Written by: Andrea GoldswainSleep is a mysterious yet essential part of our lives. Some of us might be more nocturnal than others but without sleep our bodies simply can’t function. A good night’s rest, together with a balanced diet is the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. Sleep is your body’s natu
Lauren Bush´s – known for her FEED Bags and famous first family – sustainable fashion line, Lauren Pierce – which was launched in 2008, has otherwise flown under the radar. Bush’s latest collection for her label features two styles: a wrap-around skirt that features draping and a multi-colored, ligh
Written by: Staff ReporterExercising outdoors in a grassy field, as the sun rises over Johannesburg feels just as good for your mind as it does for your body, and has convinced me that the time may have arrived to start trying to become a morning person.I hauled my sleepy butt out of bed before dawn
Written by: Wilma den HartighThanks to South African consumers, the demand for over-exploited fish stocks is declining.Increasing consumer pressure on seafood retailers to stock sustainably harvested fish and support eco-friendly fishing methods have caused stocks of species such as kingklip to show
Rock those Daisies, Darling It´s Rocking the Daisies this weekend at the Cloof Wine Estate in Darling. Rocking the Daisies is a premier music festival held each October in the West Coast vineyards of Darling. This is not just any music festival though, it´s a festival with a conscience. Rocking t
Conscious Cloth The liveeco team lovesChinti and Parker , launched in 2009 in the UK by two cousins with similar styles, tastes and dreams. Their aim is to create a brand with an alternative approach to creating beautiful clothes in a respectful manner.Since conception, the brand has had a
Written by: Claire NicolPregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and mothering are all natural processes for which a woman´s body is well designed. It´s the modern, fast-paced world we live in today that has made these processes ´manufactured´. By understanding the body´s own instinctive knowledge, unnecessa
Written by: Janine ErasmusThe hefty residents of the Addo Elephant National Park in the Eastern Cape can now move about more freely after a length of fence was removed between two sections of the park.The 4km-long piece of fence between the Colchester area in the south and the main game area to the
Natural skin care is based on using botanically sourced ingredients currently existing in or formed by nature, without the use of synthetic chemicals, and manufactured in such a way to preserve the integrity of the ingredients.Natural skin care has its roots in the 4th millennium BC in China and the
European retailer H&M has confirmed that by 2020, it will source only ‘sustainable’ cotton, most of it as part of the company’s involvement in the Better Cotton Initiative, according to Ecotextilenews.com, reporting from Copenhagen.Addressing more than 150 delegates at the recent NICE (Nordic In