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Being Green - 03 June 2022

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to 13-year-old Quinley Wild about his song SOS (Save our Soil). He wrote it after his mom, Casey, got involved in a global movement to address the crisis of soil degradation. And big local stars like Zolani Mahola, originally from Freshly Ground and now known as ‘The One Who Sings’, joined in to make it all come together. Theo Crous from Springbok Nude Girls, the Khayelitsha Children’s choir, and a group of AFDA alumni also took part in the project.
3 Jun 2022 English South Africa Health & Fitness

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