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The environment takes centre stage at textile artist David Bellamy’s group exhibition

Except for its roof, David Bellamy’s single-storey cottage in the False Bay suburb of Muizenberg is hidden behind a wall of brick and plant. The bright turquoise roof looks like a neat brush stroke against mountain and blanket of blue...

November 20, 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

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

Spaces

Architect of change 3: Dirk Coetser touched the earth lightly

Using recycled containers, lightweight steel, borehole water, solar power architects at A4AC created this off-the-grid home in Northcliff. Architect Dirk Coetser tells us more about how the company’s approach of “touching the earth lightly” informed the design of this AfriSam-SAIA Awards...

October 18, 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

Meet the woman saving endangered forests from becoming viscose

Nicole Rycroft is one of a growing crew of people who work tirelessly at changing how we impact Earth. Most of her work has focused on protecting ancient and indigenous trees from becoming wood pulp. She does this through the...

September 25, 2018

Features

Finding rubbish in paradise. How we cleaned up Dassen Island

When the boat pulls up at the island’s jetty we’re all talking about the water. It’s bright turquoise, crystal clear and the sand below is white. We’re not in the tropics. We’ve sped 10 km across the ocean from Yzerfontein...

September 21, 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

Opinion

What is the effect of your savings on dirty energy companies?

You may have noticed the work of an organization called Fossil Free South Africa. It’s currently running a social media campaign, Spotlight, calling for SA’s biggest pension and investment funds to help savers divest from coal, gas and oil. To...

September 12, 2018

Fashion

Part 1: Find out what is being done about viscose’s dangerous chemical pollution

We all love the feel of viscose. It’s soft and luxurious to the touch. So, it shouldn’t surprise you much that after it was first commercially produced in 1905 it was often called “artificial silk”. The silkiness is obvious. But...

August 28, 2018

Features

This kickass Slovakian sneaker brand pulls at our heartstrings

Shoes aren’t an easy product to make sustainably. Most mainstream mass shoe manufacturing involves toxic glues and plastics and unsustainably-sourced rubber and leather. A few companies have succeeded in making a shoe that is credibly sustainable and looks cool too....

August 17, 2018

Opinion

Talking Rubbish: “Make environmentally-friendly choices when it comes to your periods”

Two years ago I made the switch from conventional tampons to a menstrual cup. I wanted to reduce the amount of waste for which I was responsible. I also wanted to limit my exposure to the synthetic, and often harmful,...

August 13, 2018

Features

Damned if we don’t

Wrapped in post-consumer plastic, Rati Lekalakala imagines being an animal in the same situation. This is not much of a stretch of her imagination: high concentrations of plastic materials have been found blocking the airways and stomachs of hundreds of ...

July 29, 2018

Fashion

Will WWF save the planet by selling one polyester jacket at a time?

You may have seen the World Wildlife Fund’s promoted posts on Facebook and on Instagram. WWF South Africa has launched a technical apparel project in South Africa. I’m a huge fan of innovation in the garment sector and the fact...

July 25, 2018

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The environment takes centre stage at textile artist David Bellamy’s group exhibition

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

Top Cape chefs consider sustainability integral to their businesses

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

Architect of change 3: Dirk Coetser touched the earth lightly

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

Meet the woman saving endangered forests from becoming viscose

Finding rubbish in paradise. How we cleaned up Dassen Island

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

What is the effect of your savings on dirty energy companies?

Part 1: Find out what is being done about viscose’s dangerous chemical pollution

This kickass Slovakian sneaker brand pulls at our heartstrings

Talking Rubbish: “Make environmentally-friendly choices when it comes to your periods”

Damned if we don’t

Will WWF save the planet by selling one polyester jacket at a time?

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