Interviewed by Julochka

from Moments of Perfect Clarity.


1. What's the best thing about south africa?

The diversity of the people, the landscapes, the animal and the plant-life. A a short drive can take me to a different world. I can sit myself down in any city or suburb and see a wide variety of people and styles passing by. In my classes I interact with students whose lives, backgrounds and outlook differ quite radically from my own. Being allowed into someone else's world and exploring our commonalities and differences is an awe-some experience.



2. What's the worst?

Inequality, violence, uncertainty.


3. You often mention that you've gone back to school--what are you studying and what made you go back to school?

I went back to school to study Psychology but changed my mind midway. I am now majoring in Geography and Anthropology and want to do my post-graduate studies in Environmental Education. I went back to school because I wanted to change myself and the world. For us both to become wiser and more tolerant to the differences within us while preserving and building on what makes us strong and beautiful. I want to help create a future where everyone has the opportunity to be fulfilled rather than consumed by life.


4. You've built a fantastic structure in your yard, was it a nautilus you called it? what is the significant of that name and what are your plans for it? is its construction based on traditional, age-old building methods? (ok, i realize that's more than one question, but this structure fascinates me.)

We called it the Nautilus both because of its snail-like shape and because we like to think of it as an earthship. Our plans are to move into it and to live surrounded by soft, cool, rounded earthen forms rather than harsh, energy consuming, square bricks. We are also working towards establishing an ecovillage, of which the nautilus will form the core, where people working in the city can live in a more sustainable and communal way .



5. When are you going to have another batch of puppies?

No more puppies! The four we have are already more than my two hands can tickle.


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