Mickey Winifred Linda is the incredibly inspiring woman behind the Yiza Ekhaya Soup Kitchen and Sewing Project, a community project based in Khayelitsha. Her project feeds 150 children in the neighbourhood and around 20 elderly people who are on medication which requires them to eat so they can take it. Mickey is a 59 year…
GreenHome Joburg has been walking to work since December 2013. We are doing this because we wanted to prove to ourselves that change is possible and that walking can be a lifestyle not a burden. In total we walk between 20 – 26Kms a day as some live further away than others. We decided to…
The Gaia Foundation teamed up with Steve Cutts to bring us this video which looks at the true cost of gadgets driven lifestyles. Built in obsolescence has become a know fact about electronic goods that previous generations used to buy once in a lifetime. The fact that we renew electronic gadgets regularly has become the…
Its 2014 and more important than ever that we set a new years resolution to use less plastic. We’ve put together our top ideas on how to reduce the amount of plastic you use in daily life. Reusable bags – loose veg and shopping Its old – but its simple and totally doable and such an…
Yiza Ekhaya Soup Kitchen and Sewing Project is in Khayelitsha. They run a community garden, grow veggies and feed up to 200 hungry children and elderly people from the community. More about how this wonderful project started and the woman behind it here. GreenHome has been involved with Yiza Ekhaya for a number of years…
Welcome to our interns, Denise Visser and Anne Lyskawa, who have joined us for three months from the HAS University of Applied Sciences in Netherlands. They are going to be doing some market and branding research for us. Some of our clients will meet them in person and some already have. They sure don’t waste…
We are so excited about our newest product: Individually wrapped toothpicks in paper! Wrapped toothpicks are commonly used in restaurants where the wrapping is required for hygienic reasons. Traditionally the toothpicks are wrapped in plastic. This is a terrible idea. Small pieces of plastic are tricky to isolate and set aside for recycling and because…
We got an email from Blue from Organic Art, one of our readers, who made these efforts to reduce her household plastic consumption. She approached her local Pick and Pay manager and this is what happened: I had a very encouraging experience last Thursday that has left me inclined to write about it…which is unusual…
Its holiday season again! For the first time, GreenHome will have a skeleton staff available to assist customers with emergency orders while the rest of us take a break from 20th Dec till the 6th January. Please ensure you place your orders before then, and we will have someone on to help with anything that…
