Being Green - 24 April 2020

Glynis Crook’s guest in this week’s edition of Being Green is Dr Eleanor Hutchings who is the People and Conservation Coordinator: Biodiversity Management Branch at the City of Cape Town. They discuss the annual City Nature Challenge which takes place from Friday 24 to Monday 27 April. More than 250 cities across the world are taking part this year in the special Covid-19 lockdown edition. In places where residents are not allowed to leave their homes, they are being encouraged to document the plants, birds, animals, reptiles and insects they find in their gardens, on their balconies or even from their windows. To take part, all you need to do is sign up for the challenge and start recording your observations. If you have a smartphone, you can download the free iNaturalist app in your app store.