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Mandela (Mandy) Leola van Eeden

@mandelaleola.bsky.social

Pursuing and Protecting the Wild.

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Love you and miss you my friend!

18.03.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 🍏 doesn’t fall far from the 🌳 Love you, papa!

18.03.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My ouma (grandmother) helped establish this private nature reserve in the 1960s. This is where I grew up in South Africa.

This is my favorite place on earth and I hope these images of our home in the bush helps you understand why. 🌿🌿🌿

17.03.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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A tour of our family farm in South Africaβ€”where our ancestors began farming in beneath the Langeberg Mountains in South Africa’s Western Cape.

Our family has been here since 1662.

13.03.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Obligatory-Cousin-Ridgeback-Farm-Portrait. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

11.03.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œInjustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

22.02.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Living on Earth: Civil Rights and Environmental Justice For Black History Month, civil rights and EJ leader Rev. Benjamin Chavis joins Host Steve Curwood to connect the dots between the civil rights and environmental justice movements. He reflects on the f...

www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

22.02.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œA well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.” –Helen Keller

Picture credit: Dawn Kish
πŸ“Grand Canyon National Park

20.02.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big thanks to the Daily Inter Lake for this feature! πŸ”₯ It’s fun to be described as a woman with a β€œknife at her waist, wide-brimmed hat and green henley…” I hope to present at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks in Kalispell again soon.

Read the article: dailyinterlake.com/news/2025/fe...

18.02.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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35 years ago today.

12.02.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Acknowledging all students who get out of bed… especially those who do it early Friday mornings for Ashtanga (full) Led Primary Series… This moving mediation happens every Friday from 7-8:30am at Hot House Yoga in downtown Missoula, Montana. Jai! πŸ”₯

β€œYoga is not easy!” β€”Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

31.01.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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5-years ago today the Missoulian featured my outreach in schools as their cover story. Today, you can listen to my didgeridoo music on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Amazon.

βœ”οΈ Simply search for β€œMandela van Eeden”

This original music was created in collaboration with Steve Saroff.

27.01.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Have a peaceful weekend everyone ✌🏽

24.01.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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