This week, the lovely Phindi Dlamini from GREEN HOME popped in at the Department of Environmental Affairs. She came bearing a gift for South Africa’s Environmental Affairs Minister, Edna Molewa. Let’s Make Plant-Based Packaging the Norm Recently, Molewa has been speaking out about our plastic pollution problem. And she is reportedly considering a ban on certain single-use…
We recently rolled up our sleeves and ran composting trials of GREEN HOME products at Zero to Landfill Organics (ZTL) in Cape Town. In some ways the trials were predictable (spoiler alert: all our products are compostable) – but there were a few surprises. ZTL is an industrial, or large-scale, composting facility run by Melanie Ludwig.…
The 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race is a little over halfway. That’s halfway through 9 months of grueling sailing right around the world. The 7 participating teams stop in 12 cities as they race toward the final finish line in Holland. In December, one of the race’s early pit stops was in Cape Town. And GREEN…
We packed the car, stocked up on sunblock and hit the road… destination – Rocking The Daisies 2017. And oh did we rock it! Festivals are a ton of fun, plenty to do, friends everywhere and new friends just waiting to be made. The perfect environment to spend a weekend. So what’s the downside? The…
This Plastic Free July at GREEN HOME we went looking for solutions to our marine plastic pollution crisis. We started by leading: we participated in Plastic Free July, refusing as much disposable plastic as possible – and of course explaining this along the way, winning over more and more advocates for the cause. Watch this space…
On Saturday the 22nd of July 2017 – the GREEN HOME team, alongside some super star volunteers and the amazing people at Symbols on Silk and Food & Trees for Africa, headed out to Mama Nomphilo’s, Yiza Ekhaya in Khayelitsha. Natural material based buildings require more upkeep than that of traditional buildings, due to their organic inclination…
We added our voice in support of the school girls hair protest at Pretoria Girls’ High, San Souci and other schools to be able to wear their hair as it naturally is; without using chemicals (who wants to do that in 2016?) or other restrictive and uncomfortable means.
Women Against Rape (WAR) recently held an awareness day in Du Noon where they and SAPs spoke to raise awareness about each person’s rights to physical, mental and emotional safety. They spoke about what is reasonable
We are thrilled that Redi-Pac in George now stocks and distributes a full range of GREEN HOME biodegradable packaging for food. This is great news for all the eco minded stall holders at the various markets and restaurants on the Garden Route who will now be able to purchase the quantities they require or top…
