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There are times when an ice cold glass of milk is more favoured than the glass of the finest champagne…few I admit and usually depending on if it’s time for a sundowner or bed. Nonetheless  when I  drink a glass of creamy, delicious milk I feel comforted, at home,...

You are only one person, you cannot do everything, but you’re one person – you can do something! Come and join Greenpop and volunteers from across the globe to plant 5000 trees in one of the most deforested parts of the world and see how your small step leads the way for a...

Happy new year beautiful! Yes I have vowed to say that to myself each and every day regardless of a bad hair day – or a sudden urge to remain hidden under the duvet and avoid the world. Why wait another 347 days to celebrate a new year when every day is the chance to begin again and be all...

Do you know how much water is in your morning coffee? If I measure the capacity of my coffee mug, it comes to just over 250ml, which, if I add up the number of cups I consume during the day, comes to, well, let’s rather not discuss my caffeine habit. Except, even with full disclosure the...

Our beautiful blue planet is mostly covered with water and once upon a time the sea was filled with abundant fish stocks that coastal communities subsided on while happily co-existing with the other ‘fishermen’ of the sea like penguins, seals and dolphins. Now we are facing the ‘end of...

Possibly the single most powerful thing you can do right now to prevent polluting the already over-stressed water systems in South Africa is to stop using chemicals in your household and personal cleaning products. Shelves and shelves of products line the supermarket shelves promising...

I have been up and down to Jozi like a yo-yo attending various meetings and the incredibly impressive Generation Earth Youth Summit. This summit was a gathering of school learners who were given a comprehensive introduction to  climate change and what this means for our future and our...

Spring has sprung and summer is ready to take roost but there is still time to spring clean your home and wardrobe before the big holiday at the end of the year. As we are thinking about sexy summer nights and pretty summer clothes, business folk are wondering how to reduce their energy...

If Lente Roode was a novelist her book would rival that of Karen Blixen’s ‘Out of Africa’. Lente’s story is steeped in contradictions of farmers and their respect for their livestock and lack of regard – often most cruelly – for the predators that too have a right to the land. She...