Putting a recycle sign on a blue bin and hoping people recycle at your Christmas party might earn you brownie points – but it doesn’t make your party “green”. While there are quite a few guides on how you can green your party, most of us don’t want to bend over backwards
Christmas is a time for celebrating, which is why it’s hard to be a Scrooge asking people to turn off their air-conditioning, recycle champagne bottles and use newspaper for Christmas wrappings.
Organic cocktails aren’t too big in South Africa (yet), but international bars and restaurants are stocking up on a wide range of environmentally friendly cocktails like sustainable sangrias, cocktails mixed with organic wine and back-to-basics margaritas.Spirits and whis
Solms-Delta wine farm, near the village of Franschhoek in the Cape Winelands Region, is leading transformation in the wine industry through its farmworker empowerment programmes.Its approach to nation-building, transformation and development of farmworkers and their fami
Last week a couple of us bloggers and journo´s went to Swartkop race track in Pretoria to attend Ford South Africa´s Driving Skills For Life. We started off Go-Karting which was quite a hectic experience!
Look what I found growing in the garden over the weekend!It´s a butternut! Now the only way I can explain this is from my bokashi which I buried a few months ago, see that here.
Words by Giulia Simolo You can’t stand the sight of the green vase your friend gave you for Christmas, even though you pulled off an Academy Award winning performance when you opened it in front of her. But now you’re left with a horrid gift that you really don’t want to decorate your house with. Th
Holidaymakers heading for South Africa´s coastline can look forward to 27 Blue Flag beaches to choose from when the summer festive season gets underway in December.The latest beach to receive Blue Flag status is Humewood in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.
Wouldn’t you rather smell coffee than two-week-old leftovers, half-rotten produce and spoiled milk? If your fridge is a nightmare of foul odors, place a bowl of fresh, unused coffee grounds inside and leave it for a day or two.
Buying a present for a man is always hard – either he doesn’t need it, doesn’t use it or won’t wear it. Besides the fact that the really cool presents (like the latest gadget or sporting equipment) usually cost an arm and a leg