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Algoa Bay - Complexity on

our Doorstep?

Gary presented “Algoa Bay – Complexity on
our Doorstep?” at The Tributaries Project

Seminar (March 1). As he noted: “I am very
connected to the Bay, I swim in the Bay, I dive

in the Bay. I serve on the local WESSA
structure and have a number of friends who

do stuff. So, I thought what I would try to do
is introduce the Bay as an example of
complexity … You have heard that saying: ‘the

sum is greater than the parts.’ So, that’s

basically what complexity is. The problem
with complexity is that you need boundaries
for meaning … you have to draw the line

somewhere … it’s always a pencil line … I have

decided to draw the line on something called
Algoa Bay … That specific selection allows me

to have a conversation about a body of water