Education News Blog - The Cape Leopard Trust

The Cape Leopard Trust at the Cape Getaway Show

Published: 17 April 2017

It started off on a rainy Friday morning, the Cape Getaway Show (31 March – 2 April), packed with great prizes, great demonstrations and so much to see and do. Although not full, many people still…

Survival workshop with Herschel Eco-club

Published: 30 March 2017

On Friday the 17th March, the CLT education team visited Herschel Girls Preparatory to conduct a survival workshop as part of the Eco-club programme. The girls were introduced to the different adaptations and survival mechanisms that…

Join our team as an intern! 2017 '4 Days Left to Apply!'

Published: 09 January 2017

Hi Everybody, The Education Project is looking for interns to help with its environmental camps in the Cederberg for the first camp season in 2017. We run environmental camps from our campsite at Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve…

Is Nature calling you? - Bridgestone’s Poetry Prize Camp 2016

Published: 28 November 2016

Our art competition this year took on a different look, and instead of drawing or painting, we decided to centre the theme around poetry. Poetry is of course a form of art, and offers an opportunity to…

Hike at Olive Glen with Amy Biehl volunteer, Anouk Pilon

Published: 25 October 2016

Last Saturday I guided a hike and Cape Leopard Trust outing with Anouk Pilon and her partner, Robert. We hiked a beautiful trail that starts and ends at Olive Glen farm in the Klein Drakenstein mountains.…

Calling a new intern for our second camp season of 2016!

Published: 29 July 2016

Hi Everybody, The Education Project is looking for interns to help with its environmental camps in the Cederberg for the second camp seasons in 2016. We run environmental camps from our campsite in the Cederberg, a…

Aardvark Holes, Stok-Broodtjies and Lumi Bands

Published: 02 June 2016

The story of our camp with Adam’s Farm HomeBy Environmental Educator, Catherine Kühn In March this year our education team held a sponsored camp for a group of nine women from Adam's Farm Home. The home in…

Launching our Poetry Competition, “Is Nature Calling You?”

Published: 09 May 2016

As you may know, every year the Cape Leopard Trust Environmental Education Project hosts a creative competition. This year we are excited to announce that we are holding an Inter-school poetry competition called "Is nature calling you?" and…

Earth Day 2016 Child Art Auction Fundraiser at Hotel Verde

Published: 25 April 2016

Like a hobbit’s burrow, guests made their way down into the magically transformed Hotel Verde basement. Into the warmth and out of the refreshing new rains. African fire drums, marimba band beats, leopard dressed up welcome ladies from Afrodizzyacts,…

An ‘EPIC’ adventure with Soetendal NGK Primary School

Published: 18 March 2016

By Hadley Lyners, CLT Environmental Education Coordinator With the Absa Cape Epic underway, The Cape Leopard Trust traditionally seeks to increase environmental education awareness around the survival of Cape leopards along the route of this exciting cycling race.…