By now, you would have noticed an increase in light plastic-like carrier bags on supermarket shelves. Most conventional light plastic packaging – for groceries, dry cleaning, bread, frozen food...
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10 Women gently shaping a caring future
Women’s Day in South Africa is about more than honouring the tens of thousands of women who marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings against the Pass Laws Act on this day in 1956. It’s also about deep...
Artist Gina van der Ploeg merges touch and textiles with tending to the land
“We wouldn’t have textiles without agriculture,” says Cape Town-based fibre artist and farmer, Gina van der Ploeg, “And what I love about textiles is that everyone has a connection with them.” From...
7 Indigenous nurseries to know for spring planting
Spring is nearly upon us which means…gardening season! And plenty of planning whether you’re adding to, rejuvenating an established garden, or starting from scratch. But what to plant and where to...
Design Futures Lab 2022: Where sustainable fashion meets immersive technology
What happens when sustainable fashion and immersive technology collide? The Design Futures Lab 2022 prototypes are here to answer this question. After an open call for nominations, nine teams of...
Q&A: Lesego Ngwane on slow living
Prioritising wellness, self-care, and slow living seem so far removed from our everyday realities that we forget about simple acts that can bring us back to ourselves. Part of sustainable living is...
Regenerative farming is the future of farm-to-fashion wool systems in South Africa
Did you know that South Africa is the second-largest exporter of apparel wool and the largest mohair producer in the world? The first Merino sheep arrived at the Cape in 1789. Now, South Africa is...
11 Local makers working with South African wool
South African wool, specifically locally grown, regeneratively farmed wool, is key to the revival of the textile industry and to building a sustainable, ethical and regenerative fashion system. Wool...
5 Sustainable Fashion Takeaways from Africa Textile Talks 2022
Creating change in the fashion industry begins with the sharing of new sustainable fashion ideas and the propagation of new possibilities. The inaugural Africa Textile Talks, which took place from...
Twyg Swap&Mend events
Recirculating clothing that already exists is one effective way to tackle fashion’s waste crisis and limit the demand for new clothing. Clothes swaps have become a fun and Earth-friendly way to do this.
How Ackermans turns its fashion waste into building blocks
We all know fashion’s waste problem which is creating environmental problems. Now working towards a better future, Ackermans has launched an innovative solution to its fashion textile waste. Along...
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...
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 spaces – where arts,...
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 indigenous farming...
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 inaction, it is easy...