Ten Green Spring Cleaning Tips
by10 green spring cleaning tips to have your home trending lightly this spring!
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Eco-friendly Gardening Tips
byStarting your own eco-friendly garden can be a great way to grow flowers, encourage the flourishing of local blooms and do your bit for the planet. Follow these green gardening tips to score some serious flower power this spring.
Meet The CAN DO! Trekking For Trash Team
byCAN DO! Trekking for Trash is a courageous 3000km trek on foot by social change adventurers Michael Baretta and Camilla Howard along the South African coast line from Alexander Bay on the Namibian border, to Kosi Bay on the Mozambican border.
Eco Design Uncovered: Avant Garde object Week 2
byWe are now in Week 2 of the competition and are seeing see some of the eco designs starting to take shape in the students storyboards below. Some are becoming quite obvious as to what the final designs will be, others still remain a bit of a mystery!
Fruit and Veg City Seafood Scandal
byFollowing an investigation into the seafood sold at Fruit and Veg City two months ago, a number of Sapa journalists were apparently detained in a cold storage room in a Sandton franchise and ordered to delete all photographic evidence.
Spring Eco Fashion Trends
bySpring is finally here and if you’re like us, you’re ready to ditch the scarves and jackets in exchange for bright colours and lighter materials. Here’s an overview of the biggest fashion trends this season.
Upcycling Pinspiration
byI am totally addicted to Pinterest. There are so many beautiful people, places, food, animals… I could go on forever and you don’t even have to spend a cent to admire it all.
Fairtrade Organic Green Olives now available in SA
byIn addition to the range of African Fairtrade products already available in local stores, South Africans can now purchase Fairtrade organic green olives from Palestine. The olives are imported and distributed in South Africa by Zaytoun, which was founded in 2004 to work with Palestinian farmers who had lost their olive and olive oil exports since the intifada.
“Sport in a box” Upcycling For A Better Community
byThe term ‘upcycling’ is often used to describe the conversion of unused items into tools of value that benefit communities. In the case of Copenhagen-based shipping company Safmarine, decommissioned shipping containers come in handy with efforts to uplift and improve the quality of education in disadvantaged communities across the country.
New Scent for Summer: Dreams Unlimited Sun Fresh
byI tend to be a bit of a scent snob but the new limited edition scent, Dreams Unlimited Sun Fresh, from The Body Shop definitely meets and maybe even exceeds my expectations.