of Wild Plums will be planted in the Strand area. The Bladder-nut tree is not suitable for planting in our region due to the different soil types in the Peninsula. We will also plant other species of trees such as Ficus rubiginosa (fig) and Acacia xanthophloea (Fever Tree) and Acacia Karroo (Sweet Thorn) best suited for the soil of ...... Read Full Post

Help offset your Carbon Foorprint by planting a tree this Spring. Every year each one of us should be planting up to 5 trees each. This is how we can help eradicate the pollution we personally produce.

Polar Bears: Habitat: discrete circumpolar areas of seasonal ice formation and favorable habitat for denning; 19 populations ranging across Wrangel Island and western Alaska, northern Alaska, the Canadian Arctic and Hudson Bay, Greenland, Svalbard-Franz Josef Land, and central Siberia Behavior/Rhythm: solitary except when scavenging or at play; inactive two-thirds of the time, either sleeping, lying, or awaiting a kill; females hibernate prior to giving birth; others hibernate only during periods of extreme weather Feeding: carnivorous; seals are its primary prey, especially ringed seals; eats smaller mammals and fish, and scavenges carrion of walruses and whales; prefers high-caloric blubber to meat; though polar bears eat summer vegetation while on land, they derive little nutrition from it Breeding: after mating season from March to June, females retire in late fall to dens dug out of snow, on the pack ice, or on permafrost a few miles from the coast; delayed implantatio...... Read Full Post