If you have an fervour for fashion and an urge to better the industry, this month’s SOURCE Summit might just be the event you’ve been waiting for. Presented on July 25th by the Ethical Fashion Forum UK, this unique gathering will cover all aspects of how fashion can be a tool for change. Workshops will…
Normally, if you admitted to liking watching guys sitting on the toilet, we’d smile, nod, and run very quickly in the opposite direction. But today, we’re not just indulging what would usually be seen as a strange fetish – we’re cheering you on. Or more to the point, we’re cheering the guy sitting on the…
Winter is a great time for big coats, woolly jumpers, fancy scarves and cosy mittens. It is not a great time to be sleeping rough, especially across Australia’s chilly southern states. But thanks to Salvos, you can indulge in some quality vintage winter essentials while directly helping the country’s homeless just by shopping at their…
Four easy steps: wear it, drop it, recycle it, let it live on! Most of us get lost somewhere between steps one and two unfortunately and end up contributing our fair share to landfill – about 70% of which annually is made up of old clothes. Hot on the heels of recent debate surrounding Buy…
Fresh, local produce sure is a delight to behold, so wouldn’t it be handy if there was someone to help you, well, behold as much of it as you possibly can? Following on from their gorgeous Field Guide to Victorian Produce, the team at The Locavore Edition are currently on the hunt for quality producers…
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire… Too much? I may be exaggerating when I say that Australian winters are fffreezing! – but surely we’re all familiar with that age old problem of trying to get the laundry done when it’s cold and dewy outside. Speaking of airing out dirty laundry, those massive spikes in energy use…
Say hello to our fishy friends! This pair, constructed from thousands of disused plastic bottles on Botafogo beach in Rio de Janeiro, has been dominating the blogosphere of late – an apt visual symbol for just one of the topics on the table at the recent Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Sustainable use of…
Now in its eighth year, Sustain (formally known as Organic Expo and Green Show) is back in Sydney for one weekend only. Australia’s premier natural and organic lifestyle show, this is our favourite time of year to watch a healthy cooking demonstration, check out a yoga workshop, listen in on a Speaker’s Corner presentation on sustainable fashion…
Ever find yourself lamenting that ‘there just aren’t enough hours in the day’? Then spare a thought for entrants in this year’s 48 EcoFilm Challenge. All the creativity involved in producing a film – from the writing, shooting and editing down to soundtrack production – must be squeezed into a 48 hour window starting 7pm,…
In the chilly depths of an urban winter it’s sometimes hard to find the motivation to leave the lounge room. Would the lure of free beer help? We’re guessing it might – especially when you also get the chance to check out works by emerging artists and help raise funds for Greenpeace. If that sounds…
Sometimes cartoons offer life’s sagest wisdom, and this has certainly never been truer than with the team at The Secret Life of Things. In their latest animation, This is Your Life Cycle, a glitzy animated whale and a neurotic vacuum cleaner lead the charge of quirky characters in a five minute quest to teach us…
If you’ve already read the latest copy of Peppermint from cover to cover, you may have seen our new Assignmint section on page 114. ‘Small steps for a better world’ is what Assignmint is all about, and we’ve kicked our new initiative off with a very special book-themed mission. We’re asking you to find a…