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 of clothing end up in landfill, are burnt or are jettisoned by bale loads from the Global...
7 Fresh Produce Subscription Boxes to Help You Support Small and Local
In South Africa, the movement to support local, small-scale growers and farmers is on the rise as citizen-consumers have become more aware of the effects of large-scale commercial farming on their health and the environment. Supporting local food systems is more...
6 Retail Spaces Selling Local Fashion Brands
The 18th to the 24th of April marks Fashion Revolution Week. In the lead up, we thought it would be a good idea to share a few brick-and-mortar retail spaces that provide a unique shopping experience for looking, feeling, and falling in love with local fashion brands....
Practice planetary care and mindful mending at Greenpop’s Reforest Fest
We are officially living in the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration - A global call to action launched by the United Nations Environment Programme last year in collaboration with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation and set to run to 2030 to “prevent, halt and...
Rental Revolution: 4 South African Clothing Rental Services
Along with thrifting and swapping, clothing rental has exploded in the fashion industry. It satiates our desire for newness while offering a more circular, sustainable, and accessible alternative to the current linear, fast fashion model. Bonus, the renter doesn’t...
7 Experience Gifts For The Month Of Love
If the past two years of living between curfews and quarantines have taught us anything it is the value of sharing tangible moments. With restrictions relaxed and more of our freedoms slowly restored, thanks largely to the advent of vaccines, we have compiled a list...
Slow down on this Western Cape slackpacking trail
Just over Sir Lowry’s Pass, an hour’s drive from Cape Town, is a slice of hikers’ heaven: the renowned Blue Mountain Trail. Regarded as a punchier sister to the Green Mountain Trail — a four-day, 60km slackpacking hike founded in 2007 — the Blue Mountain Trail is a...
One year later: Do Li Edelkoort’s predictions for a post-Covid fashion era still ring true?
Just over a year ago Li Edelkoort said the virus is possibly “a gift for the planet”. It will teach us to slow down, produce less, consume less, and use what we already have to create mindfully. The international trend forecaster and analyst delivered her thoughts on...
Part Two: Preferred South African plant fibre textiles
This is *part two in our series on preferred textiles available in South Africa and where to find them. It's a non-exhaustive list of natural plant fibres like cotton, linen hemp, and rPET, and includes their sourcing and processing practices, and where to find them....
5 South African products for a sustainable skincare routine
Founder of Plaiin and graduate in organic skincare formulation, Megan Cozens sums up skincare well: “Ultimately, you want a product with as few ingredients as possible. Simple, yet effective.” She says the more we care about what we put onto our bodies, the more it...