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What's really recyclable?
You’ve been there. We all have. You get to the recycling bin and you’re faced with the decision: to recycle? Or not to recycle? You don’t...
Jessica Evans
Dec 19, 20182 min read


Eco-friendly gift-wrapping and what you didn't know about paper
It’s no secret that plastic is B A D. I’m trying to cut it out of my life and my consumption wherever possible and gift-wrapping is an...
Jessica Evans
Dec 14, 20184 min read


Why biology isn't binary
We live in a binary age. You’re either a gay or straight, right or wrong, boy or girl. Nature is not binary. Humans have introduced the...
Jessica Evans
Dec 12, 20182 min read


How to make a self-sufficient garden in a jar
Plants are super cool to say the least. They literally terraformed Earth and made it habitable for animals! They're also completely...
Jessica Evans
Dec 9, 20183 min read


3 Incredible things about YOU
Life can be hard. Forreal. It's easy to get into a slump and think "I'm not ______ enough." (See? I bet you filled that space pretty...
Jessica Evans
Dec 5, 20182 min read


5 reasons why sharks are cool, not scary
Sharks have an unfairly bad reputation. Ever since Jaws debuted, beach trips have been accompanied by the silent question:"What if...
Jessica Evans
Oct 23, 20183 min read


Long live the legend
On one of Makhanda’s bordering hills, where the wind is always high and the view always beautiful, rest the white tunnels of the Waainek...
Jessica Evans
Oct 14, 20186 min read


A bug can do WHAT?!
This is going to be a longer read than usual - my mom said it's interesting enough to keep the reader attentive so that should be reason...
Jessica Evans
Sep 25, 20186 min read


Spekboom: the plant we need
South Africa has been in a drought for a few years now and every time I fly home (Johannesburg) from university the ever-present cloud of...
Jessica Evans
Aug 16, 20183 min read


All the basics about microplastics
This year in my zoology class I've been working on a mini research project to do with microplastics. I had never heard of them until I...
Jessica Evans
Aug 6, 20183 min read


The ocean: what's the big deal?
Okay so there's a big fuss about conservation at the moment, particularly the conservation of the world's oceans. But really, what's the...
Jessica Evans
Jul 31, 20183 min read
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