A premier event on South Africa’s 2012 coffee calendar, Fairtrade Coffee Week is back in full swing to celebrate South Africa’s coffee culture with an increased range of Fairtrade labelled coffees.
Grade seven pupils at Seripe Primary School in Mopani, Limpopo province, look with new eyes at the prolific birdlife in their area.After participating in National Birdlife Week as part of their Eco-Schools theme project in 2011, these children now have a basic understanding of how to identify birds
Greenpop, an NGO based in Cape Town, will be planting more than 5 000 indigenous and fruit trees in Livingstone, in Zambia, in an effort to help reforest a country that has the world´s second highest deforestation rate.The planting will take place over three weeks in July 2012, when Greenpop will jo
South Africa’s ongoing fight against rhino poaching has taken a fresh turn, with the introduction of a new four-legged generation of crime fighters.
As an auto manufacturer showing leadership in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of their vehicles, Ford Motor Company is also being recognized for its greenhouse gas leadership in manufacturing as well, and has received a Climate Leadership Award
When you purchase plastic, chances are you scrutinise the ingredients of whatever food or baby product you’re buying, but there could be poison lingering in that packaging. Recently scientists in the UK called for safety trials to be carried out on a chemical that’s usually found in plastic food pac
Chocolate rabbits and Easter are synonymous, with the roots of the tradition going far back to the pagan festival of Eastre and its fertility symbol of the rabbit.This year, as was the case in 2011, the tradition gets an added twist with the famous golden Easter bunny of Lindt & Sprüngli, Swiss
Every time you buy a product made in China you are supporting everything from labour exploitation to environmental destruction. Sure it’s cheap, but what are the real hidden costs?You would be shocked to learn how many products in your home were manufactured in China. Even if designed or assembled i
When Joaquin Valverde bought Valverde Country Hotel in Muldersdrift, west of Johannesburg in Gauteng, about nine years ago, he had a vision to transform what was an abandoned building into a thriving business.But Valverde didn´t want to do it the conventional way – he wanted an eco-conscious busines
Materialism and consumerism are two traits that have led to the degradation of the ecosystem and they must be replaced with thoughtful purchasing, say the organisers of South Africa’s Green Office Week (Gow), an annual initiative that promotes responsibility towards the environ