The Olifants River estuary on the West Coast near Lutzville. (Photo: John Yeld)
To explore, enhance and transform the social-learning of women in rural and landless contexts who are engaged in agro-ecology, but face barriers of hostile industrial companies and an unfriendly learning atmosphere as a result of the shift in technology that women experience in mining towns and the socio-environmental impact on their lives; to inquire how women have engaged and responded to these barriers and used their agency to enhance and build the quality of their lives and create sustainable futures.