Category: GREEN News
Eco Film Festival gets eco with GREEN HOME
We ‘re sponsoring the 2015 South African Eco Film Festival At Khula Dhamma with compostable tableware, cutlery and cups etc. The Khula Dhamma is an off the grid retreat center. All compostables used at the event will be composted alongside any food waste. It is super exciting to be part of this event that is…
GreenHome sponsors beach cleanups with reusable bags
Not long ago, we sponsored the Cape Town Beach Cleanups with some hessian bags to see if it would help them to reduce their reliance on plastic bags to clean up the beaches. It made a difference to the amount of plastic bags they needed to use, so we sponsored 100 Jute bags for them…
Global call for divestment in fossil fuels
Picture: Jennifer Bruce/350Africa There is a growing voice internationally calling for divestment in fossil fuels. Have you seen the South African Fossil Fuel Divestment campaign? What is it all about? “Divestment is the opposite of investment – it means getting rid of stocks, bonds, or investment funds that are unethical or morally ambiguous.” According to…
The Volksie from Potch
We are amazed (and thrilled) at the lengths customers will go to get hold of GreenHome products. The latest Zero Waste Ambassadors are a great example of the kind of dedication we often see from people wanting to try another way of addressing single use food packaging. They drove their old Volksie all the way…
Greyton Aims to Phase Out Plastic Bags
plastic bag pollution From the 3 July 2014, International plastic bag free day, Greyton aims to become South Africa’s first town to phase out single use plastic shopping bags. This is a drive initiated by Greyton Transition Town (GTT) and is supported and assisted by Hayley McLellan from Rethink the Bag. This is just one of…
Is teaching children to recycle enough?
Are we sufficiently covering the issue of the growing problem of plastic waste by teaching children to recycle? When we look at the full picture about plastic waste and its impact on the environment, recycling is only a small part of the solution. Children, when they understand the full impact of plastic pollution, can really…