To celebrate Mother’s Day (which is just around the corner, as if you need reminding!), World Vision Australia have teamed up with landscape photographer Ken Duncan to create an inspiring book of photographs and stories celebrating the universal bond between mother and child. Vision of Hope: Mother & Child includes snapshots taken by a handful of photographers all…
If you haven’t heard of Jason van Genderen, then you soon will! He is one of only two filmmakers worldwide to be selected as part of the Sundance Nokia Music competition being held in London this week. Filmmakers around the world were asked to create a 60 second trailer on an underground music story and…
Ever look at a textile or print and wonder ‘how do they do it?’ Well, may you wonder no longer! In addition to working with remote art centres, facilitating community mural painting and showcasing an exhibition of local and Indigenous designers at their gallery, The Ownership Project (TOP) also hosts classes in woodblock printing – just…
A small but notable group of ethically accredited fashion labels like Ginger & Smart and Roopa Pemmaraju showed their dashing designs at MBFWA in Sydney earlier this month. However, the catwalk wasn’t the only place that Sydney spotted ethical threads, with label Ampersander and art consultancy Lineaist opening the Silver Linings pop up shop, showing…
So you just bought a brand-spanking-new laptop and you love it – but what happens to the old one? Maybe it sits in the back of the cupboard for a few years, maybe you pass it on to someone else, or maybe it goes straight in the bin. At the rate the West consumes new…
While giving a little every day might be something we endeavour to practice in our daily lives, there’s no harm in having these values gently reminded to us with International Pay It Forward Day on April 25. To help you get involved, Australian-based online marketplace Andable are making things easy by pairing up with micro-loan initiative…
Food security is one of the great issues of our time, but the solution could be just around the corner – quite literally, if you happen to have a community garden in your neighbourhood! The Growing Food Project is a short documentary exploring Melbourne’s urban agriculture practices and alternative food systems, with a focus on…
Creator of beautiful botanical series Typotany, Melbournian artist Fiona Sinclair is back with more, combining her love of lettering and nature to bring us Words of a Feather: a charming A-Z of native Australian birds. A treat for the ornithologists in all of us, you can view and purchase the sustainably and locally-printed Words of…
The motto of new online store Helpsy, ‘Look Good, Do Good’, really sums it all up. It aims to challenge the misconception that ethical fashion can’t be fashion forward and cutting edge by curating beautiful and exciting designs that don’t compromise on style (just some of the designers which feature in the store include Bhava,…
We love a good pop-up shop, and when granted an opportunity to see something as gorgeous as an Athinaeum bag in the flesh, well, that love just doubles. As well as making fine use of vibrant South American textiles, Athinaeum also pride themselves on their eco cred. Every bag is unique, crafted from pre-loved, handwoven textiles…
What does your bike mean to you? For those of us in the Western world, it’s a convenient way to get from A to B with exercise and environmental and social benefits thrown in. But in countries where the non-wealthy have little access to cars, bicycles double as taxis or even ambulances. Journalist and filmmaker…
‘Hope is contagious…[pass it on]’ is the mantra behind Band4Hope: a movement of pay-it-forward copper and zinc wristbands ethically handcrafted in Zimbabwe and inspired by the traditional jewellery of the Himba people of Namibia. Already spotted on the likes of Vivienne Westwood, Annie Lennox, Lily Cole and Aussie VJ Kate Peck, each band is fashioned…