Meet 8 young people acting and advocating for change
South African youth are known for speaking truth to power and taking the lead when it comes to creating positive change in our present and future. Marking 46 years since the historic Soweto Uprising, Youth Day is an important day to elevate the voices and experiences...
Q&A: Lucie Panis-Jones reminds us of the hands behind our textiles
Lucie Panis-Jones is a multifaceted textile designer, based in Cape Town, whose work includes artful mending and textured weaving. Growing up in many countries across the world – including Zimbabwe, the United States, France, Spain, and Belgium – gave Lucie exposure...
10 South African youth fashion brands to support this Youth Day
South African youth have a long history of challenging the status quo. On 16 June 1976 – the date we now know as Youth Day – when the Apartheid government changed the primary...
commonPROPAGANDA creates safe spaces where young people imagine the future
Young people give us hope for a better future. Take for instance Cape Town’s commonPROPAGANDA. This non-profit youth collective brings together diverse communities and creates...
5 Ways to responsibly rehome clothes you no longer wear
The circular fashion movement is a response to environmental, social and economic impacts of the fashion industry’s waste crisis. We now know that hundreds of thousands of tonnes...
The Herding Academy highlights the importance of herders in regenerative farming
The Herding Academy, based in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape, teaches people to use livestock as a regenerative tool starting with eco-literacy, much of which is inculcated in...
Q&A: Sandi and Camila Gillman weave slowness in a world of speed
Sandi and Camila Gillman are the mother-daughter duo behind Cape Town-based textile studio, Sett & Beat. They were finalists at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021 in...
6 Books About the Climate Crisis That Offer Hope
Coral bleaching, floods, bushfire, biodiversity decline and extinction – as we witness the effects of climate change, amid a stream of reports warning of the cost of government...
Projects
Africa Textile Talks 2022
The first of its kind, the Africa Textile Talks is a three-day Southern African hybrid event. It brings together and celebrates farmers, textile makers, dyers, weavers crafters and fashion designers.
Open Call for Design Futures Lab 2022
Have you got a sustainable fashion story you want told in an immersive digital format? Electric South, Twyg and Crossover Labs are excited to invite creative technologists and digital storytellers to apply for the Design Futures Lab 2022.
Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
Are you implementing sustainable, circular and regenerative approaches to your design? Are you fostering ethical practices? Are you challenging business-as-usual? If these are issues that concern you, then we’re looking for you!