For the last 12 months, the lovely Nina O’Brien from Brisbane eco label Kindling has been working at the Blue Sphere ethical clothing workshop in Hanoi Vietnam, helping with garment design, pattern-making and training staff. Nina has had a fabulous time working with this great team, however her time with Blue Sphere is nearing its…
Tuesday night we had the pleasure of having dinner with Neil Prentice at French restaurant, Libertine. The man himself is no different to some of his wines in that he’s not backwards in coming forwards. His robust character (the man, not the wine) complements Libertine’s mild-mannered chef and their food and wine enjoy a similar…
If you believe that one individual changing one action can have an impact on the global good, then imagine what multiplying that action by three can do? Well, those clever people at Oxfam have done exactly that, and are this week kicking off their 3things campaign: encouraging a more ethical, sustainable and generous society by…
In the spirit of Fair Trade Fortnight, The QLD Fair Trade Collective has teamed up with QUT’s new sustainable fashion hub, The Stitchery, to bring us a colourful evening of Ethical Fashion next Friday, May 20. Featuring canapés, drinks and some very special speakers – including Paula Rogers, co-founder or Fairer Traders Australia, artisan Cecilia…
It’s over, but we’re all still reeling. Rosemount Australian Fashion Week was held at the overseas passenger terminal on Sydney harbour, just across the water from the gorgeous Opera House. Despite weeks of rain, the weather brightened up and the street photographers took to the outdoors snapping up fashionistas left right and centre. Inside, catwalks…
Fair Trade Fortnight is upon us, and here in the Peppermint office we’re coming up with different ways to get involved. Thankfully, there are hundreds of ideas at Fair Trade Fortnight’s website to give us all a little nudge in the right direction. Swapping to Fair Trade can make huge and real difference to farmers,…
As RAFW winds to a close and you find yourself in Sydney this weekend with nothing to do, we recommend a visit to EcoXpo 2011: Sustainable Living Made Easy. Like Disneyland for the green-minded, EcoXpo is a gathering of like-minded hearts, minds and souls, all under one roof to display, discuss and share their sustainable…
Tis Easter, so ’tis the season for rabbits… Cat Rabbit in particular. Fans of the genius softie creator will think they’ve died and gone to heaven at Secret Animal Realms, her first solo exhibition, held at the No Vacancy Project Gallery in The Atrium at Melbourne’s Federation Square. Visitors will delight in a veritable wonderland…
Although the hunt for secret, hidden shopping treasures is usually the best part, a few hints every now and then are always welcome. Enter Designer Lookout’s Boutique Finder, a new (free!) app for your smart phone. It uses your location to suggest boutiques or designers (including a bio for each and where they are stocked)…
Easter’s already pretty sweet, but there’s a way to make it sweeter. Instead of the usual yearly gorge on whatever’s displayed at the supermarket (leaving us all, days later, passed out in an unsightly sugar coma beneath a small mountain of packaging), why don’t we do Easter the smart way: with Oxfam? We won’t ruin…
Last weekend saw the launch of Fest la Frog, a sustainable music and arts festival in Melbourne, that according to the organisers went off like ‘a frog in a sock’. The festival had quite the journey even before party time, relocating from French Island to CERES Nature park, but as happens with all good things,…
A picture is worth a thousand words, but in the case of a graphic, it could be worth much, much more. This is why Sonja Meyer has decided to donate her graphic design skills to refresh and redesign the image of a number of environmental non-profit organisations around Australia for the next three months.