It was with a spring in my step that I approached last week, because well pardon the pun it seems spring has finally sprung in Cape Town – in fact it’s positively summery! Now a change of season invariably requires a good spring cleaning – from homes, to cars, to finances to wardrobes it’s all about
Yves Saint Laurent Unveils New Eco-Friendly Collection With conservation and recycling the ultimate power trend, fashion designers across the globe are stepping up to do their part and Yves Saint Laurent is throwing their hat in the ring. They have unveiled “New Vintage,” an eco-friendly fashion
The current green-auto-endorsing trend shows that celebrities are completely infatuated with green cars. It’s a definite indicator of their eco-concern, and they might go on to impress others considering their fan followings. Well, in order to attest to their giving the gas-guzzlers and espousing gr
Scent-sational wholearth beauty + bath by Danny Seo is an organic, eco-friendly line of twelve products designed to inspire consumers to live a life of organic well-being in today´s world. With sustainable style and a vision for the future, the entire line consists of Certified Organic Body Wash
NV London Calcutta hand produces high quality bags and accessories in the Indian city of Calcutta. Poverty dominates the lives of the 15 million people in Calcutta and NV London Calcutta was set up by people who wanted to help. We love the way they combine the best of UK design talent with age-old I
Greening Music Rocking The Daisies is South Africa´s fastest growing eco-friendly music and lifestyle festival and is taking place this year from the 9-11 October on Cloof Wine Estate in Darling, in the Western Cape. The festival is now in its fourth year and has grown from 1 500 to 10 300 atten
Dye-Time is not Tye-Dye When Nicola approached me to write a column for liveeco, I’ll admit to being a little stymied. Excited and keen to get involved (!!) as matters green are close to my heart, but stymied nonetheless… I’ve always recycled,but this year I’m making an extra effort: using
Eco Chic Ski Attire As our brothers and sisters up North start heading into the winter season, Oakley recently announced the release of the 2009 Gretchen Bleiler Signature Series, a collection of premium apparel and accessories that celebrate the style and spark of the namesake snowboarding champ
Take a climate change tour on google earth Ahead of the Climate Change Convention in Copenhagen (a.k.a. COP15), Google Earth is launching a series of really cool layers that allow users to look at possible future climate scenarios depending on our actions now. One new layer is a guided tour
In Denmark, in the eco-village of Hjortshoj near Aarhus, they are using new technologies and working together to carve out a sustainable lifestyle. It all began in the early 90s but the project has moved on since the early days when the ethos was very DIY!One of the founders, Pierre Lecuelle, says “