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Discover 7 visionary women who are disrupting the status quo

Despite the COVID-19 restrictions over the last 18 months, there has been extraordinary creativity in shaping ideas, society, business and, well, the future. The pandemic has heightened awareness of climate change, gender-based violence, poverty and inequality. In response, we’re hearing...

August 9, 2021

Research shows why a living wage gives people dignity

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Research shows why a living wage gives people dignity

A recent report from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Development Policy Research Unit indicated that in quarter four of 2018, 46.6% of all minimum wage earners earned below the national minimum wage in their sector, with numbers well above that in some...

August 8, 2021

Beauty

Lelive is a beauty brand on a mission to care for people and the planet

Earlier this year, actress and model, Amanda Du Pont released her skincare brand Lelive. Lelive (pronounced leh-lee-veh) is Amanda’s unofficial Swazi name that means ‘of the nation or world’. Building a strong community; and listening and working with people to...

August 4, 2021

Beauty

Join NUDE FOODS as it turns a corner for the beauty industry

The more we learn about the chemical and plastic content of our cosmetics, and try to eliminate problem plastics, the more we are interested in clean and green products. While there may be zero-waste food stores cropping up around the...

July 23, 2021

Q&A: Greenpeace’s Angelo Louw wants refill and reuse distribution to be the new normal

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Q&A: Greenpeace’s Angelo Louw wants refill and reuse distribution to be the new normal

Plastics, we know, are a major scourge on the environment littering the oceans, and blocking drainages. According to Greenpeace Africa over 2 billion single-use plastic bags are used every year in South Africa. Half of all plastic produced is designed...

July 18, 2021

Q&A: Bernice Whitby tells us how The Baobab Project creates sustainable livelihoods

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Q&A: Bernice Whitby tells us how The Baobab Project creates sustainable livelihoods

A Durban-based socio-economic development initiative is inspiring a generation to rethink, redesign and build a positive future for the city. The Baobab Project, launched at the end of 2019, promotes the emergence, development and deployment of new solutions to reduce...

July 12, 2021

How Green Degree supports education programmes through upcycled denim

Fashion

How Green Degree supports education programmes through upcycled denim

Green Degree does a few things: It upcycles old denim into new items; it raises funds; and it supports education by equipping learners with classroom tools. Founded in 2019 by Anne Henderson and Cheryl Macdonald, Green Degree collects old denim...

June 24, 2021

11 Ways you can help protect nature’s biodiversity

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11 Ways you can help protect nature’s biodiversity

To mark International Day for Biological Biodiversity on Saturday (22 May), we’ve compiled a list of tips you can apply to your life to help conserve nature’s biodiversity. Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll find in one...

May 18, 2021

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Tips: How (and why) to Compost

Grow, Eat…COMPOST…Repeat. This is the theme for International Compost Awareness Week in the US, which we think is brilliant, as composting is a really good way to reduce your carbon footprint. This circular process turns recycled organic materials into compost...

May 4, 2021

5 Clean, local and sustainable lip balms for winter

Beauty

5 Clean, local and sustainable lip balms for winter

With the pandemic, we have had to adapt to face masks which meant that we ditched wearing lipstick. But pandemic or not, beauty treatment shouldn’t be ignored. You might not be wearing lipstick, but you should be wearing a balm....

April 22, 2021

Features

9 Must-see documentaries for Earth Day

In celebration of Earth day we have compiled this list of must-see environmental documentaries. Some are newly released, others are older, but highly recommended. If you’re not out in nature, experiencing the abundance of ecosystem services it offers us, then...

April 22, 2021

Food

Watch how the Kosgangsters are creating magic with organic food in Ocean View

There is a magical place that has evolved in Ocean View. Six emerging urban farmers have been on a mission to make Ocean View “good, green and gorgeous”. After our visit, we’re pretty confident that they have achieved this. The...

April 15, 2021

Never demolish: Doing nothing to a building is an act of resistance

Spaces

Never demolish: Doing nothing to a building is an act of resistance

Starting out as an architect in the 1990s, I was so eager for work, and excited about the creative possibilities, that turning down a project seemed inconceivable. It was thrilling, then, at a conference a few years ago, to hear...

April 9, 2021

“Seaspiracy” Review: Find out what’s fact, what’s fiction and what to do about eating fish

Opinion

“Seaspiracy” Review: Find out what’s fact, what’s fiction and what to do about eating fish

This week Netflix dropped it’s long-teased documentary, Seaspiracy, about an ocean in peril, drowning in plastic, pillaged by overfishing, and rife with all manner of lawlessness. And to a large extent, this is true. In fact, despite it’s rather sweeping...

March 30, 2021

Slow down on this Western Cape slackpacking trail

Places

Slow down on this Western Cape slackpacking trail

Just over Sir Lowry’s Pass, an hour’s drive from Cape Town, is a slice of hikers’ heaven: the renowned Blue Mountain Trail. Regarded as a punchier sister to the Green Mountain Trail — a four-day, 60km slackpacking hike founded in...

March 10, 2021

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Tag: Sustainable living

Discover 7 visionary women who are disrupting the status quo

Research shows why a living wage gives people dignity

Lelive is a beauty brand on a mission to care for people and the planet

Join NUDE FOODS as it turns a corner for the beauty industry

Q&A: Greenpeace’s Angelo Louw wants refill and reuse distribution to be the new normal

Q&A: Bernice Whitby tells us how The Baobab Project creates sustainable livelihoods

How Green Degree supports education programmes through upcycled denim

11 Ways you can help protect nature’s biodiversity

Tips: How (and why) to Compost

5 Clean, local and sustainable lip balms for winter

9 Must-see documentaries for Earth Day

Watch how the Kosgangsters are creating magic with organic food in Ocean View

Never demolish: Doing nothing to a building is an act of resistance

“Seaspiracy” Review: Find out what’s fact, what’s fiction and what to do about eating fish

Slow down on this Western Cape slackpacking trail

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