Plastic and the Great Recycling Swindle is an excellent article written by Lisa Kaas Boyle of the Huffington Post that discusses the problems with plastics and how the plastics industry lobby uses tactics of aggression and distraction in an attempt to hide these problems. She dispels some of the “myths perpetuated by the plastics industry…
One doesn’t have to look far to find news of the tragedy that is currently unfolding in the Horn of Africa. It can be easy to look the other way when faced with the disturbing stories and images of starvation, but this inspiring quote from writer and activist Arundhati Roy serves as a poignant reminder…
GASWALK: antiFRACK protest march, on WOMEN’S DAY, 9 Aug from the Natural History Museum in the Company Gardens, Cape Town : assemble at 10h30 – walk begins 11h00.FRACKING TOUCHES WOMAN, IT HAS TOUCHED A ROCK! A group of Capetonians, initiated by renowned photographer Kian Erikson, has organised GASWALK, a protest march against fracking, in partnership…
Green Home recently did a survey at the Clock Tower at the Waterfront in Cape Town. We asked people in the canteen if they were prepared to spend an extra rand or two per meal on biodegradable food packaging in order to move away from the polystyrene they are currently using.We handed out 100 questionnaires.…
Pick ‘n Pay used Green Homes’s 100% biodegradable and compostable food packaging for their stand at the 702 ‘Walk The Talk’ event in Jo’burg on Sunday 24th July. A funtastic day was had by all!
Green Home staff, friends and the wonderful ladies of the Yiza Ekhaya Soup Kitchen and Sewing Project in Khayelitsha planted a veggie garden for Madiba’s Birthday. The veggies will be used for making healthy, nutritious and delicious meals in the soup kitchen. Green Home sponsors the Yiza Ekhaya Soup Kitchen and Sewing Project with a…
Press Release: Anti-FRACK Protest: 18 and 19 July Shale Gas Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Rosebank, Johannesburg
HANGING GARDENSOur Hanging Gardens are made from wire mesh encased in old wine barrel hoops. Hessian or Coconut fiber forms the bed, creating the perfect environment for water retention and soil and nutrient encasement. Hanging gardens improve pest control by raising plants off of the ground and save on space. But most importantly, they are…
Photo: Karsten Wurth According to Greenpeace’s newly released Advanced Energy [R]evolution Report, about 150 000 new jobs can be created in South Africa in the renewable energy sector over the next 20 years. A renewable energy project which will see the methane emissions from 5 landfills around Johannesburg being converted into electricity and fed into…
