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Instead of looking for technological fixes to solve climate change we should rather take a look at ourselves and what we really need. Dealing with challenges in the same way that caused them to arise in the first place is only ‘wiping the brow to cure the disease’. Our Behaviour Change Researcher, Stephen Davis, takes a look at these issues and asks the question: what really motivates you and is important to you? Continue reading
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Valentine’s Day. Either you love it or you hate it! But it doesn’t have to be a commercialised day full of consuming imported plastic junk. We’ve put together some great green ideas for you and your beloved to do together tomorrow. What are your views of Valentine’s day? A time to express your love, or a cheesy consumerist day propagated by greeting card and teddy bear companies? Continue reading
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International Buy Nothing Day is this coming Saturday 26 November. And this will be great practice for this year’s Buy Nothing Christmas! We’ve found some great ideas for alternative gifts which will save you money and reduce your Christmas carbon footrpint. Continue reading
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Tamsyn Hiscock spent a day work shadowing at Project 90. We asked her to write a blog post about what it means to be green, and she explains how to become an eco conscious shopper. Well done Tamsyn, great post! Continue reading
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I came across a small furniture shop called Recreate in Woodstock the other day, created and owned by Katie Thompson. She started her business just over 2 years ago and it has grown from strength to strength. There are hundreds, maybe even thousands, of shops in Cape Town all selling furniture, but what makes Katie’s business stand out is that all the items in her shop were previously something different, something completely different!
Taking reusing and recycling to a new level, Katie takes dicarded items from the rubbish dump, tip or dustbins and transforms them into something wonderfully original and useful. Continue reading
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