As we head into 2012, many of us will be resolving to lose those few extra pounds, save more money, or spend a few more hours with our families and friends. But there are also some resolutions we can make to make our lives a little greener. Each of us can make a commitment to reducing our environmental impacts.
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One of SA's newest global wine brands, Place in the Sun, is partnering with the Expedition Project, a highly innovative social and environmental campaign developed to inspire sustainable change across SA. The easy-going, generous-spirited wine brand launched internationally last year and is the lead sponsor of the project conceived by Capetonian social activist, Roger Wynne-Dyke.
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Is it better to eat tomatoes grown in electrically powered greenhouses, or to opt for produce imported from sunnier climes?
Initially reports suggested that the transported tomatoes were preferable from a carbon footprint point of view. However, supporters of the greenhouse option countered that they used fewer pesticides and less water in their controlled environment, and in fact supplied power back to the grid.
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I don’t know a great deal about wine farming, but as a trained chef I know a lot about how a wine should look, feel and most importantly taste. I recently enjoyed a glass of Avondale’s MCC, Armilla, with Johnathan Grieve, the proprietor of Avondale wine estate, at the Westcliff Hotel in Johannesburg, and learnt exactly what goes into this beautiful bottle of SA wine. Read more...
Nampak Bevcan, Nampak's beverage can making division, is aiming to raise Nampak’s current Corporate Social Investment (CSI for education) to R10 million this year through beverage can sales, reports Alex Bouwer, sales and marketing manager, NP Bevcan.
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