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…
We were super excited to sponsor our brand new range of eco friendly cups, the 360ml Green Cup to the 1000 Drawings held in Cape Town. These cups are locally made, from sustainable, plant based resources. We also sponsored our Bagasse Cups. GreenHome sponsored compostable cups to 1000 Drawings Cape Town on the 28th August…
A quote from Carol says it all “Wow. If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to have a dream come true…” We’re looking for low cost, green building options for rebuilding the Yiza Ekhaya soup kitchen. The structure needs to be rebuilt to accommodate the number of people she is helping and…
The inaugural Book Dash was held at the Cape Town Library on 28 June 2014. The purpose of this project is to create open licensed children’s books, to allow them to be affordably and easily distributed. Books are an expensive luxury to an individual earning minimum wage and not enough South African children have access to…
GreenHome attended the Western Cape 110% green Mandela Day program held at Spier. We received an Invitation letter from Helen Zille. We are taking part in the Western Cape’s 110% Green Initiative, which calls for local businesses to link green to the economy. Our 67 minutes were donated to Tree-preneurs. This project gives people in…
