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Cigarette butts: a challenge
15 February 2023 Featured Posts, General, SMME Cluster

Cigarette butts: a challenge
Here’s a challenge for placemaking: cigarette butts. Smoking is legal, and mostly smokers are sent outside to where their fumes won’t bother others. But that means cigarette butts are often...
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‘Waste not, want not’ – or not?
16 January 2023 Featured Posts, General

‘Waste not, want not’ – or not?
Back in the days of our post-war grandmothers, clever frugality was a virtue. Wastefulness – of time, energy or goods – was a sign of poor character. My, how things...
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1 000 things to do with an old shampoo bottle
10 January 2023 Featured Posts, General

1 000 things to do with an old shampoo bottle
There’s inspiring creativity & power in the recycling, upcycling and circular design worlds. Here are some of the ideas and people that get us excited. Make, transport, buy, use, discard....
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Plastics innovation & circularity challenge
19 December 2022 Ocean Cluster

Plastics innovation & circularity challenge
Over 300 million tons of plastic is produced annually, half of which goes into single-use items such as shopping bags, cups and straws. More than 8 million tons of this...
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How might we turn the tide on plastics?
25 November 2021 Featured Posts, Ocean Cluster

How might we turn the tide on plastics?
Reduce, reuse, recycle – these are the three “R”s of building a better world. But the global figure for plastics recycling is 1% (16% in South Africa, on generous calculations)...
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In search of a food system that is just & good
9 November 2021 Featured Posts, Food Cluster

In search of a food system that is just & good
In World Diabetes month we’re looking at how poverty and non-communicable diseases go together. So, just noting this here: one in eight South African adults are thought to be diabetic...
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Waterfront recognised for doing the right thing
3 November 2021 Featured Posts, General

Waterfront recognised for doing the right thing
The V&A Waterfront’s strategy is built around shared value, and around its ecosystems. With lockdown, as we’re all too painfully aware, everything ground to a halt – there were no...
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We are all farmers.
2 September 2021 Featured Posts, Food Cluster

We are all farmers.
This is the excerpt
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A new community platform
27 August 2021 SMME Cluster

A new community platform
The Pandemic has been desperately challenging for small business owners. With the very first COVID-19 lockdown, anticipating the global slowdown that was coming, the Waterfront shifted its small business support...
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SMME community platform
27 August 2021 SMME Cluster

SMME community platform
To support SMMEs across the precinct, the Waterfront has built a virtual Community platform. The intention is to facilitate stronger connections between tenants, peer-to-peer learning, and access to current news...
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