by Jackie May | Sep 25, 2018 | Featured
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 not-for-profit she founded, Canopy, which...
by Jackie May | Sep 21, 2018 | Featured
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 on the West Coast, 87 km from Cape...
by Jackie May | Sep 12, 2018 | Opinion
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 date, about 1500 people...
by Jackie May | Aug 28, 2018 | Fashion
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 artificial? Maybe this comes as a bit...
by Jackie May | Aug 17, 2018 | Featured
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...
