Hanging for a mid-year break? Take a trip to Woodford, home of Queensland’s beloved Woodford Folk Festival, for The Planting: three days of talks, presentations, performances and – of course – tree planting. Twenty-one years ago, the Queensland Folk Federation launched The Planting as a working-bee weekend to help restore and regenerate the Woodford site, which was a dairy…
Get ready to get down for a good cause, because the world’s biggest ‘party against poverty’, OXJAM, is about to make its debut in Australia. One of Oxfam‘s most important fundraising campaigns, OXJAM is a month-long celebration of live music that uses the universal language of song and dance to raise awareness and money for…
We love fashion statements that make us do a double take – and these new ads from Save the Children and Brazilian ad agency Lew’Lara/TBWA are no exception. With all the hallmarks of a glamour shoot, on closer inspection, you’ll see that models aren’t just dressed this way because stripes are on-trend. Bold stripes, in…
Melbourne-based social enterprise PVBS have an appetite for change – and that’s why they’ve partnered with FoodBank Victoria to launch a great new initiative, Hungry 4 Change, to tackle poverty. After funding education projects in Cambodia and Africa, PVBS is going local: one in 10 people in Melbourne struggle to feed their families each week, and…
Wearable tech, 3D printed jewellery and fabric made from recycled materials – these are just some of the innovations we’ve seen in the fashion and textiles space in recent years. But what does the future of fashion hold? And what does this mean in terms of sustainability? These are the questions being explored at this year’s SOURCE Summit – an…
Two hundred and thirty kilograms – if you’re anything like the average Australian (computer converts included), that’s the total weight of paper you’re likely to consume this calender year. Sick of seeing mountains of the stuff binned in his own workplace, Melbourne architect Jon Yong had a cracker of an idea to help office types…
Walking into a busy department store and finding yourself surrounded with nothing but ethical products sounds like a distant dream. But what if your local mall became the next ‘it’ destination for conscious shopping? If David Jones gets its way, all 39 of its retail branches will soon be one-stop shops for brands who demonstrate…
Bag yourself a gorgeous Coconsa bag made from leather and authentic African fabrics, and you’ll be the talk of the town! ‘Coconsa’ is also the Ghanaian word for gossip, and the word on the street is that this up-and-coming luxury accessories label is setting some serious style trends (and if you’ve picked up a copy…
Hey there, Melbourne fashion mavens – make sure you get yourselves along to the Fracture Gallery at Federation Square this week to check out the Fair Fashion Installation. This fun and inventive display involves a series of mannequins that have been dressed by Melbourne-based fair trade and/or ethical fashion designers, and the line-up of labels…
One of the most insidious issues affecting people from all walks of life, eating disorders are the deadliest of all psychiatric illnesses. With more than 1 million Australians having suffered from an eating disorder in 2014, it’s a problem that seems at once too big and too personal to tackle. But there are things we…
UPDATE: Please note that this issue was published in August 2014, well before the revelations about Belle Gibson came to light. As many, we were unaware that Belle did not have cancer and was fabricating her story. We do not condone her actions and nor do we support any of her statements that were included…
Winter is coming, and there are few better ways to stave off its chill than by wrapping yourself in some soft, snuggly layers of Australian Merino wool from Woolerina. This innovative clothing label sources all its wool directly off-farm from Glenwood Merinos in New South Wales, a place where the sheep are happy and healthy and subject…