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Pantone Living Coral – Peppermint magazine

The Year of Living Coral

With a recent IPCC Report predicting the world is on-track to lose 99% of its coral, reef health has once again been thrust to the...

12 YEARS TO SAVE THE WORLD

Twelve years – that’s how long the global community has left to contain rising temperatures before we risk a full-blown climate change catastrophe, a new...

FROM THE ARCHIVES // Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall’s favourite toy as a child was a plush chimpanzee given to her by her father after a baby chimpanzee was born at London...

David Attenborough Peppermint Magazine Population Growth

FROM THE ARCHIVES: David Attenborough

With our tenth birthday celebrations now in full swing (woo!), we’re rifling through the Peppermint archives and bringing back some majorly cool features from past...

Bin your plastic habit

We all need a little help when it comes to cutting down our waste, and this Plastic Free July we’re continuing to share top tips...

Plastic free July: Low tox life Alexx Stuart

HOW TO: go low-plastic

Happy Plastic Free July! In the month where we try extra hard to give plastic the heave-ho for good, we’re featuring some highly practical tips...

Plastic bans in supermarkets: Coles and Woolworths announce new sustainability initiatives

Supermarket giants join the plastic war

It’s been a big month for plastic news. As well as World Environment Day (June 5) and World Ocean Day (June 8) each focussing on...

Veg in the city: five things to know

With an ever-changing climate and increasingly sprawling population, the world’s farmland is under threat. But we all need to eat, right? With 580 community gardens...

The War on Waste: a big win

The ABC’s War on Waste hit a resounding high note with the Australian population – reigniting the waste debate and getting people well and truly...

THE LAST WORD: DOING BAD BETTER

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...