Blog
My Conservation Internship experience so far
My name is Kellyn Whitehead and I joined the Nature’s Valley Trust team the beginning of March this year. I studied at the University of Stellenbosch where I did my undergrad BSc in Biodiversity...
Nature’s Valley April Holiday Program successful!
The Nature’s Valley Trust ran a holiday program from 28 April to 2 May 2014. We run this program every April and December, and have several main outcomes we hope to achieve. Firstly, and most...
Keep Plett Christian School clean and use a bin!
As part of their eco-schools programme, Plettenberg Bay Christian School held a bin competition for their school. Learners from the junior, intermediate and senior phases competed against each...
Nature’s Valley Trust celebrates one year of our Tsitsikamma Fynbos Research program
The Tsitsikamma Fynbos Research Program was launched by the Nature’s Valley Trust on 17th April 2013. We can hardly believe that a whole year has gone by already! This program is one of several...
A new internship arrival!
After some sad farewells to Nelishka, Mulatedzi and Matome over the last few weeks, it was great to welcome a new face to the team this week! Ruth Moeti is a new Groen Sebenza intern who has...
National Water Week 2014: “Water is Life”
In South Africa, National Water Week is an initiative by the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) to raise awareness on this valuable resource. This campaign highlights the importance of water and...
My experience being an Environmental education intern
When I first joined Nature’s Valley Trust, I didn’t know what kind of programmes I was going to engage in. The most exciting part was to work for an organisation that deals with environmental...
2013 Eco-Schools Award Ceremony
The Eco-Schools programme is internationally managed by the Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE) in Europe and is implemented by 51 countries. In South Africa, the Eco-Schools programme was...
Living my dream during my internship
We asked Shirley van de Voorde, who did a 5 month volunteer internship with us at NVT, to write a guest blog on her time with us – thanks Shirley!
Shirley holding a African Black Oystercatcher...
NVT keeping close tabs on Groot Estuary Fish
The Nature’s Valley Trust launched another exciting research project last week Thursday, monitoring fish in the Groot River Estuary. Initial fish surveys in the Groot River Estuary, conducted in...
Through the eyes of the learners…Rocky Shores explorer
We recently partnered with the Sustainable Seas Trust, to provide the Eco-Club of the Crags Primary school with a wonderful opportunity of exploring the rocky shores through the lens. The...
My internship at NVTrust…
The Nature’s Valley Trust was an unknown organisation to me when I was applying for internships with the other environmental organisations. When I received the call for the interview with them...
Monitoring alien activity…
What are Mosquito fish?
Gambusia affinis commonly known as Mosquito fish is a type of fish species that originates from the eastern and southern United States river systems. In the early 1900s...
WWF-SA & NVT… an interns’ perspective
The Environmental Leaders Programme is an initiative from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-SA) to support the development of young graduates, like myself, in the environmental sector. There is...
World Wetlands Day 2014
The 2nd of February each year celebrates World Wetlands Day; NVT shares this celebration by raising public awareness about the values and benefits of wetlands on our twitter page. We’ve also...