2009

Go the Green list with SASSI

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Interview with SASSI´s Timony Siebert… Hot on the heels of a recent episode of Carte Blanche which exposed the mislabelling of fish that is going on in the Western Cape, we thought we´d publish our interview with Timony Siebert, Coordinator for Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative (S

Alicia Silverstone: The ecoista

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It’s been a long time since Alicia Silverstone was “Clueless.” Since then she’s earned accolades on screen and stage, most recently in Donald Marguilies’ “Time Stands Still,” directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, which she’ll take to Broadway in January. At the same time, the longtime envir

350 – Because the World Needs to Know

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This Saturday, 24 October 2009, is International Day of Climate Action. 350.org was founded by U.S. author Bill McKibben, who wrote one of the first books on global warming for the general public, and a team of university friends.Together, they ran a campaign in 2007 called Step It Up that organized

Eco couture at Fashion Week in Portland, Oregon

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Last week saw Portland, Oregon host it´s annual Fashion Week and it’s gone green for the second year in a row. Featuring eco-couture, urban casual, street- and active-wear from all over North America and the globe, Portland Fashion Week is “the world’s only comprehensively eco-sustainable production

Shady Lady

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Shades Natural Color was started by one of Beverly Hills´ and Hollywood´s top colourists, Susan Henry. Her client list reads like a who´s who of Hollywood. But 8 years ago, that almost came to an end. Susan began experiencing symptoms of ammonia poisoning as a result of daily exposure to ammonia-bas

Fashion Flips for Frogs

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Dame Vivienne Westwood supports the PRP at London Fashion Week Fashion industry icon and enthusiastic environmentalist Dame Vivienne Westwoodlaunched her 2010 Red Label Spring/Summer collection at London Fashion Week on Sunday, September 20th with a special kind of green show…In support of The

The Truth Behind The ´Tree Huggers´

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Ever wondered where the term ´tree hugger´ came from…? Well it´s not what you thinking! The term actually comes from back in the day when the hippies used to farm marijuana on pieces on farm land and so when helicopters and planes flew over they would ´hug the trees´ to try and disguise the mariju

New Malaria Vector in Africa

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Scientists abuzz over mosquito  Article by: Janine ErasmusSouth African scientists have discovered a new species of mosquito in Malawi, and the challenge now is to determine whether it poses a heath threat or not.The new insect is a member of the Anopheles genus. Out of the roughly 140 Anoph

View and manage your home electricity usage with Google

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What is Google PowerMeter While currently unavailable in SA, I still think its a pretty cool concept. Check it out…Google PowerMeter is a free electricity usage monitoring tool that provides you with information on how much energy your home is consuming. Google PowerMeter receives information f

In Need of an eco getaway…? We´ve got them covered…

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What is a Green Hotel? The hospitality industry has long been charged with lagging behind when it comes to eco-friendly initiatives, claiming that there is a lack of innovative technologies that enable them to retain their aesthetic look and feel, while reducing their environmental impact. Hotels