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Floating into Summer in Sitting Pretty

You know how the promise of summer feels: days are a little longer, the temperature slowly gets warmer, once every few days we have a teasingly perfect day followed by a colder one…It’s not long now before we can spend...

October 1, 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

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

Beauty

Esse organic skincare takes beauty into the future

News of our planet’s degradation dominates headlines. Everyday we read stories about the devastating effects of climate change; plastic waste clogging our oceans; carbon emissions; food grown in compromised soil; additives in products we use daily; chemical residues – including...

July 6, 2018

Places

Walking the Baviaans Camino will put a little soul in your heart

It’s a bitterly cold morning deep in a kloof beside a rocky riverbed in the Eastern Cape. We emerge from our tents exhaling steam. The tops of the indigenous trees have only just started to catch the light. We need to...

July 3, 2018

Opinion

Talking Rubbish: “A R5 swear jar is my commitment to Plastic Free July”

With Plastic Free July underway, now is the time to take stock of my zero-waste journey. This month-long campaign raises awareness of our global plastic waste problem while encouraging people to avoid single-use plastic through the #choosetorefuse challenge. I have...

July 2, 2018

Fashion

Emma Longden sits pretty with natural fabrics

A curiosity about fabric is what sets her brand apart, says fashion designer Emma Longden. Her team, she says, “is always learning about textiles”. Since the ethos of Cape Town-based Sitting Pretty is based on environmental awareness, ethical trading and...

June 15, 2018

Food

Our zero waste heroes show us how to lighten up

You would have heard of the zero waste movement by now. The “priestess of waste-free living” Bea Johnson, a French woman in America, toured South Africa a year ago to promote the global movement, and her book, Zero Waste Home....

June 14, 2018

Features

The T-shirt that keeps plastic bottles out of the ocean

Update: Since this article was published, Into The Green has closed. Roxanne and Stefan have referred us to a colleague for a similar offering Fashion labels across the world, including G-Star Raw, H&M, Gucci, Adidas and North Face, are using fabric made...

June 12, 2018

Features

Designer Porky Hefer’s Endangered works invite a weep and a cuddle

South African designer Porky Hefer’s new artworks depict a kingdom of giant soft toys. Called Endangered, the collection will make you weep. The day before the sculptures were shipped off to Switzerland to be exhibited, a group of journalists were...

June 4, 2018

Features

Message in a bottle: Thirza Schaap makes plastic ocean art that is both beautiful and scary

When you walk along the Atlantic coast’s sandy white beaches in Cape Town, it’s easy to be distracted by the startling magnificence of the scenery. The ice blue waves crash down onto beaches and smash into black brown rocks. On...

June 3, 2018

Features

Aaniyah Omardien: We do beach cleanups to help reduce and eliminate single-use plastic

Not far from where she does new moon beach cleanups in Muizenberg, Aaniyah Omardien spent her happiest times as a child. “On hot days, my mother would pack a picnic supper and we’d go to Dalebrook tidal pool in Kalk...

June 1, 2018

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Tag: Eco-conscious

Floating into Summer in Sitting Pretty

Meet the woman saving endangered forests from becoming viscose

Finding rubbish in paradise. How we cleaned up Dassen Island

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

Esse organic skincare takes beauty into the future

Walking the Baviaans Camino will put a little soul in your heart

Talking Rubbish: “A R5 swear jar is my commitment to Plastic Free July”

Emma Longden sits pretty with natural fabrics

Our zero waste heroes show us how to lighten up

The T-shirt that keeps plastic bottles out of the ocean

Designer Porky Hefer’s Endangered works invite a weep and a cuddle

Message in a bottle: Thirza Schaap makes plastic ocean art that is both beautiful and scary

Aaniyah Omardien: We do beach cleanups to help reduce and eliminate single-use plastic

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