Opinion Pieces

Can South Africa’s proud heritage of womens’ activism and landscape architects meet the urgent demands of climate mitigation and adaption?

Women have played a significant role in the struggle for South Africa’s freedom. Today’s dangers and battles are those against unseen threats that manifest in the extreme weather resulting from climate change and the underpinning structural economic inequality. This blogpost reflects on a recent Institute of Landscape Architecture of South Africa webinar that focused on the impacts of climate change on women.