Hannah Klose is pretty much the closest thing Australia’s got to a professional op shopper. The brains behind thrifty blog Never Ever Pay Retail, Hannah’s been providing a behind-the-fitting-room-curtain guide to the nation’s op shops since 2014. Now well and truly Instafamous, her outfit posts are the thing of legend – with entire ensembles often…
A New South Wales mother and Ayurvedic practitioner, Amy Graham describes herself as ‘a lover of life and a seeker of the light’. Living in a cottage nestled in the mid-north coast rainforest, she was the Peppermint Pitch winner at our Byron Bay PepTalks event – taking out the audience vote for her idea of…
Hear that? It’s the rumblings of change. The sound of the global fashion industry stirring from its apathetic slumber. The beast is groaning because it feels unwell, but this is not a sob story. It’s one of diagnosis, and hope. You have to acknowledge there’s a problem before you can begin to fix it. Consuming…
If you’re anything like us, nothing makes your heart sing more than a well-stocked retro rail at your local op shop. Whilst the standard racks give you the chance to rummage for gold, the retro area is like a pre-rifled, expertly curated selection of the coolest vintage pieces on offer. IMAGINE THEN, if you will,…
How satisfying is it when you find a product, business or service that’s ‘good’? I’m talking ‘good’ in the ethical, healthy, sustainable and all-round awesome sense. That contented feeling you get when your dollars are invested in something that won’t harm you, the planet or its people. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I…
Koky Saly keeps his promises. Searching for a way to fund his charity BabyTree Projects, Koky cottoned on to using discarded fabrics to make backpacks. The sales from BeeKeeper Parade bags go towards educating children in his native Cambodia – a cause his sister Sophia was passionate about. Before passing away from cervical cancer, Sophia…
While I consider myself a bit of a champion of environmental causes and conscious living, I’ve never partaken in Plastic Free July, so I decided to sign up for the challenge this year. Given my better-than-average environmental habits, I knew simply opting for the ‘avoid single-use plastic packaging’ iteration wasn’t going to be enough of…
I was told recently that zero-waste living is on-trend. The lifestyle I have been living for over 18 months has become a hot topic, and it’s got me thinking about why so many people are aspiring to reduce their rubbish. My own path to reducing the amount of stuff I threw away began when I…
As Plastic Free July kicks off in 130 countries around the world, we’ve rounded-up some of the easiest ways to show pesky plastics the door. As well as making practical changes, there’s never been a better time to make yourself heard – advocating for reusable straws, cups and packaging everywhere from your local cafe to…
Best-known as an author, advocate and all-round action woman, Tara Moss can now add vintage blogger and host of a Youtube channel – Sewing Vintage with Tara Moss – to her resume. We caught up with Tara to ask her about her passion for sewing, the exploration of typically gendered roles and why she feels it’s crucial to rediscover…
As so many of us are increasingly examining the who-what-wear of our clothes, it’s the perfect time to launch a weekly podcast that promises to pick apart the fashion industry like never before. Wardrobe Crisis sees journalist and author Clare Press cutting through the fashion speak and bringing the real talk to the table, as…
Eco-agronomist, activist, food writer, urban farmer and entrepreneur – author Rebecca Sullivan does the lot, and she’s also passionate about passing on ‘granny skills’ to future generations. A self-taught cook who’s just released ‘The Art of the Natural Home – A Room By Room Guide‘, here she shares her first steps to creating a nature-based…