Your Guide To Natural Fabrics With the plethora of fabrics out there, we thought we´d give you a breakdown and explanation of the most eco-friendly fabrics out there. These fabrics include: bamboo, organic cotton, organic wool, hemp and silk.Bamboo Bamboo is actually a grass and is the fas
Install low-flush toilets. Alternatively, make a simple water displacement device such as a brick or a filled water bottle placed in the tank to reduce the amount of water used for flushing.
What Have We Done…? I watched The 11th Hour this weekend and was thoroughly disturbed. The message it gave was, the environment will survive, its the human race that will not survive as we are hastening the conditions for our own demise. The earth will regenerate as it has all the time in the worl
Organic Farming Needed To Save Bees Europe´s beekeeping industry could be wiped out in less than 10 years as bees fall victim to disease, insecticides and farming methods says international beekeeping body Apimondia. “With this level of mortality, European beekeepers can survive only another eith
Going Green, 365 days a year We gave you a brief review of Simon Gear´s new book a little while ago, well here´s a more in depth view of the man behind the book! Article by: Wilma den HartighSimon Gear’s daily news and radio weather forecasts have become something of a tradition, with South Afric
Print On Recycled Paper If possible make use of recycled paper – this is now available in South Africa: SAPPI´s Triple Green Paper or Typek´s recycled paper.
Why We Love Lula Love Lula is an online organic apothecary. Lula Braithwaite, the founder, sees simple, organic skincare as a natural progression for consumers who care about the food eat and the environment they inhabitat. ‘With skincare, as much as with health, people are turning away from a qu
Virgin To Report Greenhouse Gases SAN FRANCISCO – Virgin America on Monday 20th April became the first US airline to sign up to report its greenhouse gas emissions to the nonprofit Climate Registry.”We hope to do our part to promote awareness and transparency about the impact our industry has on
Cowshed is a stylish range of natural, therapeutic products. They were first formulated for use in the original Cowshed spa (named after the building´s former occupants) and guest rooms at Babington House, Somerset, UK,. part of the Soho House Group.The cheekily named, addictively indulgent bath and
Going Green to Survive Most of you know by now that the Maldives is at risk of disappearing soon as a result of rising seas due to global warming. This has sparked President Mohamed Nasheed to announce a plan to make the Maldives the world´s first carbon-neutral country in the world.Under the plan,