Articles – Publications

Increasing Concern About GM Foods

Engineering News

By David D‘ Oliveira
Engineering News, 23 August 2013

Eighty per cent of maize grown in South Africa and large portions of the country’s soya and cotton production are genetically modified (GM),  with concerns increasing about the lack of long-term studies documenting the possible effects of these GM crop productions on humans and the environment.

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Eskom Supports Energy Efficiency Workshop At Tourism Indaba

Durban Zone

Durban Zone, 11 May 2013

Visitors to the 2013 Tourism Indaba in Durban will have the opportunity to listen to and interact with a panel of energy efficiency experts at the Hotelstuff / Greenstuff Workshop that will be held at the Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre on Monday 13, May 2013.

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Green Queen: The face behind Hotelstuff/Greenstuff

Butler Magazine

Compiled by Brian Maron
Butler Magazine 2012

Living as a hippie in California in the 1970s, Lorraine Jenks worked with environmentalists, living a green life - saving energy, conserving water and recycling wherever she could. This is where her enthusiasm began for environmental concerns.

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Greenstuff for Everyone

Simply Green

Simply Green Magazine, 2012

Going green is much more than measuring a carbon footprint. Once we’ve measured and reduced the carbon footprints of our properties – the energy saving, water conservation and waste management - what about everything else? Everything we use every day?

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30-ish Ways to Go Green…

Responsible Traveller

By Lorraine Jenks
Responsible Traveller, Summer 2012

Great ‘greening’ tips for the Hospitality industry but can easily be adapted for your office and home.

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Imvelo - Chairman’s Award: Lorraine Jenks - founder Hotelstuff/Greenstuff

Imvelo Magazine

Imvelo Magazine, November 2011

Lorraine Jenks,  founder of Hotelstuff/Greenstuff, started her green journey in the 70s when living in California as a hippie and working with environmentalists in the early days of the Environmental Protection Act. Lorraine lived ‘green’, conserving water, saving energy, recycling and rejecting anything synthetic, and so discovered her passion for environmental concerns.

She returned to South Africa and joined Africa’s largest hotel group,  Southern Sun, as Purchasing Contracts Manager, with a mere 82 hotels under her wing. For the next 15 years, Lorraine struggled to instigate green procurement practices. In those days, ‘going green’ was just an interesting idea, not a life or death decision for the planet.

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Hotelstuff Drives Eco-friendly Initiatives For Hotel Industry

Exebit

By James
Exebit, 3 October 2011

After a busy year, queen of ‘green’ Lorraine Jenks and the indomitable Hotelstuff/Greenstuff team have again successfully initiated a new industry event, this time in collaboration with Eskom, delivering a workshop on greening and energy efficiency for hoteliers in and around Durban who will be hosting the COP17 Climate Change Convention delegates later this year.

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Green Dreams

South African Tourism

By Julienne du Toit
South African Tourism, 14 August 2011

Here are my requirements for my dream hotel room: a horsehair mattress, bamboo linen, a glass or cellulose bathroom tumbler, a biodegradable laundry bag, non-bleached bathroom tissue and organic soy candles.

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Hosts of COP17 delegates attend workshop on energy efficiency and greening

Leading Architecture

By Gregg Cocking
Leading Architecture, 2011

After a busy year, Lorraine Jenks, queen of ‘green’ and founder of the online hospitality directories Hotelstuff/Greenstuff, has again successfully initiated a new industry event, this time in collaboration with Eskom, delivering a workshop on greening and energy efficiency for hoteliers in and around Durban who will be hosting the COP17 Climate Change Convention delegates later this year.

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Carbon Tax Drives Hospitality Industry To Greener Alternatives

Engineering News

By Henry Lazenby
Engineering News, 25 February 2011

Green hospitality networking website Greenstuff founder Lorraine Jenks reports that, with the release of the National Treasury’s carbon tax discussion document late last year, hospitality establishments are starting to give serious thought to how their operations may be affected.

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