Fragrance is a powerful thing – just one whiff can lift your mood, remind you of a special person or transport you to a far-off place. And if you’re a fan of sublime scents made from all-natural ingredients, you’ll be fawning over the range from newly launched perfume brand van der Faun. Carefully handcrafted in Australia…
Do you want to be part of the global fair fashion community? If there was ever a day to wear your values on your sleeve, it’s April 24th. Now in its second year, Fashion Revolution Day 2015 has officially kicked off with more than 65 countries coming together over the next 24 hours to take…
Have you ever pondered who created your clothes? What were their working conditions like? Were they paid a living wage? And what kind of impact did the process have on the planet? These, and many other questions about ethical manufacturing, transparency and sustainable fashion, were explored at the Peppermint Fashion Revolution event in Brisbane on Tuesday evening –…
As we celebrate Earth Day 2015, today’s events also mark 45 years of united environmental action across our global community. So far, 2015 has been an interesting year for planet-friendly legislation, with a number of new laws and regulations introduced by governments worldwide. France‘s latest green construction code has been making headlines of late after…
While Sydney Fashion Week has been grabbing headlines of late, today the Australian fashion industry is making news for much less glamorous reasons. Released overnight, the Australian Fashion Report 2015 reveals that only 9% of Australian apparel companies can guarantee that their workers receive a living wage, and only 9% fully trace their cotton. Published…
Helping small-scale artisans reach an international audience, Ma Té Sai lives by a ‘from the village, for the village’ philosophy. Now the village is hitting the big smoke as the lovely folks from this Lao boutique arrive in Australia, bringing with them suitcases full of the finest Southeast Asian arts and crafts. Based in Luang…
Calling all Brisbane-based ethical fashion fans! You’re officially invited to our Fashion Revolution event from 5.30pm next Tuesday 21st April, presented by Peppermint, QUT Creative Enterprise Australia and QUT Fashion, with Fashion Revolution and supporting partner Patagonia. We’ll be screening the eye-opening short film Traceable: a documentary set against the backdrop of the fast fashion…
Most of us have a favourite pair of jeans – the 670,000 tonnes of denim consumed globally every year are surely testament to our timeless desire for denim. But some denim companies aren’t making sure that their employees have fair and safe working conditions – worryingly, Australia’s largest denim retailer, The Just Group, has repeatedly…
As the old saying goes, the best things in life are free – like the feel of sand between your toes, or the smell of a rainforest, or that first drop of ocean water on summer skin. Mining, dredging and other big-scale industry that threatens to disrupt or even destroy our natural ecosystems, on the…
The Human Rights Arts & Film Festival is back for another year, bringing an agenda-setting program of events to venues across Australia. The highlight of the 2015 Festival schedule is the line-up of award-winning feature and short films, all tackling topics not normally found on the silver screen. From rebuilding lives in post-earthquake Pakistan to…
The days are getting cooler, which means it’s time to start stocking up on those winter woollies – and if you like a bit of luxury in your layers, look no further than New Zealand brand Untouched World. This globally respected knitwear label has struck the perfect balance of sustainability and style – their chic, classic range…
There’s often more to our clothing labels than meets the eye, and this new campaign from the Canadian Fair Trade Network is taking transparency to whole new heights – or should that be lengths? The series of printed adverts promote fairtrade buying habits by taking a hoodie, a blazer and other common items of clothing…