A quick skate on the Evolve bamboo GTR AT electric skateboard to Vula Food Shack to pick up some weekly fresh fruit and vegetables, all plastic packaging free  

Vula is a self sustainable business focused on Holistic health and promoting a sustainable relationship with Mother Nature. One of the ways in which they realize this goal is by providing a door-to-door, zero wastage, fresh produce delivery service.

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Pay them a visit for all your fresh vegetable and fruit needs, as well as a range of package free goods. You can even have a sit down meal at the restaurant in a lovely peaceful and tranquil setting.

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The Vegan Goods market is, yes you guessed it, a Vegan market held at The Source Yoga Studio in Constantia, Cape Town, which happens twice a month, Mid-month Saturday and month-end Sunday. There are various stalls from vegan foods and desserts, to snacks, Henna and coconuts, so you will certainly find something you like there! The stalls can’t repeat themselves, so for example if one stall sells potato samosas no other stall can sell potato samosas. This keeps all the stalls unique and exciting!

The Source Yoga studio also offers yoga classes, and classes are discounted on the day of the market! Check out a few photos and videos of what went down at the vegan market this past weekend.

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“Get your weekly groceries, good food, drinks as well as home and body products from a wonderful variety of small businesses that are excited to share their cruelty-free products and services with YOU! Bring along your four-legged companions, but make sure to keep them on a leash for the safety of the rabbits living there. Bring along your own reusable containers, bottle, cutlery, and bags to save from using any plastic.”

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“The Refillery is an exciting, new planet-friendly grocer offering a stylish, convenient, PLASTIC-FREE, ‘weigh-and-pay’ shopping experience that helps you to stock and re-stock your pantry with the highest quality, ethically-sourced products without all that wasteful packaging normally associated with a trip to the grocery store.”

The store operates and looks similar to other package free shops like Shop Zero or Nudefoods in Cape Town. They have a large selection of products ranging from package free chocolates, to grains, lentils and rice, to even nutritional yeast and natural soaps and cosmetics!

There are paper bags available as well as reusable glass bottles and containers that you can buy, or alternatively you can bring your own and fill them up. You then just weigh it and everything is charged per weight (usually per 100 grams).

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why The need for the Refillery?

“‘The Refillery’ makes it easier for the environmentally-concerned as well as convenience-seeking customers to fill their pantries and play a part in helping to reduce South Africa’s (and the world’s) plastic pollution crisis.”

“We started The Refillery because we are really concerned about our beautiful planet and we want to try (in our own small way) to help.”

Delivery

The Refillery does deliver, and charges R100 delivery fee, and does so plastic packaging free!

All delivery orders are packaged in brown paper bags which are placed in a cardboard box.

Or you can simply order and pay online and request a pick up for free at one of the stores. Once your order is ready and waiting for you they will let you know to come and pick it up from whichever store you specified.

Contact details

The Refillery has two physical stores in Johannesburg South Africa. One in Cedar Square and the other in the Morning side Shopping Center.

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Their contact information being:

• info[at]therefillery.co.za
• sam[at]therefillery.co.za
• dom[at]therefillery.co.za
• Cedar square: 011 465 4426 / Morning side: 010 495 7476

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In case you are thinking of starting to reduce your waste or even reducing your waste a bit more and maybe trying out a Menstrual Cup, Gittemary Johansen has 8 things to tell you that she wished someone had told her before she used one. Hopefully her tips can be quite useful and steer you in the right direction when trying a menstrual cup for the first time!

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• Good Soul Shop on Unsplash

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Recently I stopped by the Oranjezicht City Farm Market, which is on Granger Bay Blvd, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town. It has quite a nifty setup with a lot of cool stuff for sale. There are also various food stalls selling ready made food goods, ranging from samoosas to chocolate brownies, to Indian curries and gourmet sandwiches, ensuring there is something for everyone. There are also a very wide range of vegan options. 

The market promotes the plastic free movement, by selling fresh  and organic fruit and vegetables without plastic bags. All you do is grab a basket and choose all the fresh goodies that you like, weighing them at the end and getting them packed in a box or you can bring your own bags to take them away in.

Stallholder costs are kept as low as possible to encourage start up businesses, the vibe is friendly and supportive.

“Catering for vegans and vegetarians, raw foodies, and customers who want wheat, gluten, sugar and dairy-free alternatives is important to us. We also sell indigenous and other plants, heirloom and organic seed and gardening products.”

Held every Saturday and Sunday at the historic Granger Bay site of the V&A Waterfront, the OZCF Market Day is a community farmers-style market for independent local farmers and artisanal food producers. At the OZCF Market customers can do weekly food shopping (veg, fruit, bread, organic dairy, free-range eggs, honey, muesli etc), try out some delicious cooked and raw foods and be inspired about helping to build an alternative food system. Additionally, customers can buy edible plants and seedlings, compost and gardening supplies and equipment.

Entrance is free and dogs are welcome!

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Everything is charged by weight so you can take just what you need and what you can afford at the time. I picked up some white vinegar, 700 ml for just 7 rand.

So if you are in the area you have to go check them out and see what it’s all about.

“Our suppliers are carefully chosen based on their dedication to the zero waste movement to ensure our products are not only ethical, but also just plain awesome!  We’re vegan and vegetarian owned and operated, aiming to keep a low carbon footprint. We offset our impact where we can with intuitive solutions like supporting reforestation projects and donating portions of proceeds to ocean conservation.”

A few pictures of the shop follow, but if you want to see more, check out my full post on this blog. It is a small film slash documentary that I am planning to work on and produce all about the zero waste ‘lifestyle’.

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