Dame Westwood, as we have mentioned to you before, has always been a radical and now an environmental activist. She is now involved with the Ethical Fashion Africa Project designing three limited-edition bags all made out of recycled materials.There are three styles: Gaia Heart, Get a Life and the O
The global textile industry manufactures around 60-billion kilograms of fabric every year. Over 132 million metric tons of coal is burned and between 6 and 9 trillion litres of water gets used to produce, dye, bleach and finish the materials used in clothing. According to the Carbon Trust report CTC
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
Written by: Giulia Simolo With all the appliances you use on a daily basis, it amounts to a huge sum of energy that goes into your home activities. But with the start of a fresh new year, now’s a great time to begin saving more energy. Because if you don’t, you’re not only making the environment les
Instead of spending R40+ on a card that will lie at the bottom of the drawer for a year before getting chucked out, why not make your own, personalised Valentine’s Day card this year? Not only will you be giving your loved one a one-of-a-kind card, but you will also be reducing your impact on the Ea
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
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