Join the biodegradable revolution!!
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| New Pricing: Biodegradable Food Packaging just got cheaper |
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The story behind the industry: Green Home started in my garage in 2007, and quickly took over my whole house. I became we, and we became the first biodegradable food packaging company in South Africa. Since then we have moved twice, always researching and developing products and educating the South African market about biodegradable food packaging. Today, biodegradable food packaging is a growing industry in South Africa. With the help of YOU, the local market, and your enthusiasm for a greener existence, we have been able to provide products at increasingly better prices. With education comes demand, and with demand comes industry, and with industry comes competitive pricing of biodegradable food packaging for South Africans.
We, Green Home, says thank you for caring and thank you for taking action.
Check out the new price list here.
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| World Naked Bike Ride takes to the streets of Cape Town |
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The World Naked Bike Ride took place in Cape Town for the first time on March 12, with around 200 naked (or nearly naked) cyclists, cycling the 8 km route around Cape Town. Over 50 cities around the world took part in the annual event, which started in 2004 with the aim of protesting against oil dependency and body shame.
“The event was a peaceful, imaginative and fun protest against oil dependency and car culture. It was a celebration of the bicycle and also a celebration of the power and individuality of the human body,” explains Andrew Wheeldon of the Bicycling Empowerment Network.
So check out these awesome photos and bookmark this website for details about next year’s event.
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BIODEGRADABLE BOTTLES: Are Eco -Bottles the next Big Beverage Battle? Asks this article. With PepsiCo having recently “cracked the code” on a commercially viable bottle made from 100 percent bio-based plant materials and Coca-Cola Co also working on various plant-based bottles it looks like it very well could be.
PLASTIC FROM CHICKEN FEATHERS: It’s not just beverage companies that are going biodegradable. Scientists in Brazil are turning Agricultural Waste into car parts, and scientists from the US are making bioplastic from cow bones and chicken feathers. Read more here.
ELECTRICTY ACTION: South Africans saved 350 mega watts of electricity by switching off their lights for Earth Hour on 26 March. That’s enough electricity to power the city of Bloemfontein/ Manguang for a whole day. Read more from Independent Online.
SA BAN PLASTIC BAGS: The first meeting in the campaign to ban plastic bags from South Africa was held at the Two Oceans’ Aquarium in Cape Town on 30 March 2011. Find out more from Green Times.
THYROID DISEASE AND PLASTIC: Researchers have attributed the rise in thyroid disease, including thyroid cancer, to environmental factors such as pesticides and some chemicals used in plastics and flame retardant. Read more here.
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| Ocean Watch: Sea turtles ingest plastic fragments; BP Oil spill latest & acid oceans |
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TURTLES EAT PLASTIC: The above picture shows the amount of plastic ingested by a juvenile green turtle accidentally captured off the coast of Argentina. More about this here.
BP OIL SPILL: Scientists have confirmed that they have found oil from the BP Oil Spill that happened almost 1 year ago on dead dolphins that washed up recently in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more here.
ACID SEA: The April issue of National Geographic magazine features an excellent article, “The Acid Sea”, detailing the effects of CO2 on ocean health. Read the online version here.
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| Video of the Month: Standing up to Goliath |
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Lewis Pugh (a.k.a. The Human Polar Bear) goes head to head with Shell. There was heated debate in Cape Town recently over Shell's proposed ‘fracking’ for gas in the Karoo. Lewis Pugh, otherwise known as the ‘Human Polar Bear’ because he is the only person to complete long distance swims in every ocean of the world, delivered an emotive short speech that received a sustained standing ovation. Watch a recording of his powerful speech here or read the full transcript here.
Read the article Shale Gas Exploitation of the Karoo- A Beginners Guide to Fracking, for more information about fracking, and join the Facebook group Chase Shell oil out of the Karoo.
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| A Letter from Sendai Japan...With Love |
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This beautiful and inspiring letter, ‘A Letter from Sendai’, is written by Anne Thomas who lives in Sendai, Japan, which was hit by a 9.0 earthquake on 11th March 2011 and a subsequesnt major tsunami.
...During the day we help each other clean up the mess in our homes. People sit in their cars, looking at news on their navigation screens, or line up to get drinking water when a source is open. If someone has water running in their home, they put out a sign so people can come to fill up their jugs and buckets...
...No one has washed for several days. We feel grubby, but there are so much more important concerns than that for us now. I love this peeling away of non-essentials. Living fully on the level of instinct, of intuition, of caring, of what is needed for survival, not just of me, but of the entire group...
Read the full letter here.
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April 22 is Earth Day, a day for celebrating Earth and mobilizing individuals and organisations worldwide to demonstrate their commitment to environmental protection and sustainability. This Years theme is A Billion Acts of Green. With over 40 million acts already registered you can join the World’s biggest climate action ever and register your act here.
Green Home was featured on then E News Channel (403) on 8 April in a Green Jobs segment.
Green Home will be closed on Tuesday 26th April. Please ensure your orders are placed and delivered before this long holiday break between Friday 22nd till Wed 27th April, during which we will be closed.
Once again, a reminder that biodegradable food packaging just got unbelievably economical. Check out our new price list here.
HAPPY COMPOSTING!
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