On March 11, the European Union will be banning the sale of newly animal-tested cosmetics – and the move has sparked activity here in our neck of the woods too. The co-founder and managing director of LUSH Australia are calling on Accord Australasia Limited and its counterparts to turn their backs on animal testing once…
The quality of design-led eco fashion exhibited at this season’s London Fashion Week Estethica showcase was extremely high, as always. With new-on-the-scene Liora Lassalle straight out of Central St Martins, through to long term friends Goodone, who have been there from the birth of Estethica six years ago, there was a huge variety of designers,…
In September, the nation will decide who they want to lead the country, based on various issues including one of the most controversial of our times – the rights of asylum seekers. With this in mind, barrister and refugee advocate Jessie Taylor is taking her documentary Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea on…
Yesterday’s Academy Awards Red Carpet was dotted with eco fashion glamour, with the star of the show clearly being ‘Bond Girl’ Naomie Harris who donned the winning design from the Red Carpet, Green Dress challenge. Designer Michael Badger, under mentor Vivienne Westwood, created the piece using recycled zippers, organic materials and even old chocolate wrappers!…
Eco Fashion continues to thrive on the international stage, with the recent New York Fashion Week being no exception. A raft of eco and ethical designers were on show including Samantha Pleet, John Patrick, Edun and Costello Tagliapietra. But one of the newest faces to debut at this year’s Fashion Week was up and coming…
This month we celebrated the launch of the first ever PETA-approved Vegan Fashion Awards in the UK. With celebrity judges including Sadie Frost and Meg Mathews, the awards saw some big ethical fashion brands recognised and rewarded. Eco fashion stalwart Stella McCartney cleaned up in the Most Stylish Shoes and Most Stylish Sneakers categories and…
Feel the earth move in SA this March with WOMADelaide (World of Music, Arts & Dance): one of the nation’s premier outdoor festivals. Commended for The Greener Festival Award in 2012, WOMADelaide features a rich, family-friendly program of music, food, dance, art, workshops, street theatre, kids activities and markets running over four days in Adelaide’s…
A new online sustainable fashion search engine has just launched in the UK, making it quicker and easier than ever to find ethical alternatives to high street fashion. Style Is features thousands of fashion items from extremely luxurious pieces to everyday wear. The site was created by fashion blogger Ceri Heathcote as a way to…
Whether you’re a fan of the genre or not, there’s no disputing that reality cooking shows have opened up a host of opportunities for aspiring chefs, those with culinary interests, and those of us who just plain love eating – which we’d guess is fairly much everybody. Melbourne’s CERES environmental park has created exactly this…
We here at Peppermint know the importance of good wardrobe basics, and there is perhaps no basic more important – nor versatile – than the good old LBD (Little Black Dress). Sharing our passion for the LBD is fashion blogger Cheryl Lin of BusinessChic, who challenged herself to wear an uniquely-styled LBD to work every…
With a recent study showing that about one third of food produced globally gets lost or wasted, the UN Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organisation have just launched the Think, Eat, Save campaign to help reduce food wastage. It aims to provide a united global vision for tackling the problem, along with a…
Congratulations are in order for Italian fashion house Valentino, which recently topped a Greenpeace green ranking guide rating Italian and French luxury brands. The Greenpeace Fashion Duel, rated 15 brands against each other based on a survey of their global supply chains. At the beginning of November last year, Greenpeace challenged the fashion brands with…