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    #LockdownLessons: Montsho Sustainable Project is helping the ecosystem
    #LockdownLessons: Montsho Sustainable Project is helping the ecosystem

    Inspired by nature and the ecosystem, Tebogo Bathebeng founded Montsho Sustainable Project with the aim to create long term natural growth solutions for communities and businesses...

    By Evan-Lee Courie 7 May 2020

    #DI2020: Pioneering bio-design in the textile dyeing and fashion industry
    #DI2020: Pioneering bio-design in the textile dyeing and fashion industry

    Founder and CEO of Faber Futures, and Index Award winner, Natsai Audrey Chieza took to the stage on day three of Design Indaba...

    By Angie White 2 Mar 2020

    #EntrepreneurMonth: Kicking and pushing with Galen McGee of Saucy Woodz
    #EntrepreneurMonth: Kicking and pushing with Galen McGee of Saucy Woodz

    Budding photographer, Skateboard P and lover of all things Africa, Galen McGee, founder and creator of Saucy Woodz, uses his love of skateboards to create unique, handmade jewellery pieces...

    By Robin Fredericks 2 Dec 2019

    #EntrepreneurMonth: Cubic 38 creates a value chain for waste tyres
    #EntrepreneurMonth: Cubic 38 creates a value chain for waste tyres

    In an effort to decrease the impact of waste tyres on the environment, Mzokhona Maxase developed tyre shine and shoe polish, which uses a waste by-product of the tyre recycling process known as char...

    By Evan-Lee Courie 26 Nov 2019

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    #OrchidsandOnions: Lexus puts the 'Greta' in green

    Promise: have your cake and eat it. But Mbaks gets an Onion - despite his halo...

    By Brendan Seery 5 Nov 2019

    Here are all South Africa's Blue Flag beaches for the 2019/20 season
    Here are all South Africa's Blue Flag beaches for the 2019/20 season

    Sixty-four Blue Flags were awarded at the 2019/20 launch of South Africa's Blue Flag season, including 45 beaches, nine marinas and 10 sustainable tourism boats across South Africa...

    By Sindy Peters 24 Oct 2019

    Why we need a global treaty to protect areas like Seamount Vema
    Why we need a global treaty to protect areas like Seamount Vema

    The 17-strong Greenpeace crew will assess current conditions at Seamount Vema and plan to pull out 70m-deep lobster traps that have been abandoned in this area by fisheries for decades...

    By Sindy Peters 18 Oct 2019

    #Newsmaker: How Georgie Badiel-Liberty is bringing sub-Saharan Africa's water scarcity to the forefront
    #Newsmaker: How Georgie Badiel-Liberty is bringing sub-Saharan Africa's water scarcity to the forefront

    International model and activist, Georgie Badiel-Liberty was recently in Cape Town to participate in the Doha Debate and talks to us about the important work she is doing through her foundation to create awareness around the world water crisis...

    By Juanita Pienaar 12 Sep 2019

    Rhino Momma Project in desperate need of donations
    Rhino Momma Project in desperate need of donations

    Declared a national disaster, Namibia is facing a particularly severe drought that is ravaging all regions of the southern African country...

    By Sindy Peters 29 Jul 2019

    #Newsmaker: Nobethu Jolobe on architecture in strategic branding and communications
    #Newsmaker: Nobethu Jolobe on architecture in strategic branding and communications

    Strategic branding and communications agency HKLM recently appointed Nobethu Jolobe, with a background in architecture, as creative director for 3D environmental projects...

    By Jessica Tennant 26 Feb 2019

    Sheila McGillivray, tribe leader at One Lady & A Tribe.
    #BizTrends2019: The four Ps of cause marketing in 2019

    More than ever we're seeing brands align with causes and let's face it, there so many current causes to be concerned about. This means cause marketing will be bigger than ever in 2019...

    By Sheila McGillivray 25 Jan 2019

    #BizTrends2019: Key trends in wellness and ethical retail for 2019
    #BizTrends2019: Key trends in wellness and ethical retail for 2019

    The focus of innovation in the conscious consumption space is certainly not trend based. The environmental and health issues facing the planet are so pressing...

    By Robyn Smith 24 Jan 2019

    Faithful to Nature crowns SA's favourite eco-conscious brands
    Faithful to Nature crowns SA's favourite eco-conscious brands

    Faithful to Nature has revealed the winners of its inaugural Eco Awards, a competition introduced to highlight the brands committed to demonstrating and promoting conscious consumption...

    By Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Jan 2019

    Kim Winstanley, chief growth officer and partner at Worx Group.
    #BizTrends2019: Going green has never been more golden

    The year 2018 was packed with environmental buzzwords. Sustainable, eco-friendly, low-carbon footprint, and upcycle are just some of the words that we are used to hearing in conversations with our clients, and for good reason...

    By Kim Winstanley 17 Jan 2019

    #BizTrends2019: Year of the social impact brand (again)
    #BizTrends2019: Year of the social impact brand (again)

    Amidst two extremes -- audience apathy on one end and backlash against perceived social washing on the other -- the ad industry has emerged fresh-faced and focused: Ready to prove that we're thoughtful, attentive partners who listen when our audience speaks, able to hold a conversation that doesn't always place ourselves and our interests at the very centre of it...

    By Auryn Hiscock and Mikhaila Hunter 15 Jan 2019

    #NewCampaign: #FightPlastic w/ SodaStream
    #NewCampaign: #FightPlastic w/ SodaStream

    SodaStream has released a video campaign to highlight the damage caused by single-use plastic bottles and as a call to shift away from these to reusable packaging...

    By Jessica Tennant 14 Dec 2018

    5 tips to travel more sustainably while in Africa
    5 tips to travel more sustainably while in Africa

    Africa today is not yet affected by overtourism, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't travel more sustainably...

    By Martin Tvede Larsen 12 Dec 2018

    #ATFexpo2018: Buy less, spend more - the case for luxury fashion
    #ATFexpo2018: Buy less, spend more - the case for luxury fashion

    With a quick-throwaway culture defining the fast fashion era, investing in quality, handcrafted goods that are designed to last is one way consumers can shop more sustainably...

    By Lauren Hartzenberg 27 Nov 2018

    Uber rides in London will be hit by a 'clean air' tax
    Uber rides in London will be hit by a 'clean air' tax

    As the world becomes smoggier, companies that rely on gas-guzzling vehicles become more responsible for the future...

    By Andy Walker 24 Oct 2018

    Get ready to dress up to the nines for #5ForChange
    Get ready to dress up to the nines for #5ForChange

    Turning seven this year, 5 For Change has been an annual highlight on the Cape Town social and philanthropic calendar. In 2018, however, its founders are shaking things up...

    By Sindy Peters 7 Sep 2018

    #DontLetThemDisappear: A world without elephants
    #DontLetThemDisappear: A world without elephants

    Around 96 African elephants are poached for their ivory every day, that's one elephant every 15 minutes...

    By Sindy Peters 30 Aug 2018

    #WTMA18: Experiencing the wild with Aquila Safaris
    #WTMA18: Experiencing the wild with Aquila Safaris

    Aquila Safaris in association with World Travel Market Africa invited us to get a taste of its own brand of wild during an overnight stay. Just two hours' drive from Cape Town, this gem of natural beauty welcomed us to its vibrant and breathtaking surrounds which could easily leave anyone in awe...

    By Robin Fredericks 3 May 2018

    Sustainability trends shaping retail in 2018
    Sustainability trends shaping retail in 2018

    Sustainability issues are increasingly shaping trends in the retail sector. In this year's World Economic Forum Global Risks Report, three of the top global risks in terms of likelihood and impact are environmental...

    By Feroz Koor 23 Apr 2018

    IPAF 2018 uplifts community with nature themed street art
    IPAF 2018 uplifts community with nature themed street art

    Dubbed "We need nature", this year's IPAF focused on creating awareness around climate change, which affects everyone in the world. Through this message, IPAF hopes to alter behaviours toward nature...

    By Robin Fredericks 19 Feb 2018

    Andre Westerveld, Regional Director of Elanco South Africa
    #BizTrends2018: More innovation, not more animals key to ensuring food security

    The absolute and undeniable reality is that we have to produce more and do it with less. This can only be done through innovation in food production...

    By Andre Westerveld 22 Jan 2018

    Chrisna Basson, head of strategy at Weathermen & Co, Namibia.
    #BizTrends2018: A positive perspective on moving towards 4.0

    What a year it's been! But enough people have written about that, so I'd rather look at a few of the consequences we'll feel in 2018. Which, to my surprise, are mostly positive. I've highlighted four of the best...

    By Chrisna Basson 8 Jan 2018

    #WindAc 2017: Do cats and windows kill more birds than wind turbines?
    #WindAc 2017: Do cats and windows kill more birds than wind turbines?

    Yes, they do - cats and windows do kill more birds than wind turbines, but that's no reason to disregard the fact that wind turbines also kill birds...

    By Sindy Peters 23 Nov 2017

    Inside the Lush life of an ethical cosmetics buyer
    Inside the Lush life of an ethical cosmetics buyer

    Working as a buyer for ethical handmade cosmetics company Lush, your travels could take you sourcing neroli oil in Tunisia, blue chamomile oil in Hungary and shea butter in Ghana...

    By Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Oct 2017

    Val Thomas, founder and co-creator of TheTreeApp
    #InnovationMonth: TheTreeApp making strides in SA tree identification

    We chat to the founder and co-creator of TheTreeApp, one of the most powerful tree identification apps on the market, Val Thomas...

    By Cari Coetzee 18 Sep 2017

    #InnovationMonth: Aerobotics, RanMarine teams up on river water management in #cocreate2Accelerate
    #InnovationMonth: Aerobotics, RanMarine teams up on river water management in #cocreate2Accelerate

    Aerial data analytics specialist helping farmers optimise their crops, Aerobotics and Dutch environmental technology enterprise, RanMarine, teams up in #cocreate2Accelerate and looks at river water management...

    By Cari Coetzee 13 Sep 2017

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