You’ve heard of a pop-up shop, now meet the pop-out shop! Ties & Whimsy designer Alisa Newey has just launched an innovative new furniture piece, Emerge, designed for use as a screen or room divider. Cleverly concealed flat panels pop and bend into creative shapes, providing space for hanging or displaying clothes, bags or jewellery….
The count down is on! Only 11 more sleeps until The Green Ball kicks off in Melbourne’s picturesque Pipemakers Park. Australia’s premier ‘Green Carpet’ event, The Green Ball is a celebration of all things eco – from the fashions on parade right down to the nibbles and cocktails. Start your evening with a VIP ferry transfer…
Love is in the air this Valentine’s week, and to celebrate, A Very Vintage Wedding Fair is throwing its bouquet to Brisbane once more! After a hugely successful event in 2012, this year’s fair promises to inspire future brides and grooms alike with its intimate, hand-curated showcase of the best in the local wedding industry….
Cute, comfy and made locally in Melbourne, Light Years‘ new AW13 lingerie collection will be hitting stores this weekend, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Created from natural fibres, with flattering angular seaming and a bold colour palette, these are the type of undies that make getting dressed in the morning a joy year round!…
Just a few weeks ago, on a very warm night in Melbourne, a committed crowd assembled downstairs at Donkey Wheel House to discuss all things sustainable fashion. Tailoring Tomorrow – a partnership between Billy Blue College of Design and Peppermint Magazine – boasted a great line-up of sustainable fashion minds as speakers. Alex Trimmer (Sosume),…
Forget Masterchef and My Kitchen Rules: the CEO CookOff on February 11 is set to become an annual foodie fixture. The CookOff is an initiative of Qantas and charitable organisation OzHarvest, aimed at highlighting issues such as food security and homelessness. In only its second year, the CEO CookOff brings together some of the nation’s…
Valentine’s Day may be synonymous with roses, but sometimes what the heart really craves is a nice cup of tea. Natroupath created OVViO Organics have released a romantic new duet of their 100% organic, hand-blended teas, perfect for treating yourself, a friend, a loved one (or all of the above!) this February 14th. Free from…
Hot off the heels of the Golden Globes – where actor Bradley Cooper turned heads with an eco-friendly tux – at least one Hollywood starlet will be wearing an eco gown to the Oscars on February 24. Winner of the International Red Carpet, Green Dress competition, Michael Badger will have his winning sustainable dress design worn by…
Supporters of MobileMuster gathered in Sydney last night to celebrate the organisation’s 15th anniversary and over a decade’s good work in keeping old mobile handsets and accessories out of landfill. Last night also marked the culmination of the Memory Muster campaign, which saw thousands of budding mobile recyclers across Australia enter their best pics into a…
Things have certainly been busy lately over at STREAT HQ. The social enterprise’s newest Melbourne eatery is ready to launch this February (an expansion of their Melbourne Central coffee cart into a permanent cafe), and they’re celebrating with the release of their brand new, Pozible-funded cookbook. Available to buy online or in STREAT cafes, it…
Planet Ark have just launched their latest campaign, Make it Wood, encouraging the use of responsibly sourced wood as building material. Although many of us believe that cutting down trees is always bad for the environment (which is certainly the case when it comes to high conservation-value forests), wood sourced from responsibly managed plantations and…
There’s no better way to spend a rainy day than behind the stove. If you were lucky enough to stay high and dry this weekend, you might like to offer your help to others who weren’t so lucky. Baked Relief – heroes in the 2011 Queensland floods – are once in again in need of donations…