We were invited to speak about sustainable packaging design at Stellenbosch Academy. Our discussion was around considering the environmental footprint of your design. Cost has always been such an important factor of design. Keeping costs down to remain competitive is very important. The problem is that this often results in the cost of the product…
We attended a workshop with Premier Helen Zille and the 110% Green Western Cape Government Initiative. The focus of the workshop was industry symbiosis. The Synergy Day was held as part of the WISP initiative which aims to link companies so that one person’s waste is another’s resource. Industrial symbiosis has the potential to significantly…
GREEN HOME sponsored the 213th Street Store with our Newspaper gift bags. These bags are the last of a range we made as a part of an upcycling job creation project. Street Store is a street based, pop up “shop” for the poor stocked by public donations and organised by anyone who wants…
We sponsored the World Refugee Week celebrations held at The Scalabrini Centre in Cape Town with our compostable Sugarcane plates (made from recycled sugarcane fibre called bagasse – not virgin wood pulp or petroleum oil) The Scalabrini Centre is an NGO offering development and welfare programmes to the migrant and local communities of…
The University of Pretoria uses compostable food packaging as part of their Green Campus strategy. We decided to visit the campus for some education (ours and theirs.) We set up our bicycle smoothie maker at the Monate guys hostel, and we got those hungry TUKS boys working hard for their lunch (or for some late…
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…
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…
Cape Town Beach Cleanups is a fabulous organisation that has been organising beach and community cleanups for the last 4 years. On the first Saturday of every month, you will find them handing out bags and gloves at Blouberg Beachfront, Melkbosstrand, Sunset Beach, Woodbridge Island (Milnerton), Muizenberg, Strand, Gordons Bay, Big Bay, Sea Point, Hout…
Espinaca Innovations in Khayelitsha is a Green bakery supplying super healthy and green (yes literally) baked goods. Have you tried their delicious spinach bread or muffins yet? We met Lufefe Nomjana when he started buying our PLA bags to package his bread. We were so impressed by his mission to provide nutritious and affordable daily…
