PETA slams Olsen twins

It happened a couple of weeks ago but having been away for two weeks, I have been slightly out of the loop but the “Trollsen twins” were recently slammed by PETA for designing a backpack made out of fur patches.

Cape Town officially WDC 2014

Cape Town joined an exclusive club of four when it signed the official host city agreement for World Design Capital 2014. Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille and Soon-in Lee, the president of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid), did the honours on Friday, 28 June.

New wind farm for Oyster Bay

One of the world’s leading renewable energy developers, Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Southern Africa, has plans for a 62-turbine wind farm near Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape. The project is expected to create 200 jobs.

The Body Shop calls for a ban on animal testing

A global pledge to ban animal testing for cosmetics will be launched on Monday 18th June 2012 at The Body Shop stores across South Africa as part of a campaign by Cruelty Free International, the first global organisation dedicated to ending the use of animals to test cosmetics products throughout the world.

M&S eco-friendly initiative shwopps 500,000 clothing

Following the launch six weeks ago in a clothed street in East London, Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced the first results of its revolutionary clothes recycling initiative, Shwopping. Half a million used and unwanted items have been shwopped – the equivalent of eight items a minute. Every single one has been donated to Oxfam for re-sale, re-use or recycling.