Vuvuzelas: because what else is there to blog about today?

photo credit Jennifer Stern I woke up to the sounds of vuvuzelas blowing this morning. Cape Town has reached fever pitch. Today is the start of the FIFA World Cup 2010. Flags are flying. There’s something in the air. It even feels like summer today, even though it’s winter here. The sun is shining, and …

EcoGiveaway: Rapanui spotty bamboo socks

Rapanui eco clothing from the Isle of Wight, UK is green right from the top of its head to the tip of its toes. What makes it green? The majority of our range comes from India, and we use quite a famous factory there which is powered by Vestas wind turbines via a wholesale power …

Crank it up baby: a look at 10 eco-friendly wind up flashlights

This is a guest post by D. Salmons over at TestFreaks, where you can find everything from laptop rankings to hd camcorder reviews. Remember the good old days, when you went out on an adventure and took along extra batteries (if you were thinking ahead) just so you wouldn’t run out of lighting. Well, not …

Delays and holidays

Things have been a little on the upside-down side for me lately. I moved house Friday before last, and it’s taken Telkom a week to realise that the ADSL line that they installed at my new house, wasn’t actually installed at all. So I’ve been without the internet for a week, resulting in the giveaway …

Have you ever wondered what to do with your husbands huge collection of old National Geographics?

I first found out about the old National Geographic stash when my boyfriend and I moved in together in 2001. He’s now my husband and the National Geographic collection has crossed continents with us. I was very excited to see this. Something like this would look great on the wall in the living room of …

I’m loving Solay salt lamps

I’ve had a beautiful salt lamp from Solay for about 2 years now.  I love it.  The pink salt comes from the foothills of Himalayan Mountains and apart from just being pretty to look at – they’re good for your health too. Salt crystal lamps generate healthy negative ions that cleanse the air.  That feeling …

Giveaway: turquoise vegetable ivory earrings from Muichic

Andres Arango sent me a pretty pair of turquoise vegetable ivory earrings from his Muichic collection to give away to a reader. Andres is an architect & designer from Colombia living in Burlington, Vermont. His Muichic jewellery collection is made from the Tagua nut (aka.vegetable ivory): a botanical alternative to ivory; a seed that comes …

Cocoon Designs: using anything again

I have just discovered (and fallen in love with) Karna Erickson’s creatures at her Cocoon Designs etsy shop. where do all good robots go – $295.00 USD They’re all made of recycled materials. the quilts secret no1 and 2 – $75.00 USD Old quilts, yarn, felted sweaters, fabrics, vintage and thrifted. peace keeper – $40.00 …