ABOUT US
Greenhouse - a South African nonprofit for ecological and social renewal
Greenhouse is a South African nonprofit organisation founded in 2010 to advocate for the rights of nature, Indigenous recognition and a more ecologically conscious way of living. Its mission is to help people remember that human wellbeing is inseparable from the wellbeing of the Earth, and to create practical spaces where this understanding can be explored through community, movement, art, education and environmental stewardship.
Greenhouse draws inspiration from Indigenous ethics while recognising that Indigenous knowledge belongs to the peoples and communities who carry it. The organisation promotes shared leadership, reciprocity, collective responsibility, care for the living world and dance as an ancient technology of cohesion. It seeks to replace relationships based on domination and control with relationships based on cooperation, respect and mutual support.
Through its projects, Greenhouse brings together ecological practice, creative expression and community care. Its work includes indigenous inspired ecstatic-dance gatherings, nature-centred co-living experiences, cross-cultural learning expeditions and After the Fall, a women-centred clay-studio initiative supporting single mothers in Vrygrond, a township in Cape Town, through art, healing, skills development and opportunities for income.
Greenhouse is also developing the PEACE Institute, an educational, research and media platform intended to support Indigenous teachers, advocate for the rights of nature, preserve wild ecosystems and contribute to the regeneration of damaged land.
Greenhouse was registered as a South African nonprofit organisation on 29 July 2010 under registration number 081-983-NPO. Since its establishment, it has initiated community and environmental projects including public water stations, World Water Day activities, a greywater system in Khayelitsha and the community-managed Genius of Space garden. Today, Greenhouse is expanding its work through its conscious-movement programmes, women’s empowerment initiatives, Greenhouse Eco Villa, Indigenous-learning expeditions and the future PEACE Institute.
Greenhouse draws inspiration from Indigenous ethics while recognising that Indigenous knowledge belongs to the peoples and communities who carry it. The organisation promotes shared leadership, reciprocity, collective responsibility, care for the living world and dance as an ancient technology of cohesion. It seeks to replace relationships based on domination and control with relationships based on cooperation, respect and mutual support.
Through its projects, Greenhouse brings together ecological practice, creative expression and community care. Its work includes indigenous inspired ecstatic-dance gatherings, nature-centred co-living experiences, cross-cultural learning expeditions and After the Fall, a women-centred clay-studio initiative supporting single mothers in Vrygrond, a township in Cape Town, through art, healing, skills development and opportunities for income.
Greenhouse is also developing the PEACE Institute, an educational, research and media platform intended to support Indigenous teachers, advocate for the rights of nature, preserve wild ecosystems and contribute to the regeneration of damaged land.
Greenhouse was registered as a South African nonprofit organisation on 29 July 2010 under registration number 081-983-NPO. Since its establishment, it has initiated community and environmental projects including public water stations, World Water Day activities, a greywater system in Khayelitsha and the community-managed Genius of Space garden. Today, Greenhouse is expanding its work through its conscious-movement programmes, women’s empowerment initiatives, Greenhouse Eco Villa, Indigenous-learning expeditions and the future PEACE Institute.
