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How rental services make fashion more sustainable

Imagine. At the beginning of a new month, 30 or 31 outfits are delivered to your door by a rental service. Clothes and accessories are clean, the right fit for your body shape and styled to suit your lifestyle, including...

January 21, 2019

Why microbeads are a threat and why they’re hard to handle

Features

Why microbeads are a threat and why they’re hard to handle

Plastic is everywhere. It is used across a spectrum of applications from durable industrial equipment, household appliances to throw-away single-use items and even the clothes we wear. This wide scope of uses is ascribed to its versatility, low-cost and because...

January 9, 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

Features

Artist Amy Rusch gives time to plastic bags

Three ethereal artworks made from plastic bags are currently on display at SMITH Studio, an art gallery in Cape Town’s city centre. Amy Rusch made the pieces “giving time to plastic bags 1-17” as part of a collaborative group show called Calibrating...

December 14, 2018

Fashion

Fashion Revolutionary is one of GQs 50 best-dressed men in South Africa

A Fashion Revolution activist is one of the top 50 best-dressed men in South Africa. GQ magazine recognized Cyril Naicker for his sharp local and sustainable style. We asked Cyril how he keeps up with fashion while being conscious of...

December 13, 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

Food

Peter Templehoff infuses exotic flavours into old favourites

What: Lunch tasting menu Where: Greenhouse at the Cellars-Honenhort Hotel in Constantia (021 481-1948) How much: R1200 for a seven-course meal including wine (R850 excluding wines) Service: Excellent: unobtrusive and professional. Would I return? Without a doubt. A review on TripAdvisor refers...

November 23, 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

Food

Top Cape chefs consider sustainability integral to their businesses

Peter Templehoff’s spring lunch menu doesn’t feature cockroach or flies. Yet. For now, the menu is everything you’d expect from one of the country’s top restaurants. Peter’s Greenhouse offering is complex, reflecting his extensive global experience while very expressive of...

November 6, 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

Features

An open letter: Let’s tackle plastic waste and pollution at source

This open Letter, penned by Ellen MacArthur, Erik Solheim (UN Environment), Stella McCartney and nine other significant industry players, calls on businesses and governments to work together to draw a line in the sand and tackle plastic waste and pollution...

October 29, 2018

Fashion

SA Fashion Week: Lucilla Booyzen’s labour of love comes of age

Everyone in the SA Fashion Week office in Rosebank is wearing black. Founder and director Lucilla Booyzen is trim, her neatly cut red hair lightly touches her shoulders. She wears a cardigan, black of course, which, she says, has been...

October 26, 2018

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Tag: Change

How rental services make fashion more sustainable

Why microbeads are a threat and why they’re hard to handle

What’s The Stitch? About A Secondhand Revolution

Talking Rubbish: How to have a sustainable festive season

Artist Amy Rusch gives time to plastic bags

Fashion Revolutionary is one of GQs 50 best-dressed men in South Africa

Nude Foods, a Cape Town zero waste store turns one

Beauty Spot: Our monthly beauty review

Peter Templehoff infuses exotic flavours into old favourites

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

Top Cape chefs consider sustainability integral to their businesses

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

An open letter: Let’s tackle plastic waste and pollution at source

SA Fashion Week: Lucilla Booyzen’s labour of love comes of age

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