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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

Gift guide for a sustainable festive season

Guides Opinion

Gift guide for a sustainable festive season

We’ve got to be honest with you – this may be the first gifting guide that doesn’t encourage you to buy anything – at least not as a first, second, third or even fourth resort. So if you’ve just come...

November 30, 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

Fashion

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

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

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

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

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

Fashion

What’s the Stitch: Ready to take the vegan challenge to your wardrobe?

‘What’s the Stitch?’ is a new monthly column by Emma Jones-Phillipson about dressing sustainably in our modern age. She’ll pair critical insights into the environmental and social impacts of the fashion industry with useful guides to conscious buying, wearing, and...

October 5, 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

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Tag: Eco-conscious

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

Nude Foods, a Cape Town zero waste store turns one

Gift guide for a sustainable festive season

Beauty Spot: Our monthly beauty review

Peter Templehoff infuses exotic flavours into old favourites

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

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

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

Architect of change 3: Dirk Coetser touched the earth lightly

Beauty Spot: Why and how we should come clean

What’s the Stitch: Ready to take the vegan challenge to your wardrobe?

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

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