Adelaide City Council has become the country’s first Fair Trade Capital City and has joined Fremantle City Council in becoming Australia’s first two Fair Trade Cities. Leichardt Municipal Council (NSW) has also joined Manly Council (NSW) and Yarra Council (VIC) as the country’s third Fair Trade Council. Within Australia, there are over 300 Fair Trade [...]
Worldly Soles is seeking your unwanted shoes for adults and children in Haiti, Africa and in the Himalayas. By donating your gently warn shoes you will make a huge difference for people who cannot afford shoes in the poorest regions on earth. You need to make sure that your shoes are clean and in good [...]
It’s the carrot, not the stick that we want to give the mule to get it moving, and there’s no mistaking, this mule is stubborn. Zana Wright, a UTS Masters of Architecture student, wants to turn the recalcitrant mule of our economy around and save the environment. So Carrotmob is coming to Australia, the first [...]
TOYS, GIFTS AND ORGANIC BABY CLOTHING for children newborn to 6 years old. This weekend in Bronte – Saturday, 24 October and Sunday, 25 October – Global Child is having a sale of their unique selection of wonderful, quality children’s toys and gifts from all over the world. Many are Fair Trade certified, made by [...]
Hundreds of people turned up at the Rethreads giant clothes swap on 19th September to surrender unworn clothes and dig around for some new favourites. Regardless of whether you are driven by the serendipity of a chance find, the principals of recycling or the satisfaction of cleaning out your wardrobe, these clothes swapping events are [...]
Making your own non-toxic, natural cleaning products is a great way to turn your Pyrmont apartment into a chemical-free, environmentally friendly haven. You will be looking after the health of the environment and those you live with, and saving significant amounts of money—your self-made cleaning products will cost around one tenth of the price of [...]
We all want to be green, and we all have the best intentions to live sustainable life-styles, but we all know that it can be hard to change old habits, no matter how bad they might be. If you’re looking for easy ways to make your life-style a bit more eco-friendly, why not check out [...]
Imagine a naturally renewable resource so plentiful that theoretically the amount of power available is greater than current global energy consumption. Imagine if, once the necessities to harness this power were in place, no fuel was needed for continuing operation, and the power source was clean, widely distributed, and produced minimal greenhouse gas emissions. Now, [...]
As I sat channel surfing the other night on my couch of complacency I came across a documentary on SBS about real life utopian societies. And while the idea of polyamarous relations in a shared, so-called peaceful commune setting certainly does appeal to me. It also made me question whether this lifestyle now, outside of [...]
Hey There Pyrmont Wine Lovers, lately, organic beers and wines have been making more of a presence in bottle shops. So if you live in Pyrmont and you love wine, and are looking for an ethical and healthier alternative to more commercial beer and wine, you are now able to choose from a growing array [...]
