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Talking Rubbish: How to celebrate Valentine’s Day without trash

I am not a fan of Valentine’s Day. I am all for celebrating love, sure, but I prefer to do that without mindless consumerism and unnecessary waste. I’ll give cheesy store-bought Valentine’s goodies a miss: they usually end up in the...

February 12, 2019

Fashion

What’s the Stitch? How to put fashion waste to good use

At Greenpop’s Reforest Fest last year, the crew wore T-shirts made from recycled plastic bottles. You’re thinking “school design project”. Or, that it is a T-shirt made from clear plastic scales hot-glued together. Nope. These T-shirts look, feel and behave like...

February 10, 2019

Talking Rubbish: 8 ways to lighten your footprint this year

Opinion

Talking Rubbish: 8 ways to lighten your footprint this year

At the start of a new year, many of us take the opportunity to set goals, intentions and resolutions. The themes usually run along the lines of becoming healthier, exercising, drinking more water, taking up a hobby or improving a...

January 11, 2019

What’s The Stitch? About A Secondhand Revolution

Fashion

What’s The Stitch? About A Secondhand Revolution

It’s a new year and time for a ‘new you’, right? Maybe you’re starting a new job (I am!). Or lost your suitcase. Gained (maybe lost) some weight. Or just want a new look. You may need a few new...

January 3, 2019

Guides Opinion

Talking Rubbish: How to have a sustainable festive season

How can we participate in this magical, and much-needed holiday period without falling prey to the excess? For a while now, I have been aware of the consumerist trap that Christmas has become. For many middle class and affluent families, ...

December 22, 2018

Food

Nude Foods, a Cape Town zero waste store turns one

Nude Foods, the zero waste store in Cape Town’s CBD, turned one last week. We’re delighted to have the store in town! Since it first opened its doors at 5 Constitution Street it has grown a loyal customer base, and...

December 10, 2018

Beauty

Beauty Spot: Our monthly beauty review

Beauty Spot is our monthly column about natural, clean beauty in which we only feature products that we have tried and tested ourselves. We want to support natural, clean beauty products that are on the market as we believe they...

November 26, 2018

Opinion

Talking Rubbish: “Instead of supporting Black Friday, I support Buy Nothing Day”

It’s that time of year when the Black Friday specials start trending online, littering our email inboxes and polluting our social media feeds. Black Friday, on 23 November, originally an American tradition, is the biggest US shopping day of the...

November 7, 2018

Fashion

What’s the stitch? How to shop, buy and wear to last

Here’s a quick thought experience. In your closet, what is the item you’ve had the longest? No cheating with wedding dresses or sentimental baby clothes – it needs to be an item you can or do still wear. I have...

November 2, 2018

Beauty

Nicole Sherwin, first lady of Eco Diva, on self love and natural beauty

It would come as no surprise to anyone who knows her that Nicole Sherwin is the founder of a natural, clean beauty brand. The child of a homeopath, Nicole’s lifelong passion has been health and wellness. During her five-year stay...

November 2, 2018

Fashion

These yoga pants are made from recycled plastic bottles

Spiritgirl Active Wear, a South African brand, uses recycled polyethylene terephthalate bottles to create fun, yoga wear. Founded by Leigh Sarembock and Rochele le Roux in November 2015, they have captured the hearts and minds of many an eco-warrior yoga...

October 26, 2018

Features

Looking for local, sustainable brands? Find them at The Ethical Market in Joburg

After two successful Cape Town-based pop ups (and many requests for a Johannesburg-based one), THEM or The Ethical Market will open on Thursday evening at the Bamboo centre in Johannesburg. This pop up shop focusses on local and ethical fashion,...

October 23, 2018

Beauty

Beauty Spot: Why and how we should come clean

Is your beauty shelf heaving with products, some unopened, others opened, not empty but unused? Are you a victim of the promise of eternal youth and flawless skin that comes in expensively packaged pots and jars? Yip, well most of...

October 17, 2018

Opinion

Talking Rubbish: “5 ways I’m cleaning out my life this spring”

Spring has arrived, that time of the year I not only spring clean my house, but spring clean my lifestyle. While I try my best to lead a low waste, sustainable life, it’s impossible to have no impact on the...

October 2, 2018

Features

Q+A: Hanri Taljaard on the slow clothing consumption habits of South African women

With a passion for the natural environment and a fascination with the secret language we all speak through our clothes, Hanri Taljaard is currently knee-deep in a PhD study, focusing on “voluntary simplistic” clothing consumption practices in South Africa. Nadia...

September 20, 2018

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Talking Rubbish: How to celebrate Valentine’s Day without trash

What’s the Stitch? How to put fashion waste to good use

Talking Rubbish: 8 ways to lighten your footprint this year

What’s The Stitch? About A Secondhand Revolution

Talking Rubbish: How to have a sustainable festive season

Nude Foods, a Cape Town zero waste store turns one

Beauty Spot: Our monthly beauty review

Talking Rubbish: “Instead of supporting Black Friday, I support Buy Nothing Day”

What’s the stitch? How to shop, buy and wear to last

Nicole Sherwin, first lady of Eco Diva, on self love and natural beauty

These yoga pants are made from recycled plastic bottles

Looking for local, sustainable brands? Find them at The Ethical Market in Joburg

Beauty Spot: Why and how we should come clean

Talking Rubbish: “5 ways I’m cleaning out my life this spring”

Q+A: Hanri Taljaard on the slow clothing consumption habits of South African women

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