In May 2025, the I AM WATER Foundation returned to Plettenberg Bay for a three-day Ocean Guardians Workshop, made possible by funds raised during our 2024 Swim Club initiative. The programme introduced local youth to the wonders of the ocean through snorkelling, mindfulness, and environmental education — fostering connection, confidence, and conservation.
- In December 2024, 665 participants took part in our annual Swim Club, collectively helping to raise over R170,000 in support of education and conservation. Part of the funds raised was donated to NPO Cultural Connections, helping to kickstart their newest programme in Kranshoek. We recently spent an afternoon with their Rheenendal Eco Youth Circle, an [...]
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Travel with us to Rosemead Artisan Bakery in Yzerfontein, where Brett Nortier bakes artisan bread by hand, long before the sun comes up.
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In December 2024, 631 swimmers took to the waters in Cape Town & the Garden Route for the 4th annual Mungo Swim Club, raising over R175,000 for ocean conservation and community upliftment. Here’s what those who took part had to say about it.
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New products, new looms, international trade shows, a museum space underway, giving back through our CSR – and more. A round-up of 2024 highlights.
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Talking to world champion freediver Hanli Prinsloo about her journey in creating sustainable freediving gear, sharing her passion for the ocean with her children, and her thoughts on the Mungo Cotton Changing Towel.
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Memory is a slippery thing. But I do know its power, its beauty, its story. I know its ability to turn a simple cloth into something much, much more.
We chat to Master Weaver and Mungo Founder, Stu Holding, about his early days in the Textile Mills in Yorkshire and his journey to South Africa with a continued commitment to the art of weaving.
In August we were pleased to attend the second edition of the Africa Textile Talks hosted by Twyg and Imiloa Collective – a 3-day event that connects an inspiring and resilient network of growers, makers and designers, who are exploring the future of fashion and textiles through the lens of sustainable development.
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Talking process and the power of scent with David and Florian, the hands behind Très Nagual – an all-natural, holistic perfumery based in Cape Point.
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If you take a wander through the Old Nick Village grounds, there’s a spot where the trees hum with activity. Flashes of yellow. Weaver birds at work. In the run up to winter, we watch them building their nests. They are known to use only the freshest and best materials, and a masterful weave…
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Over 120 swimmers joined our Winter Solstice Swim on June 20th, collectively raising R30,000 for Adopt a Swimmer – a Plett-based NGO committed to offering children from disadvantaged communities the essential life skill of learning to swim.
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“We need the goods we use to have a certain longevity.
Years, yes. A lifetime, possibly.
But what we don’t want is for our goods to outlive us…”
A case for natural fibres, and the necessity of biodegradability. -
“It is 11:30 and I am laughing now. Laughing because it is not even noon and somehow I have had the profuse luck of being served three breakfasts by Karen Dudley…”
A morning spent in the kitchen with Karen Dudley talking food, flavour and cooking as an act of love. -
“We’re at Villa d’Almè for one reason, to visit the linen spinners who have, for the past 150 years, meticulously transformed flax into yarn. We are far from the fields of Normandy where it is grown, yet the connections run deep, and the relationships are old…”
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Celebrating the textile standards that serve the betterment of our people and planet, this Earth Day.
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“In the height of the season, there’s a reactiveness to the intensity. We move around a little faster, with a productive push. Buoyed by something energetic; a growing sense of excitement. But the cooling off inevitably comes…”
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Watching the 2023 Mungo Swim Club funds materialise into action, with an I AM WATER Ocean Guardian Workshop held in Knysna & Plettenberg Bay.
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Summer is for soaking up the sun and surf. And if you’re around Plettenberg Bay during the season, there’s nothing better than spending a couple of lazy, sun-drenched days at the beach. But while some of us are busy working on our tans, there are also those who are hard at work keeping us safe: the Plett lifeguards.
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With the wind up to summer, we reflect on 2023 – from our highly anticipated Swim Club and funds raised for I AM WATER, to new launches and a new retail store. It’s a time that rings of growth and good feeling, that we’ll carry well into the new year.
