In 2008 the City of Cape Town initiated a process to prepare a Spatial Development Framework for Cape Town as well as 8 integrated Spatial Development Plans / Environmental Management Frameworks (District Plans) - one for each of the planning districts of the city. The Friends of the Liesbeek...
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Peninsula Paddle Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC3bYdZqZuk&feature=player_embedded
More on SUDS
Professor Neil Armitage’s talk on SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) raised so many important points that I want to expand on the topic. In the UK much research has been done, and one very interesting report available on the Internet is the CIRIA report on social impacts of SUDS...
Maintenance of Bird Hides
The Liesbeek maintenance Team and personal from Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area recently completed cutting a path in the reeds in front of the bird hide situated in the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and varnishing of the hide. An additional three perches (dead trees) were...
Herbicide application course
Herbicide application course From the 9 – 11 February 2011 the Liesbeek Maintenance Project Team attended a herbicide application course facilitated by Invader Plant Specialist cc at the Environment Centre situated in Valkenberg Hospital. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI),...
Liesbeek Mud Pollution
How does this............................................................. get into the Liesbeek? The reality is that the storm water drains vent into the Liesbeek and for a long time city engineers have treated the Liesbeek as a storm water drain itself, opting to canalise and channelise the...
World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2011
Weedbuster Week
It is Weedbuster Week and the Friends of the Liesbeek are supporting the effort to raise awareness about invasive alien plants (IAPs) in our gardens and public areas. We put together a display at Rondebosch Library to help inform the public about the problem and Assistant Librarian Anita...
International Coastal Cleanup
Jewels of the Liesbeek
The theme for the Friends of the Liesbeeks AGM this year was 'Jewels of the Liesbeek', a collection of photos from friends and committee members. What follows are just some of the animal and plant 'Jewels' captured during the daily Maintenance Project activities along the River. Click more to view...
Construction of signage alone the Liesbeek trail
At the end of 2009 the Liesbeek Maintenance Project team and volunteers from the South African Breweries (SAB) constructed three signs along the Liesbeek trail. The signs were made using rocks from the area, cement and wooden 'plinths', which had been cut from fallen Oak trees along the river. The...
State of the environment competition results
A big congratulation must go out to the Liesbeek Maintenance Project team and the Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area team for coming forth in the State of the environment competition. Well done to you all. they recieved a worm bin, 250g of worms and a book on worm keeping for their efforts....