My Favourite Links
These are some of the links on the internet which I think are worth visiting:
Local Green Blogs – these are the local green blogs I regularly read
http://www.urbansprout.co.za - covers all environmental issues and has a nice list of green service providers.
http://www.mothercityliving.co.za – a blog about the author’s activities in Cape Town with particular attention to organic and outdoor activities.
http://www.carbonsmart.com/ - a blog about reducing our ecological footprint.
http://www.ecostreet.com/ - a blog about all things green in Cape Town
Food Blogs – local food related blogs that I follow
http://www.rossouwsrestaurants.com – the blog and website for the well known restaurant guide book
Other blogs and related sites
http://www.amatomu.com – local blog feed aggregator. This is a good site to see posts from most blogs in one place. You can tag favourites and see what other people are reading, etc.
http://www.afrigator.com – another local blog feed aggregator.
Local Music – These are the websites of my favourite SA bands and musicians
- Cape Town
http://www.goldfishlive.com - If you haven’t heard of Goldfish yet, you must be sleeping under a rock
http://www.codamusic.co.za - Coda has an amazing sound, if you haven’t heard them yet, make it your mission
http://www.thedirtyskirts.com – Sort of a punk/rock sounds, reminds me sometimes of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
- Other
http://www.freshlyground.com – One of our international success stories
Charities I support – There are so many good causes, we all have to choose
http://www.ubunye.org – The Melkbos Childcare Centre
Online shopping – I do a lot of online shopping, it’s nice to be able to research the products properly and compare prices before buying.
http://www.kalahari.net – they are generally cheaper and often have good sales
Saving the planet – This is a broad topic encompassing all issues like environment, globalisation, genetic modification, etc
- Magazines
http://www.biophile.co.za/ - A local magazine which covers a wide variety of issues in a South African context
http://www.mindshiftmag.co.za - A fairly new environmental magazine which targets business people, very down to earth unlike Biophile which can be a bit too esoteric/spiritual
- GM Foods
http://www.safeage.org/ - These guys are campaigning for the compulsory labelling of GM foods. There is a lot of useful info on the site
http://www.biowatch.org.za/ - Biowatch SA promotes biological diversity and sustainable livelihoods while monitoring and researching genetically modified foods
- Other
http://www.wwf.org.za/sassi – The homepage of the Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative. Go here to see what fishes are on the red/orange/green list so you know which you should and shouldn’t be ordering when eating out or buying fish
Thanks!
He Dax, where’s the link to CapeTownMagazine.com :-) we have some great surprises in store in 2008…! Let me know when you’re in town, let’s do coffee?
Molo (Marcus)
Hi Dax – what a greta site !- loved your front page intro – with
all the blame and psyco-analysis these days – you really bring out a light side of it all – ps heard great comedian the other day on 5fm i think it was – tom barry ? think you’ll like his sense of humour – am not in any way connected to the chap – great sight – hope to get you to review my Debut CD coming out in Jan – will be in touch – thanks Adam.
Dax hi
Please have a look at this website as it is my attemp to help those at each end ofthe Atlantic travel cheaper.
We would need around 5000 at each end to make it work.
The site is http://www.unite2fly.com
Cheers
Jonathan
Hi Dax
Not sure if you are interested, but my wife and I have recently started a food/restaurant blog. Been following yours as it is always nice to read other peoples views, and share your own. There are a stack of good restaurants out there and no time to try them all, so tips are great!
Cheers
Greg
There is Life out of Cape Town ……
see also http://soekershof.com http://soekershofwalkabout.blogspot.com and http://soekershofshop.wordpress.com This last site is a money saving online shop which we started a few weeks ago and we still have to bring more items in ….
Not local but quite a cool website http://www.littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/ for green living
Hi,
Local is lekker! http://www.cncproducts.co.za – buy your own salmon and fresh fish, nuts etc online and get it delivered. I love these guys. also nice to use individuals, not big chain stores.
My thoughts!
Hi, thanks for the links. Will definitely check them out :)
Had the most delicious dinner at the Cedar Tree Restaurant! Authentic Lebanese Cuisine made by the chef/owner! Flavours, tastes, seasoning outstanding! Definitely worth trying! We will go back again! U must book they only have 6 tables! So refreshing to meet a chef who is as passionate about food as I am! The baked yoghurt dish is a MUST! Cheer Chef
Wow Dax, that site you recommend under other blogs and related subjects, is really biased!
Other blogs and related sites
http://supernatural.blogs.com/ – an interesting blog looking at the SA media’s blatantly biased reporting on Israel and it’s affairs
I have been engaged in a dialouge with Israelites and there are several issues that it is missing.
see this link http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/guest-commentary/essay-of-the-week-what-drives-israel-1.1032971
also, see our debate, and join in if you wish at
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=7394056809&topic=11344#topic_top
Thank Justin, I haven’t actually been reading that blog for a while so I’ve removed it from the list.
Good morning Dax
I like what you’ve done…
We should meet sometime soon for a coffee…
Have a winning day ! :D