Written by: Mark ReidSouth African tour operator Wilderness Safaris has become the first tourism industry-based signatory to the Zeitz Foundation’s Long Run conservation initiative, and also the first from the African continent.Established in 2008 by business entrepreneur and CEO of global sportswea
Green-thinking mobile phone users may be keen to own handsets produced by Nokia, as a result of the company´s eco-friendly approach to business. The Finnish brand has released its latest Sustainability Report for 2010, indicating that it once again meets the required standards.According to the publi
Poop & Kitchen – Week 3 As promised here is a bokashi update. As you´ll see from the photo´s below the dog poo I buried with bokashi doesn´t seem to be biodegrading so quickly… I´m not too sure if it´s because I didn´t sprinkle enough bokashi on it or whether the poo just doesn´t biodegrade as
Week 2 Two weeks on and my Starke Ayres veggie garden is starting to take shape and I am loving looking out the kitchen window and viewing my work of vegetable art! The pea seeds I planted are starting to sprout The spinach is starting to get bigger and I hope to be able to eat some soon!
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Just over a week ago I showed you my first ever bokashi burial here. Check out the decomp process in the pics below… I don´t know if it´s been the rain we´ve been experiencing in Cape Town over the last few days but the plants in the area surrounding my bokashi burial spot are looking extremely he
liveeco loves Vivienne Westwood and now with her newly expanded line of shopper totes, Africa loves her too. The Ethical Fashion Africa Project originally launched in January 2010 with all bags being handmade in Nairobi from recycled materials.In conjunction with the United Nations and World Trade O
If you are hungry for some fresh blood in your makeup collection then we´ve got just the thing for you.Now you too can create that sexy vamp look seen on vampire series, True Blood´s, characters. A limited-edition three-piece makeup collection from the same folks responsible for the sexy vampire dra
Luckily we´ve had a few sunnyish days in Cape Town over the last two weeks which allowed me to get going with my very first veggie garden, courtesy of Starke Ayres. As I mentioned before in previous posts, I am no gardening pro so the thought of starting my own vegetable patch was at first slightly
