Teams at Work
There are many researchers, activists, journalists, creative practitioners and organisations working hard to push for a paradigm shift that will ensure safe, clean water in Cape Town’s rivers and oceans. Those working on the ground in their communities, or others working to shift policy or developing new ways of thinking in academic, governance and media spaces, all have a role to play in the protection of Cape Town’s rivers, vleis, springs, streams, aquifers and oceans.
African Water Commons Collective
We are a collective of Water Justice activists spread across the city of Cape Town and Witzenberg and surround…
The Beach Co-op
The Beach Co-op was born from our desire to do something for the ocean that gives us so much. In 2015, a group…
Jo Barnes
Jo Barnes is Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Epidemiology and Community Health of the Faculty of Medicine and Heal…
Amy Beukes
Amy Beukes is a EHS Social Science Researcher in the SANOCEAN research project; focusing on chemicals of emerg…
Mero-Lee Cornelius
Mero-Lee Cornelius was a post-doctoral research fellow in the ENS research group at the University of the West…
Marc de Vos
Marc de Vos is a researcher in the Marine Unit of the South African Weather Service. A physical oceanographer …
Vanessa Farr
Vanessa Farr specializes in gender and crisis, with an increasing focus on the gendered impacts of climate dis…
Fisherchild Project
Traci Kwaai is a sixth generation fisher child of the indigenous fishing community of Kalk Bay. She is a story…
Freshwater Research Centre (FRC)
FRC is a non-profit organisation that undertakes conservation and research across a range of disciplines in th…
Friends of the Liesbeek
The aim of the Friends of the Liesbeek is to create an awareness of the importance of the Liesbeek as a green …
Friends of Lower Silvermine
FOSNA was founded 25 years ago under the auspices of the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, to …
Friends of the Rivers of Hout Bay
Friends of the Rivers of Hout Bay – FORHB – is a Hout Bay, Cape Town, South African based NPO dedicated to the…
The Friends of Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei (FOZR)
The Friends of Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei is an apolitical, community-based non-profit organisation that aims to…
Faith Gara
I have a BA Honours Development Studies — (UNISA 2017) Currently a master’s candidate in Environmental Humanit…
Lesley Green
Prof Lesley Green is the founding director of Environmental Humanities South, an accredited research centre at…
Khayelitsha Canoe Club
The Khayelitsha Canoe Club was founded by Siyanda Sopangisa, Akhona Sopangisa and Tshepo Ramothukang in 2013. …
Caroline Marx
I am an accidental activist who has always been passionate about health. Individual, community and environment…
Natalie Nolte-Ventouras
Natalie has a love for multimedia as a tool for communication. Born into a family of artists, creativity runs …
Renew the Elsies Kraal River
Renew The Elsieskraal River is a group of volunteers (mainly residents of Pinelands) who are working towards a…
Cecilia Y. Ojemaye
Cecilia Y. Ojemaye is presently a final year Ph.D. student at Environmental and Nano Science Research group, D…
Neil Overy
Dr Neil Overy is an environmental researcher, writer and photographer. He has worked in the non-profit sector …
Leslie Petrik
Professor Leslie Petrik is the Principle Investigator of the SANOcean team on the South African side. Leslie l…
Princess Vlei Forum
The Princess Vlei Forum is a nonprofit, non-partisan organisation comprising individuals and organisations to …
Maryam Salie
I am the founder of the pilot project Sandvlei United Community Organization (SUCO), which was born out of des…
Daniel Schlenk
Daniel Schlenk, Ph.D. is Professor of Aquatic Ecotoxicology and Environmental Toxicology at the University of …
Nikiwe Solomon
Nikiwe Solomon is a lecturer in the Social Anthropology Department at the University of Cape Town and recently…
Jemima Spring
Jemima Spring is a director, writer, editor and consulting producer, with 25 years experience in film and tele…
Magne O. Sydnes
Magne O. Sydnes is the Principle Investigator of the SANOcean team on the Norwegian side. Magne was born in Os…
Jess Tyrrell
Jess Tyrrell is an ecotherapist and facilitator of nature-connection processes. Her work is dedicated to promo…
Edda Weimann
Prof Edda Weimann is a paediatrician, endocrinologist and public health specialist with international work exp…
Jacqueline Van Meygaarden
Jacqueline is an experienced producer and director, having worked for 20 years as a storyteller, using documen…
Melissa Amy Zackon
Born and bred in Cape Town and being a scuba diving instructor, I have always had a deep connection to the oce…