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Why biodiversity must be on your fashion agenda

Biodiversity is what maintains the stability of our ecosystems. We rely on biodiversity for food and energy, and we depend on its indispensable role in sustaining air quality, providing fresh water and soil, and regulating climate. Yet, according to a...

October 4, 2022

This eco-laundromat and urban farm have become a caring inner city hub

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This eco-laundromat and urban farm have become a caring inner city hub

Tucked away in the Cape Town inner city, between a barren parking lot and a bustling Food Lover’s Market, lies the Streetscapes Urban Farm and the home of LaundReCycle, South Africa’s first off-grid, eco-friendly laundromat. At the entrance to the...

October 4, 2022

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Fashion finds new teachers for True Fashion: Season 2

How do we learn ‘fashion’? What happens when we meet elsewhere to find our fashion lessons? Will we discover ways to create more socially-just fashion systems, ones filled with respect for each other and the planet? Seated outside a library...

September 6, 2022

Low-technology: Why sustainability doesn’t have to depend on high-tech solutions

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Low-technology: Why sustainability doesn’t have to depend on high-tech solutions

It’s a popular idea that the path to sustainability lies in high-tech solutions. By making everyday items like cars electric, and installing smart systems to monitor and reduce energy use, it seems we’ll still be able to enjoy the comforts...

February 21, 2022

The Nature of Fashion Report says fashion needs to function as an ecosystem

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The Nature of Fashion Report says fashion needs to function as an ecosystem

By now, we should all know that we have much to learn from natural ecosystems when it comes to living in dynamic balance and harmony with the world around us. Drawing on this, in 2020, The Biomimicry Institute released a...

January 26, 2022

Inscape is cultivating the circular economy with its progressive design education

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Inscape is cultivating the circular economy with its progressive design education

Inscape’s focus on building a circular economy through design awarded them a place among the institutions recognised by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for their role as an educator in the circularity and sustainability space. Since opening their first campus in...

January 19, 2022

Fashion

True Fashion: Try on Green Programme Spotlights Young Talent and Tapestries of Change

From August to October 2021, the French Institute of South Africa, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut South Africa, celebrated South African designers working towards a sustainable future with their True Fashion: Try on Green mentorship programme. The mentorship programme was...

January 17, 2022

Why you should care about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

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Why you should care about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

You have heard about that the United Nations has set 17 goals towards sustainable development, known as the Sustainable Development Goals. Do you understand what are they? Why do we have them? And how can they help us frame our...

January 13, 2022

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Why biodiversity must be on your fashion agenda

This eco-laundromat and urban farm have become a caring inner city hub

Fashion finds new teachers for True Fashion: Season 2

Low-technology: Why sustainability doesn’t have to depend on high-tech solutions

The Nature of Fashion Report says fashion needs to function as an ecosystem

Inscape is cultivating the circular economy with its progressive design education

True Fashion: Try on Green Programme Spotlights Young Talent and Tapestries of Change

Why you should care about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

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