I´m loving Emma Watson´s vibe at the moment especially since she chopped off her mane and is now sporting this sexy pixie crop! She has just recently finished her final collection for UK eco label People Tree. This is what she had to say about her third and final collection for the ethical fashion h
Capetonians emit more greenhouse gases than residents of London, New York or Tokyo. This emerged from a climate change study released yesterday on greenhouse gas emissions for 100 cities in 33 countries. Although the study does not stipulate the reason Cape Town residents having a higher greenhouse
What if your jeans could save up to 16 million litres of water? As you are all aware, water is becoming an extremely scarce natural resource. And as most of us know, the fashion industry puts huge demand on the water supply and to be blunt, tends to waste a lot of this water in the manufacturing p
Check out the below EXCLUSIVE video filmed live for us at the NAIAS thanks to Martin Carstens from memeburn who took the time to gather info for liveeco as well as for his own publication, as we couldn´t make the trip due to airline issues, read all about that here. The video explains how Ford USA i
Written by: Bongani NkosiThe largest rollout of energy-saving fluorescent light bulbs in the world has saved Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, 1 800MW of electricity over the last six years – a massive boost to the country’s power-saving drive.Between 2004 and 2010 more than 43.5-million com
The Green Queen of the Red Carpet The dress which Livia Firth, Golden Globe winner Colin Firth´s wife, wore on the red carpet at the weekend was outstanding, in many respects – not least because it was a glamorous example of what we like to call “eco-chic”.The dress was made from hand-dyed indigo
So mother dearest asked me to go and collect something with her today in Fish Hoek (via Hout Bay no less) so here are some pics of today´s Tour de Peninsula! It was rather “breezy” but the Atlantic was showing off today and the colour of the ocean was exquisite, check out the photos below… Wow we
For those of you in the Cape Town area, this is a MUST SEE! carbon nation is a documentary movie about climate change SOLUTIONS. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don´t buy it at all, this is still a compelling and relevant film that illustrates how SOLUTIONS to
Written by: Nelize ErnstFor most of us the words reduce, reuse, recycle sound like nothing but a mission, never mind getting down to actually doing it. But, thanks to the hippie’s and the front runners of the green trend, it really isn’t that hard anymore. Once you get over the initial shock o
This year I´ve decided to launch something new for my blog – a monthly THOUGHT question!The idea behind this is to get you all thinking “out of the box” when it comes to making ONE small change to make a BIG difference to the planet and those living on it! I´d love for you all to get involved as wel