How Now – Issue 1
April 29, 2016
How Now, a Sustainable Brands inspired publication, leads its readers on a journey as we seek to explore HOW to innovate brands for sustainability NOW See Less
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How Now, a Sustainable Brands inspired publication, leads its readers on a journey as we seek to explore HOW to innovate brands for sustainability NOW See Less
Continue readingBy Jean Dunn Contributing Editors: Ashwell Glasson, Melissa Baird Hunted to Extinction: A Flawed Legal System Wreaks Havoc on the Leopard and other Endangered Species During the massive public outcry that occurred in the aftermath of Cecil the Lion’s death,…
Continue readingOn the East side of Cape Town, on the road parallel to the best coffee shop in the world (Truth) you will find a small building that is attempting something incredibly innovative—turning to nature for solutions to how to properly…
Continue readingBy Laurel Serieys, PhD Cape Leopard Trust, Urban Caracal Project Coordinator University of Cape Town and University of California, Santa Cruz Postdoctoral Researcher Caracal@capeleopard.org.za UrbanCaracal.org Facebook.com/UrbanCaracal 079-837-8814 Rat Poisons Kill More than Just Rats Anticoagulant rat poisons are the most…
Continue reading“If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.” -Dalai Lama By Rowen Ravera Increasingly society is placing greater value on education, and realizing that investing in education today…
Continue readingThe impacts of big agri(culture) on the environment can be massive and, as resources continue to dwindle, how farmers adapt to the increasing financial pressures of farming is going to pose a real challenge; or a real opportunity for innovation….
Continue readingPlastic shopping bags…we see them in stores, we see them bunched up in our kitchens, we see them drifting aimlessly through the streets and out to sea. We have become so accustomed to using them that we do not consider…
Continue readingBy Cormac Cullinan and Melissa Baird On 22 April 2010 the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth (the Earth Rights Declaration) was proclaimed by the more than 32 000 participants in the People’s World Conference on Climate Change…
Continue readingIf you haven’t heard already, there is a new fireless slow cooker that is doing more than just providing scrumptious food—it is changing the world, one meal at a time. Sarah Collins has taken a traditional cooking method and transformed…
Continue readingEvery day we lose another rhino and a species edges closer to extinction. But there are champions keeping watch, protecting our true national heritage. From the Frontline: Saving our Rhino, a short film created in support of the SANParks Honorary…
Continue readingEach year, more than 300 million tons of paper is produced, and on average one office worker will print a staggering 10 000 pieces of paper per year, despite the widely used line that hovers at the end of many…
Continue readingDoes this simple plant that has over 50 000 uses have the solutions to resource depletion, low housing, fuel, food security and nutrition? It was just 80 years ago that hemp was hijacked out of its role as an abundant, multi faceted resource…
Continue readingLast month we looked at vertical indoor gardens that functioned on hydroponic systems and just a few days after the last newsletter was sent out I came across an amazing story about a company that has invested in vertical gardening…
Continue readingBy Jess Handley Tuesday the 24th of March was a hard day for Sout h African cricket fans. After coming so close yet again to winning a Cricket World Cup, the chance to be world champions just slipped through the…
Continue readingWhen the race to walk on the moon began it was first considered to be a ludicrous notion ( and even today there are a few who believe it was all a hoax) but scepticism and disbelief don’t deter the…
Continue readingRenowned Cape Town endurance swimmer and United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh, has completed the most southerly swim in human history – swimming 500m off the coast of Cape Adare in the Antarctic Ocean. In formidable conditions,…
Continue readingNEWSFLASH In response the “strategic” partnership South Africa has been signed into with Russia on nuclear energy Melita Steele, Senior Climate and Energy Campaign Manager for Greenpeace has said: “Nuclear power is nothing more than a dead-end: it takes far…
Continue readingBy Melissa Baird Fracking has been most recently banned in New York state in the USA as more and more cases of contaminated ground water as a result of fracking are brought into the public domain. South Africa however has…
Continue readingBy Jess Handley The ocean is an abundance of natural wonders: coral that one could liken to diamonds (they are so hard), volcanic rock activity rumbling deep beneath the water, a kaleidoscope of fascinating marine life, and of course the…
Continue readingThe 1960’s classic film Mary Poppins was arguably one of the first pieces of popular culture to show the notion that a woman’s handbag can house a large number of objects that are seemingly far too much for the volume…
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