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Storytelling + networking to shape kinder, fairer, inclusive and nature-friendly futures #TogetherforTomorrow #Sustainability #TwygSustainableFashionAwards
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined July 2017
On the 1st Tuesday of every month, we send out our newsletter which is carefully curated with original stories. #Sustainability #Fashion #Africa Sign up now!
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Thank you Johannesburg for an inaugural JHB edition of Africa Textile Talks. Thank you to @44Stanley #vandwatershed and #designweekSA
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In Israel, citizens, Israeli citizens saying NO! Those threatening us and accusing us of antisemitism when Jewish, Israeli citizens are speaking out? They are brave. They are brave.
In a protest in Tel Aviv, Israeli activists held photos of Palestinian children recently killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza—a brave and deeply moral stand in the face of ongoing atrocities.
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Let's talk about how the political positions I support—such as greater freedom for all, multiculturalism, and respect for different ways of living—have, in fact, improved fashion. 🧵
Derek, for all his pretent congeniality, will attempt to viciously class shame me, but he knows I'm right. His politics destroys the things he loves, and all he can do is pretend he doesn't care for them, really, and that it's just abstract and passing interest that he's above.
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Have you bought your tickets for Africa Textile Talks? We have a stellar line-up of inspiring speakers including the amazing Johanna Bramble from Côte d'Ivoire. Check out the programme and the speakers and buy your tickets here:
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Africa Textile Talks is a multi-day event hosted by Twyg & Imiloa Collective: 15 - 17 August at Workshop 17, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
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How do you feel about this? "Shein to open pop-up store in Mall of Africa next week."
news24.com
Shein is opening up its first-ever pop-up store in SA in August at Mall of Africa for 10 days.
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Jackie May @JackieMay_ - Editor of Twyg, sustainability storyteller: "In Cape Town, 6% of landfill is garment waste... In Ghana, 40% of imported secondhand garments are waste, and end up in rivers." #HarmoniousStewrdship #17GlobalGoals #SDG12 #MandelaDay2024 #TEDxJoburg
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[ON AIR] "There are a lot of clothes that we wear and they're not good for the environment" Founder and Editor of @twygMAG - Jackie May speaks to @BerthaCharuma1 on #SAfmTheViewPoint
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IAMISIGO and Lagos Space Programme to Showcase in Pan-African Fashion Show: CONFECTIONS X COLLECTIONS (CXC) 23 @twygMAG @iamISIGO @sindisokhumalo @ChuSuwannapha @ufo_chsr @PalesaMokubung
#styleafrique #CxC #CxC23 #BelmondHotel #CONFECTIONSXCOLLECTIONS
https://t.co/pwC7eA4uhE
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This is sooner than predicted. And it shouldn't be happening.
September shattered a record for the highest temperature anomaly of any month and could help push 2023 to be the first year to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures
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New intitiative sparks concerns over impact of western imports on African fashion. @SACTWU
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A recent announcement about a new textile initiative to be launched in South Africa next month has been met with interest. Faro has been touted as a solution for reducing textile waste in the global...
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“Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as scientific evidence shows many offsets they have bought have no environmental worth and have become stranded assets.”
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Many credits in the voluntary market going unused, with study finding some offsetting could make global heating worse
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@twygMAG proves the benefits of a #sustainable approach to fashion. The online #fashion #magazine 'works at the intersection of fashion and sustainability'. Launched by editor in chief Jackie May in 2018, Twyg has released its first Impact Report.
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“In a world dominated by fashion and consumption, consumers are continuously encouraged to consume products whose raw materials are extracted
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Taking place on 17 Aug at @TheVAWaterfront, the third edition of Africa Textile Talks, hosted by @twygmag & Imiloa Collective, promises a full day of connecting & learning about sustainability & circularity in textile, fashion & design systems. Read more: https://t.co/TLP9O9itH8
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Happy women's day!
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Have you bought your tickets yet? Really, if you are interested in cloth, fashion, farm to fibres processes and the politics of fashion book tickets for Africa Textile Talks. You'll be sorry to miss this.
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Taking place on 17 August, Africa Textile Talks 2023 promises a day of connecting and learning about Africa's textile landscape.
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South African who smuggled our natural heritage away for money and greed, Gerald and Elisha van der Westhuizen #sungazers #lizards #convicted. Thank you for doing your job, #GreenScorpions @environmentza
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