Everyone’s favourite ever-relocating festival, Splendour in the Grass, has been making Peppermint proud ever since receiving a coveted Greener Festival Award gong for their environmental efforts. The Greener Award is based on a 56 point checklist which covers green office policies, energy use and carbon reduction, travel and transport, support for green initiatives, waste management,…
If you are keen to get to know the lovely lady fronting the latest issue of Peppermint mag, Beauty Chef Carla Oates, then Sydney’s Organic Expo is the place to do it. Proving why she’s earned her culinary cosmetic stripes, Carla will be showing visitors how to make their own nourishing skincare products at home…
Sydney Design Festival is just around the corner and with “Is old new again?” this year’s theme, we can be sure to find a myriad of sustainable exhibitions and workshops to tickle our toes! Just one gem among the design fun is Transparent Seams ‘Upcyling Fashion’ workshop next Saturday, July 30, from 1pm-4pm at The…
Fancy partaking in a tad of swelegant cycling among a crowd of casquette-clad riders? Dapper lads and elegant ladies dressed in their finest tweed will be coasting from Sydney’s Town Hall through the city streets to a secret location in Alexandria on Sunday July 31st for the 3rd Annual Sydney Tweed Cycle. Helmets are still…
Here’s a little something to brighten up your Monday arvo. Tasmanian maker Lili Foster of Once Upon A Time For You specialises in handmade softies; cute lil’ critters packed full of eco-stuffing and bursting with their own individual personalities and stories. Thanks to Lili we have Poppy The Cat (pictured above) to give away to…
You might remember clever lass Rachel Burke from when we first featured her stitchy charity project I Make, You Wear It in the pages of Peppermint last year. After sewing a new dress every Saturday night for 20 weeks to raise money for NAPCAN child abuse prevention, Rachel has now upped the stakes with her…
Good news green army! The design team at Helveticus have dared to go where few upcyclers have gone before with their new collection of bags and accessories made entirely from vintage Swiss army blankets. After big success in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, the US and even Korea, the brand has just launched the range down under,…
If you are anything like me (a total skin care fa-reeek), or even if you are just a completely normal person, you will love what Perfect Potion has whipped up – a range of limited edition, cruelty-free, natural skin care kits! Packaged in gorgeous printed cartons, these nifty kits are perfect for travelling, or for…
Some you may be familiar with the euphoric sense of accomplishment (and sometimes frustration!) of making your very own garment. For those of you who aren’t, now is the time to get that dusty sewing machine out and feel the joy of creating. DIY couture is a London-based fashion label that encourages consumers to be…
If you’re free this Saturday July 9th, why not hip hop on down to Brisbane’s Musgrave Park for brand new music festival RECONciliation Beats! Supported by triple j and celebrating the 20th Anniversary of NAIDOC week, the festival offers a showcase of Australia’s best hip hop and emerging folk, funk and rock acts including Urthboy,…
Getting hooked up with leading UK creative contacts and a free return flight to do so feels somewhat dreamlike for a green creative down under. When you add the extra treat of $8000 spending money it becomes a fairy tale. However, you may not need to reach for a frog or a poison apple just…
I do love winter and its beautiful blue skies and crisp, brisk days, but what I don’t like is what it does to my skin. Dry. Itchy. Chapped. Me no likey. Thankfully, the beauty brainiacs from Antipodes have created Saviour Skin Balm and, oh my, it really is a saviour! This rich balm is a…