Articles and Blog
Choosing Packaging Responsibly
We’d like to start this year getting people thinking about how to reduce the amount of plastic packaging they’re using. According to Cape Town Green Map there is very little demand within the recycling industry in South Africa to recover plastics from post-consumer sources, which means they currently end up at a landfill site. At…
Blessed Soaps in bamboo boats
Blessed Soaps are handmade from coconut oil and clay. They are sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) and paraben free, biodegradable and hypoallergenic – a treat for your skin! Flavours change frequently but here are the favourites: Organic goats milk & raw honey – smells like ice cream! Delicious! Lime, pineapple & papaya – summer in…
Pumzile rocking the bicycle deliveries
GreenHome’s Cape Town CBD bicycle deliveries have been GreenHome’s way of offering you carbon free deliveries. Have a look at these photos of Pumzile in action on our GreenHome delivery bike!
South Africa Moves Towards Renewable Energy
Fantastic news for the South African green economy and the environment is that the South African government has recently approved a $5.4 billion investment in renewable energy projects, which are predicted to be capable of producing 1,400MW of solar and wind generated energy and should be up and running by 2016. Get the full story…
Food (waste) for thought
You may remember we posted an article around 6 months ago, Food Waste: Beating Bourgeois Etiquette, which raised fundamental questions about our food culture, and the values which make wasting food more socially acceptable than thrifty consumption. The Institute of Waste Management of South Africa ( IWMSA) estimates that between 12 to 14 million people…
100 Women 100 Wines @ Table Bay Hotel
GREEN HOME in action at the Table Bay Hotel on Sunday 11 November for the 100 Women 100 Wines event. Look at these delicious canapes served on our bamboo cocktail accessories. Lots of fun (and wine) was had by all.
Elhombre Loco join the biodegradable revolution
Delicious fresh tacos and other Mexican treats from Elhombre Loco at the V & A Waterfront keep it sustainable with our 100% renewable and compostable bamboo bowls and bagasse sauce cups. Thanks for joining the revolution Elhombre Loco …Yum Yum!
Sweet beginnings for Phindi Dlamini
Phindi was born, raised and schooled on a sugarcane plantation in Swaziland. Life was simple and sweet. This is where she met and befriended Green Home MD, Catherine Morris. Moving to Johannesburg years later, Phindi became increasingly concerned by the general lack of environmental consciousness of many of those living around her, and her desire…