The Sederkloof Lodge Vision
Our vision at Sederkloof Lodge is to practice sustainable eco-tourism and agriculture in the Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site through:
- producing an increasing amount of the food that the lodge consumes on-site organically, using home-made compost and earthworm tea;
- buying locally produced products;
- reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by minimising the amount of fossil fuel that we use to transport our goods from George, 250 km away, to Sederkloof Lodge; installing electricity meters to be aware of the amount of fossil fuel energy that we use, through making use of off-peak low cost electricity; and through researching renewable energy methods such as solar power and anaerobically digested methane biogas for our cooking and heating requirements;
- participating in stewardship agreements with the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency;
- participating in veld restoration initiatives such as the Spekboom Thicket Rehabilitation Programme;
- supporting research and development in water catchment management and ecological restoration;
- implementing sustainable farming methods such as non-lethal predator control methods (i.e. kraaling animals at night in a safe enclosure), rotational grazing, adhering to the stocking density, and erosion control;
- supporting the development of waste and water recycling technologies in the Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site;
- using our water carefully;
- protecting our heritage resources i.e. bushman paintings, and preserving it for future generations to experience; and
- supporting the availability of good education and internet development centres for the people of Baviaanskloof.
