Give-it-Bag converts large commercial produce fabric bags into trendy handbags and totes. Bags full of rice, coffee, tea, sugar, and salt all make their way to Cape Town from every corner of the world. Give-it-Bag collects these empty bags then selects the ones that would make great designed handbags.
Once this is done, the bags are cut and cleaned. No effort is spared to produce the best quality bags and the company is completely committed to keeping it local. Not just the bags, but the labels, stickers and packaging are all made in South Africa.
Give it bag
This company is feeding into the new awareness from consumers that demand to know where product comes from and how it was produced.
Diya Travel Consultants cares about our planet. The evidence of global warming’s negative impact is piling up. Anybody that still thinks going ‘green’ is just a passing trend - is in severe denial. Diya consists not only of seasoned travel and tour guides, but we are also an ecologically and socially conscious bunch. So we figured that the best way for us to contribute to the wellbeing of our ecology and our planet, is to research venues and organisations that actively promote sustainable practises and events - and present them to you. To this end we have invited the very smart Nathalie Bednarek, a German native, and a student of Geography, to come and do her 3-month internship at the Diya offices.
Nathalie is our Green Portfolio researcher
She will be spending all her time and energy on our forthcoming Green Portfolio, which includes hunting down all the accommodation and tours that meet the requirements of green and sustainable tourism guidelines. If you have a green tip, or know of a suitably ‘green’ organisation that we might want to investigate, please drop Nathalie a line at nathalie@diyatravel.com. We will have monthly Green Portfolio listings on both our newsletter and blog. In our next blog posting we will investigate what Fair Trade and Ecotourism really means for our people and our planet.
We really like what Toshiba is doing: If your old laptop still has trade-in value, Toshiba will mail you a credit when you send your old working laptop to them. And even if it isn’t working, they will ensure that it’s recycled properly. Toshiba’s technology is green from the ground up. There suppliers must participate in a stringent, 22-point environmental performance survey, and they then favor those with the highest scores. This program not only results in greener products, but encourages other companies to improve their environmental practices too. Check them out on Toshiba goes green for more information.
