<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Design News &#187; 110% Green Initiative</title>
	<atom:link href="https://designnews.co.za/tag/110-green-initiative/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://designnews.co.za</link>
	<description>Scout PR &#38; Social Media</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:11:08 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Green light &#124; Stunning new Villa Verte is open to guests</title>
		<link>https://designnews.co.za/green-light-stunning-new-villa-verte-is-open-to-guests/</link>
		<comments>https://designnews.co.za/green-light-stunning-new-villa-verte-is-open-to-guests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Design News]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100% Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[110% Green Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open villa verte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[villa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[villa maison noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[villa verte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[villa verte maison noir]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://designnews.co.za/?p=5841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Jim Brett and Ed Gray decided to launch a sister property to their exclusive-use Villa Maison Noir in Hout Bay, Cape Town, it was with the intention of creating yet another sanctuary-like space that was inspired and informed by the natural beauty of the bordering Oudekraal Nature Reserve and surrounding areas. To bring this vision to fruition, the couple earmarked a plot of land right next door to Villa Maison Noir and dreamed of replacing the drab 1970s-style building housed on the site with something much more memorable. Their wealth of interior experience, passion and expertise stood them in good stead to dream up a property that would do justice to the astounding setting. Between them, Brett (previously of Anthropologie and West Elm) and Gray (who founded luxury furnishing store Bruges Home) have a passion for design and art. This new project provided the perfect blank canvas on which to continue the creative journey they started with Villa Maison Noir. Like Villa Maison Noir, Villa Verte – so called for its densely treed setting – was to be a showcase for exciting furniture design, artwork and craft. But first, the structure had to be conceived, and to achieve this, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://designnews.co.za/green-light-stunning-new-villa-verte-is-open-to-guests/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cape entrepreneur aims to help end “bucket system” with low-cost, green loo</title>
		<link>https://designnews.co.za/better-living-challenge-entrepreneur-designs-the-lovely-loo-cape-town/</link>
		<comments>https://designnews.co.za/better-living-challenge-entrepreneur-designs-the-lovely-loo-cape-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 12:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Design News]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[110% Green Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Living Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cape Craft + Design Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCDI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francois De Flamingh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imizamo yethu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-income housing problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[november 2014]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the lovely loo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Cape Government 110% Green Initiative]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://designnews.co.za/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the City of Cape Town services several hundred “bucket toilets” in informal settlements, there are more than 70 000 households that have little or no sanitation. Fortunately, an affordable, green solution to the “bucket system” that is also a viable alternative to flush plumbing, could soon be available… The Lovely Loo, a self-contained, waterless, private, self-composting toilet was designed by Francois De Flamingh, the owner of United Development. In 2014, The Lovely Loo was selected as a finalist in the Better Living Challenge, a competition that aims to surface affordable green solutions to low-income housing problems, and to help support those solutions getting to market. The Better Living Challenge is project-managed by the Cape Craft + Design Institute (CCDI), on behalf of 110% Green, an initiative of the Western Cape Government. On realising the enormous potential of The Lovely Loo, the Better Living Challenge channeled exhibition funding towards developing a full-scale, working prototype that was displayed at the Better Living Challenge Showcase in October 2014. Thereafter, it was decided that The Lovely Loo would be tested in a real-life situation to determine its strengths and iron out any design weaknesses. The Lovely Loo working prototype was donated to a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://designnews.co.za/better-living-challenge-entrepreneur-designs-the-lovely-loo-cape-town/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
