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Our Living Community - 28 May 2025

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In this episode we start a new series on our next organization: the Sugarbird Project. Otto van der Walt joined co-founder Sandy van Hoogstraten on her daily walk, joined by Sandy's two pups, Bella and Benjamin. She told him all about how she and co-founder Maya Naumann started the project, and what their main goals are.
28 May English South Africa Science · Nature

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