In 1989, five women sat around a kitchen table embroidering cloth on a rural Limpopo citrus farm. Over three decades later, impact-driven business Kaross employs 1,000 embroiderers who work from home and create uniquely South African embroidered products while mending...
Iming Lin is the farmer and co-founder of Meuse Farm — a small but mighty farm in Cape Town’s lush, urban foothills. Since 2020, Iming has been nurturing a natural dye garden on the farm where she experiments with plant knowledge that offers a lens into new conscious...
Aside from the environmental degradation that happens as a result of textile production, textile waste is becoming a growing biodiversity concern too.
How Thando Ntuli of MUNKUS reimagines fashion, blending generational heritage with contemporary design and sustainable practices.
While growing up in Nigeria Ijeamaka Nwizu was enchanted by her grandmother’s traditional outfits. Specifically, those made from Akwete fabric – a traditional handwoven textile from Igboland. “I was attracted to the intricacy of the weave and how regal she looked...
Creating a just and regenerative world takes daily acts of constant care. To make this easier for you, we have produced a series of guides filled with ideas on how to weave acts of care into everyday life. Most people - in their individual capacity - are not...
Reason to care: Waste has become the symptom and symbol of our linear capitalistic economic system that prioritises overproduction and overconsumption. Convenience has become a key to maintaining our fast-paced lives. But, the waste we create in pursuit of convenience...
Reason to care: For many of us, our homes are spaces of comfort and familiarity. When it comes to sustainable living, our homes are an important focus, because they are one of the few spaces we can control. There are many – often simple – ways to make sure your home...
Reason to care: Industrial agriculture is extractive and driven by profit maximisation instead of creating farming systems that care for the Earth. This way of farming and rearing livestock is responsible for vast planetary and social harms. Industrial agriculture...
Reason to care: The kitchen is the hearth of many homes. It’s a space where family and friends gather to share food, connect with each other, tell stories, continue traditions, and build a sense of culinary community. But, the kitchen can also be a space of wastage...
Our work is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12, which aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production. Read More
