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iThemba Tower combines art, recycling and community

July 24, 2017 1 Comment

Officially opened in July 2016, the iThemba Tower is a community art project made with over 7 000 recycled plastic drinks bottles decorating a decommissioned 20m high cellular tower. The tower, in the garden of the Spaza Art Gallery in Troyeville, Johannesburg, has become a point of pride for people living and working in the area. https://vimeo.com/226310331 The project … [Read more...]

Green products get their own space at this year’s Rand Show

March 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Rand Show is South Africa and Africa’s biggest one-to-one consumer show, with a legacy spanning 120 years. For generations, they’ve been entertaining people, connecting them with brands, showing them what’s new and exciting, hooking them up to great show bargains, and creating memories. As both a shopping and an entertainment event, the Rand Show delivers an affluent … [Read more...]

Art for our rhinos’ sake

August 15, 2013 Leave a Comment

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A picture says more than a thousand words. Personally I feel that eco art should play a much stronger role in getting our urgent environmental message across than currently happens in our country. Our future demands that – our hearts need to be stirred by all means possible. Why are our musicians not taking up the cause, the artist illustrating our problems, the poets not … [Read more...]

Exhibition highlights human cost of Fukushima disaster

February 23, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Amsterdam, February 20, 2012 – Greenpeace has launched 'Shadowlands', a presentation of haunting photographs depicting the impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the plight of people displaced by the crisis, and a warning to others that a serious nuclear accident can happen everywhere there are reactors. Shadowlands features the work of award-winning photographer Robert … [Read more...]

New energy to make difference

February 10, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Enter a new year of recycling, reusing, recovering. And the renewed energy to make a difference. If you still think that your clear plastic beverage bottles aren’t recycled, think again. Last year, PETCO, recyclers of PET plastic, found themselves in top spot. They saw nearly 40 000 tons of PET collected, moved into fresh new offices, reclaimed the high ground with the … [Read more...]

South Africa’s first international land art festival

October 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

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Outdoor Site_Specific Art (or Land Art) combines natural elements like landscaping, permanently sculptured elements, rocks, sticks, soil and plants to create artworks which heighten and challenge appreciation of the beauty of our natural surroundings. Although in time the artworks will be reclaimed by the environment, traces remain to challenge the interpretation and enjoyment … [Read more...]

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In February last year, Daily Maverick broke the story linking pangolins as the likeliest vector of Covid-19 via bats to humans. The exact source has not been confirmed yet, but the attention, though it comes from panic and fear, might be the best thing that ever happened to what has been called ‘t... ... See more

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