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Ethical Luxury now in Jozi

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Ethical beauty in Johannesburg has been given a boost with the opening of the flagship Africology urban retail and spa store, in Rosebank.The brand is known for its ethically luxurious spa products and treatments, and is the creation of Renchia Droganis, who established the company in 2000. The prod

Motorola unveils the CITRUS

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Motorola´s latest full touch, Android-Powered smartphone sports a compact design that is easy on both the eyes and the earth. The CITRUS has a housing made from 25% post-consumer recycled plastic, is certified CarbonFree through an alliance with carbonfund.org and is PVC and BFR free.The packaging i

School campaign helps change lives

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Written by: April McAlisterA school programme in an impoverished Cape Town suburb is helping to bring about positive change in individual pupils, their families and communities – and could be used as a model for sustainable development elsewhere in the country.The Youth Empowerment through School pr

GrowEco: Sustainability Where it’s Most Needed

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Organic vegetable growing tips from Sam Adams of Living Green Where is sustainability most needed? Some argue it is the urban centres with high pollution and overcrowding. Having just returned from rural Zimbabwe, I have seen a different perspective. Sustainability now seems most immediately need

Carbon(e) Art

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Last Saturday I went to the opening of contemporary fine artist, Robert Slingsby´s, new exhibition a the Barnard Gallery in Newlands, Cape Town. The exhibition titled “CC-Unlimited Power” is the artists response to the credit crunch. It constitutes two years of work and a refinement of how Robert vi

The power to harness energy

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SA has the resources to use wind effectively South Africa has the technology, the manpower and the resources to build its own wind turbines to generate renewable wind energy, and this industry can be a major player in helping reduce poverty in Africa, says a renewable energy entrepreneur, accordin

Greening the good times

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Written by: Staff ReporterRocking the Gardens, which took place in Johannesburg over the weekend of 9 &10 October has earned its stripes as a festival that does its bit to raise environmental awareness – without making people feel guilty about their excessive lifestyles.We are often bombarded wi

ARE YOU A DIY DENIM JEANIUS?

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If you’ve got a knack for turning tired old denim into haute new creations – GAP wants to hear from you! Ecouterre and GAP 1969 Stream have teamed up to search far and wide for the most creative and clever recycled denim designs to showcase to the world – and they could be yours! Whether you’ve stit

Call of the wild in Sabi Sand

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Written by: Chris ThurmanIt happens to everyone who encounters animals in the African bushveld, from the most experienced game ranger to the first-timer “on safari”.We see a giraffe munching on leaves and think of a baseball player chewing gum. Lionesses with cubs look to us like any human mothers o

Goodone for Topshop

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Body-con recycled streetwear label Goodone’s Autumn Winter 2010 collection has been picked up by high street giant Topshop to be sold at the flagship store on London’s Oxford Street.Pieces available at the megastore and on Topshop.com include a black fitted dress and body with cheeky crochet panel i