This essay was originally published on the Daily Maverick and forms part of a series, commissioned by the Presidential Climate Commission, that explores challenges and opportunities relating to a...
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How to help smallholder farmers fight climate change
This essay was originally published on the Daily Maverick and forms part of a series, commissioned by the Presidential Climate Commission, that explores challenges and opportunities relating to a...
Women are locked out of the climate adaptation plan — we need to align culture and tradition to fix this
This essay was originally published on the Daily Maverick and is part of a series, commissioned by the Presidential Climate Commission, exploring the challenges and opportunities relating to a just...
The District Six Huis Kombuis Memory Project uses Homecrafts to Evoke Memory
“At the District Six Museum, we are trying to facilitate a pilgrimage of return. We want people who lived in District Six to feel a sense of belonging because if you don’t have roots, you feel...
The Keiskamma Art Project retrospective will make South African art history
Today, Freedom Day, marks 28 years since South Africa became a democracy. Despite this, our collective project for freedom and justice is far from over. So many stories are missing from our public...
Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe: “Why now is the right time for the changes we need”
Ahead of the Forbes African Fashion International Fashion Experience in Botswana, Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe explains why now is the time for social inclusion* and sustainability, and why fashion can...
Discover South African brands with The Local Edit App
To embrace the ethos of slow fashion, we need to choose community over convenience. And, if we want to grow the slow fashion community, we need to find ways to make it accessible to different kinds...
Q&A: Sibabalwe Ndlwana finds sustainable design solutions in traditional practice and nature
Sibabalwe Ndlwana is a Cape Town-based weaving artist, textile designer, and researcher. Her practice as a textile maker focuses on utilising the meditative processes of handweaving, weaving...
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...
Explainer: What is the promise of a global agreement to reduce plastic pollution?
The flow of plastic entering the ocean is expected to double by 2040. To prevent this tsunami of difficult-to-decompose waste, experts have proposed a global treaty which could oblige all nations to...
Artist Zyma Amien Celebrates the Art of Garment Workers
“Once I was in art school, I looked back and realised that I had been living in a home of artists my whole life,” says Zyma Amien, “we didn’t become artists – we always were artists.” Zyma was 46...
Meet the Design Futures Lab 2022 Creatives
Nine teams of two creatives each have been selected for the Design Futures Lab 2022. Included in the lab are fashion designers, artists, gamers, product designers and creative technologists who will...
Low-technology: Why sustainability doesn’t have to depend on high-tech solutions
It’s a popular idea that the path to sustainability lies in high-tech solutions. By making everyday items like cars electric, and installing smart systems to monitor and reduce energy use, it seems...
South Africa to join global effort to clean up plastic pollution
Plastic waste is a blight on the environment and the planet’s oceans, taking a heavy toll on marine life. Now, South Africa has taken steps to ensure waste along the plastic lifecycle is being...
BMW brings tomorrow’s electric driving experience, today
What once seemed like a far-fetched utopian idea is now reality. Fortunately for humanity, companies like BMW have steered us away from a Mad Max scenario of driving post-Apocalyptic guzzoline (Mad...