Green Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

Written by: Jessica SolomonsIt’s time for moms all over South Africa to be celebrated, but when putting together your shopping list, don’t forget to consider Mother Earth too. Here’s a list of fantastic eco chic ways to spoil your mom.Wine and Dine Her There’s growing popularity for organic wine he

Join the eco chic challenge in May

For the month of May, the liveeco team is challenging you all to a 31-day eco-chic challenge! Each week, starting tomorrow, we will be posting a daily challenge or tip for each day in that week. The aim of the eco-chic challenge is to get people thinking out of the box when it comes to living an eco

Pamper with a purpose this Mother´s Day

Sunday 9 May is Mother’s Day, and this year finding just the right way to show your appreciation is as easy as paying a visit to your nearest Woolworths store.As part of its Good business journey, Woolworths is committed to working with small enterprises and community-based organisations in order to

Cape Town: Most beautiful city in the world

I found the below article on Media Club South Africa where Cape Town has recently been noted as one of the 12 most most beautiful cities in the world and thought I would publish it to remind all Capetonians on why we should be trying to preserve our stunning city and country as a whole.Article by: J

The Top 10 Eco-friendly Fashion Trends

Article by: Dress Sense Fashion Team Researched & Authored: Bianca Lee & Jenna van der MerweCo-authored & Edited: Catherine BowenThe 21st century has seen the rise and rise of eco-savvy living as people acknowledge the impact of production and global warming on our natural world; we

Solar Pebble to Give Green Light to Africa

Plus Minus Design, a team of innovative designers in the UK which have done design work for the Solar Aid charity around the Solar Orb, now have another solar design idea centered around their new Plus Minus Solar mission of being “dedicated to the design and development of innovative humanitarian p

Fantastic Hatastic at AFW

HATASTIC! the home grown label from Surrey’s own Chloë Haywood (launched in March 2009) was selected out of hundreds of applications from independent designers, to show her first collection on the catwalk at Alternative Fashion Week on Monday 19th April at Spitalfields Traders Market.The collection

Who said looking good has to cost the earth?

Article by: Jessica SolomonsEco-living is the new global craze attracting Hollywood A-listers and politicians alike. But you don’t have to be Al Gore or Julia Roberts to be an eco-warrior. Here’s a list of fabulous products that’ll keep you, and the earth, looking gorgeous.Pure Genius DKNY has

Having Babies is Bad for the Environment

Written by: Nicole Canning After recently reading an article entitled “Are Babies Eco-friendly?” I was relieved to see that it had appeared in The Linc, a website put together by students of the University of Lincoln in the UK. Surely it was just a crazy notion held by an 18-year-old eco-fundamental

South Africa´s Ethical Fashionistas

Article by: Jessica SolomonsAt the tender age of 25, friends, Alice Heusser and Olivia Kennaway, have been awarded the title of Ethical Entrepreneur Women of 2010 by SA’s GLAMOUR magazine. The pair met during their studies at Cape Technikon and shortly after graduating joined creative forces to forg