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ARBOR MONTH 2021:         Will you lend us a hand?01 SEPTEMBER, 2021By Lauren & Misha TeasdaleDear Greenpop Community, It's been a wild 18 months for us all. The isolation, disruption and unpredictability feels overwhelming. When the first lockdown hit in March...

SIMON AND MARY: A heritage brand for a new generation04 JUNE, 2021By Charlotte Mostert Learn more about one of Greenpop's oldest partners, Simon and Mary, and their commitment to sustainability and innovation.Born from a family of milliners - family is the backbone of...

RESTORATION - It’s In Our Nature by Jade Khoury01 JUNE, 2021By Jade KhouryLongtime Greenpopper and environmental activist, Jade Khoury, shares her restoration journey with us. Read about how she turned anxious into action in her story below.Restoration - It starts...

World Bee Day: What’s the Big Buzz around Bees?19 MAY, 2021By Reekelitsoe MolapoWorld Bee Day is the global annual celebration of bees and the role they play within our ecosystems. On December 20th 2017, The United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a...

Activism - How to Bring About Positive Environmental Change21 APRIL, 2021By Charlotte Mostert In the early 1900s, the first record of the word ‘activism’ was recorded, originating from the German word Aktivismus. The suffix -ism  indicates a practice or doctrine and...

Mini-Reforest Festival 2021 @ Bodhi Khaya19 APRIL, 2021By Charlotte MostertMisha Teasdale, Greenpop Tree-E-O says it best: “We have planted more than 139,000 trees over the last 10 years, but what makes me more excited than the trees are the thousands of hands that...

Trees Greenpop Plants 26 MARCH, 2021By Charlotte Mostert6 Trees that Greenpop Plants which make a difference to our reality. Trees are vital to all of our survival, for they generate oxygen and medicine; store carbon; prevent enormous loss of soil; and provide shelter...

Grootbos Foundation & Cape Nature @ Reforest Festival 202124 MARCH, 2021By Charlotte Mostert Every year during the Reforest Festival we plant many indigenous trees, learn about the importance of mulching and reforestation. This year The Grootbos Foundation,...

Importance of urban greening12 MARCH, 2021By Charlotte Mostert Urban greening combats air and noise pollution, soaks up rainwater reducing flooding, creates a habitat for local wildlife, and lifts morale in the people who see it, which calms traffic and lessens urban...

Biomimicry - looking to nature to solve our problems08 MARCH, 2021By Claudia Waller“Make nature your best teacher. With great love, learn from her the lessons of life.”― Debasish MridhaHow many of you have heard of biomimicry? To break it down: Bio = life and mimicry...

The Healing Value of Spending Time in Nature19 FEBRUARY, 2021By Charlotte Mostert Being in Nature has so many benefits for us. Something profound that Friedrich Nietzsche once said is, “We like to be out in nature so much because it has no opinion on us.” Remember...

This July, Greenpop has partnered with CAN DO! to explore the environmental impact of aluminium cans, and whether cans are a more sustainable alternative to plastic. In order to do so, we also have to investigate the impact of glass and plastic.

15 JULY, 2020 By Jan-Niclas Schindzielorz “With great power comes great responsibility.” - Spiderman Being a parent is a beautiful and miraculous thing. But it also comes with a lot of responsibility. Your actions, and the examples you set, have a big impact on your...

08 JULY, 2020By Carla WesselsHave you heard of the Dirty Dozen? No, not the 1960s war film. The Dirty Dozen is a data collection methodology used by organisations and researchers to track litter and trash on our beaches.Plastic is threatening our oceans. Our oceans...

To start to understand the environmental impact of a can, we need to look at a can’s whole lifecycle – and assess at every point how a can will impact the environment.

Our Creative Writing Intern Jan-Niclas Schindzielorz talks about his work, including school camps, experiencing new paths and a global pandemic.