Looking for a new eco travel destination? Well why not take a trip to one of the below eco nations´ green shores… Based on Yale University’s Environmental Performance Index (EPI) for 2008, which measures factors such as a country’s environmental health, air pollution, water resources
Interview with SASSI´s Timony Siebert… Hot on the heels of a recent episode of Carte Blanche which exposed the mislabelling of fish that is going on in the Western Cape, we thought we´d publish our interview with Timony Siebert, Coordinator for Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative (S
It’s been a long time since Alicia Silverstone was “Clueless.” Since then she’s earned accolades on screen and stage, most recently in Donald Marguilies’ “Time Stands Still,” directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, which she’ll take to Broadway in January. At the same time, the longtime envir
… And PACT is here to prove it! PACT is the brainchild of two unlikely business partners who joined forces in the most unlikely of places. Jason Kibbey is a born-and-raised Berkeley leftie who started his own land conservation non-profit, drives a Prius, and loves his bike(s). He also likes bu
This Saturday, 24 October 2009, is International Day of Climate Action. 350.org was founded by U.S. author Bill McKibben, who wrote one of the first books on global warming for the general public, and a team of university friends.Together, they ran a campaign in 2007 called Step It Up that organized
Last week saw Portland, Oregon host it´s annual Fashion Week and it’s gone green for the second year in a row. Featuring eco-couture, urban casual, street- and active-wear from all over North America and the globe, Portland Fashion Week is “the world’s only comprehensively eco-sustainable production
Dame Vivienne Westwood supports the PRP at London Fashion Week Fashion industry icon and enthusiastic environmentalist Dame Vivienne Westwoodlaunched her 2010 Red Label Spring/Summer collection at London Fashion Week on Sunday, September 20th with a special kind of green show…In support of The
Scientists abuzz over mosquito Article by: Janine ErasmusSouth African scientists have discovered a new species of mosquito in Malawi, and the challenge now is to determine whether it poses a heath threat or not.The new insect is a member of the Anopheles genus. Out of the roughly 140 Anoph
What is Google PowerMeter While currently unavailable in SA, I still think its a pretty cool concept. Check it out…Google PowerMeter is a free electricity usage monitoring tool that provides you with information on how much energy your home is consuming. Google PowerMeter receives information f
What is a Green Hotel? The hospitality industry has long been charged with lagging behind when it comes to eco-friendly initiatives, claiming that there is a lack of innovative technologies that enable them to retain their aesthetic look and feel, while reducing their environmental impact. Hotels