Author: Peppermint

  • Nayri Niara Festival

    If you happen to be heading to the Apple Isle, the Nayri Niara (Good Spirit) Festival is taking place between 5-7 April. Held on Bruny Island, it is a three day celebration of Indigenous music, arts and culture, featuring film screenings, weaving workshops, exhibitions and traditional dance circles. Many well known Indigenous and Pacific Islander…

  • Honey to the Bee

    Bees and feet might not sound like the most natural of bedfellows, but Honeybees aren’t your ordinary footwear. Uniting two passions – preservation of Australia’s bee population and modern Aussie footwear – the team behind My Honeybees are focused on raising awareness about the importance of bees to our ecosystem, one pair of thongs at…

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    Make A Mucke

    Turning a men’s business shirt into something pretty and wearable is a great project idea (just take a look at Issue 16’s Sewing School to see what we mean!), but there is nothing quite like learning from the best. On Saturday April 6th, Melbourne-based designer and upcycler extraordinaire Ellie Mucke will be hosting an exclusive workshop at Footscray’s…

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    Nestle’s New Goals

    With Easter only days away, it is certainly welcome news that popular chocolate brand Nestle has reaffirmed its commitment to addressing climate change. The company recently released 30 social and environmental goals to achieve by 2020, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and direct water withdrawal by 15%. As an immediate step, they have committed to…

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    The New Generation

    Forget crystal balls and palm reading – if you want to foretell the future of fashion, visit First Site Gallery for the Refashioned: Sustainable Design Survey. Current and graduate RMIT students’ approaches to sustainable fashion are on display, taking in the designer’s contribution in the form of zero waste pattern making, dyeing techniques and fabric…

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    Walk the Walk

    If there’s one thing plastic warrior Tim Silverwood would walk one-hundred miles for, it’s to raise awareness about pollution. Starting in April, Tim and a team of mates from the Boomerang Alliance will trek the 350kms from Sydney to Parliament House – (yes, that’s Parliament House in Canberra!!) – in an effort to get Australia…

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    Little Green Houses

    Tackling the issue of youth homelessness with a very innovative project, the Kids Under Cover 2013 Cubby House Challenge is now on! Raising money to benefit Australia’s 45,000 homeless young people, the project officially kicks off tomorrow and will see five leading architects take up the challenge to design and build their most creative cubby. If these…