27 Oct Why Everyone Needs to Support Slow Fashion

Posted at 15:08h in Faithful to Nature, Lifestyle & Wellness, Mindfulness, Sustainability, Wasteless Life by Claire Allison 0 Comments

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Seventy-five percent of fashion supply chain materials end up in landfills, according to the Pulse of the Fashion Industry 2018 Report, which amounts to the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles per second. The environmental dangers of fast fashion are overwhelming and, as the world’s...

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27 Oct The Problem with Fast Fashion

Posted at 14:57h in Faithful to Nature, Lifestyle & Wellness, Mindfulness, Sustainability, Wasteless Life by Claire Allison 0 Comments

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According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the fashion industry is the second most polluting industry in the world and is responsible for more carbon emissions than all international flights and maritime shipping combined.  Let that sink in. Fast fashion has become one of the...

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29 Sep We’ve Got a Lot to Celebrate, But There’s Still a Long Way to Go.

Posted at 13:39h in Faithful to Nature, Lifestyle, Plastic Free, Sustainability, Wasteless Life by Chevaun Roux 5 Comments

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Over the last 14 years, we’ve been one of the most ethical brands in South Africa. But in 2020, we believe everyone should be held accountable. Ourselves included. Recently, globally-loved figure Sir David Attenborough joined Instagram in yet another attempt to reach the masses to share...

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28 Sep How to Make Decisions When You Can’t Plan For Life

Posted at 14:47h in Faithful to Nature, Lifestyle & Wellness, Mindfulness, Natural Wellbeing by Simon Quill 0 Comments

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I blame the cave people. I always do. They’re the ones who got us into this mess in the first place. The ones who hard-wired our brains to plan as a survival mechanism, who put us on the path towards this vague intellectualism we now...

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09 Sep How to Shut Down Your Brain When You Can’t Sleep

Posted at 07:19h in Faithful to Nature, Lifestyle & Wellness, Mindfulness by Chevaun Roux 0 Comments

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Some people have got it easy - they lay their heads to rest, close their eyes, and in a few moments, their bodies are twitching like a puppet on the end of a string. Aaaah, the jealousy is real. Conversely, if you are one of...

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07 Sep Detoxing: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Posted at 16:29h in Faithful to Nature, Lifestyle & Wellness, Nutrition by Dr Kerry Haarhoff 1 Comment

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There is a bit of an issue with the ‘detox culture’ that seems to be rife in the health industry. This notion of ‘dirty-then-clean’ and that a 3- or 5-day cleanse will make all things in your life better is problematic. It completely misses the...

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02 Sep Wear Sunscreen

Posted at 14:22h in Faithful to Nature, Kids & Babies, Lifestyle & Wellness, Mindfulness, Parenting by Chevaun Roux 1 Comment

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“Ladies and gentlemen, wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.” These are the opening lines of a song called Wear Sunscreen by Baz Lurmann. Have you heard it before? If not, it’s definitely worth peeling...

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26 Aug Your Next Road Trip: The Klein Karoo 

Posted at 15:45h in Faithful to Nature, Lifestyle, Lifestyle & Wellness by Simon Quill 2 Comments

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There’s a long-held belief in the South African magazine industry that an issue will sell well if you put a Karoo windmill on your cover – the hallowed windpomp. As a country it seems we’ve always been drawn to the area, but now, after five...

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18 Aug Are Women-Led Nations Handling COVID-19 Better Than Their Male Counterparts?

Posted at 03:30h in Faithful to Nature, Lifestyle & Wellness, Mindfulness by Simon Quill 0 Comments

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‘Coronavirus tracked: How women leaders outperform men during the pandemic’ The Independent reported at the end of July. This followed on from articles such as ‘Why Are Women-Led Nations Doing Better With Covid-19?’ in the New York Times and ‘What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Responses Have In...

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11 Aug What Does Body Positivity Look Like Today?

Posted at 15:10h in Beauty, Faithful to Nature, Lifestyle & Wellness, Mindfulness, Style & Beauty by Claire Allison 3 Comments

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It's been quite the year. With a global pandemic seeing more than 3.5 billion people in voluntary or mandatory confinement, it’s fair to say that 2020 has made us all a little more introspective.   Lockdown hasn’t been all bad, though. Many people have reconnected on a...

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