In the Cape Town suburb of Hout Bay today, 45 new desks were delivered to the learners of Ikhaya le Themba in Imizamo Yethu as part of the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon #GOGREEN campaign. Funded by the Two Oceans Marathon Initiative (TOMI), the unique desks were made from non-organic event waste collected during the marathon earlier this year. Thirty of the donated Green … [Read more...]
The annual Green Faire turns 10 – with TEDx!
This Sunday, 6 November, from 8-17:00 come experience green living at its best at the Hout Bay Green Faire. Join in the fun and share your green products. Envirochild’s annual eco-expo is celebrating its first double digit year by doubling up on its informative, inspiring offerings and guaranteeing twice the delight. Affordable and accessible, the Hout Bay Green Faire … [Read more...]
Green Faire for healthier homes & lives
This year’s Green Faire will take place on Saturday November 2nd 2013. A wide range of green products and services will be on offer, as well as a great line up of informative talks, new innovations and inventions. Explore ways to make your home and lives more healthy, happy and sustainable. Get stuck in to some natural building techniques and tuck in to a selection of … [Read more...]
Green Fair initiates this greeny
I had just finished my degree on Thursday, when Elma called me to ask if I would come to Hout Bay with her the next morning. When I heard we were going to a Green Faire, I was unsure what to expect. I knew the venue would be a primary school, so I pictured a bunch of merry-go-rounds chanting Michael Jackson’s famous ‘Heal the World’ a thousand times over. I figured it could … [Read more...]
Pioneering recycling Part 1: Against all odds
No matter where I travel across the country, I inevitably find folk lamenting their desperate desire to have their household waste recycled. Either there's an almost uniform waste guilt permeating South Africans, or perhaps talking recycling is the average person's default recourse when they find themselves in the company of a serious greeny. That's when I realise again how … [Read more...]
