The finest and most stylish food event of the mother city will host an eighteen meter square area dedicated to Fairtrade wines this year. The massive Fairtrade Wines Square aims to set a trend for the South African beverage industry, showing how good wine can be synonym with sustainability and socia
Written by: Giulia Simolo “Fair trade” is a term that we hear a lot about nowadays, especially when it comes to food and clothing. There has been a surge of interest in all things fair trade, with responsibility placed on consumers to purchase fair trade items. But what exactly does “fair trade” mea
LED Lights is the Future of Lighting – they use up to 90% less energy and have 50,000 hour lifespans.We at Future Light only stock South African manufactured LED Lights, while most of our competitors use Chinese imported products which has 2 major concerns – quality and transportation emissions.Usin
Eco-fashion company Nau and Klean Kanteen have teamed up for a sleek, shiny reusable bottle — made with just stainless steel, food grade silicone, and bamboo.You’d think a reusable bottle that costs more than $30 would be a tough sell. After all, BPA-free Nalgene bottles cost just $10 or so, while
Written by: Rob PetersIn a perfect world we would all be eating green products. We would steer clear of the hormone-injected monster turkey, we would balk at the chickens that are packed into a shed, sat down on a cement floor and eat 23 hours of the day, before being slaughtered and sent off to a s
Empowering Ethical Consumers Enviropaedia together with the Green Expo will be hosting The Eco-Logical Awards at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on November 19, 2011.The Eco-Logic Awards have been created with one primary objective – to enable and assist the consumer to participate
Speedo, the world’s leading swimwear brand, has unveiled its stunning fashion collaboration with award winning ethical fashion designers From Somewhere.Produced using surplus stocks of its revolutionary Speedo LZR Racer suit and unsold swimwear, the range features retro 50s styling with a playful mo
Written by: Pippa EhrlichThe World Wide Fund for Nature´s (WWF) Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI) was established in 2004 with the aim of boosting joint efforts between conservation groups and South Africa´s wine industry, and now boasts 195 members.The BWI´s mandate is to protect natural habit
liveeco´s editor in chief, Nikki Seegers, chats eco savvy design with Irvan Damon of Big Brother fame and finds out more about his new solar initiative with SESSA liveeco: You’ve become quite the eco warrior. What brought about this change in lifestyle after SA met you as Irv from Big Broth
Written by: Giulia Simolo If you intend on making a difference when it comes to what you wear, it’s in your best interest to get informed about what fabrics are eco-friendly. In this way, you can make the best clothing choices for you and your family. Sometimes it’s not always easy to know what fabr