Category Archive: Life

Jan
06
2013

Tailoring Tomorrow: A Sustainable Fashion Event

Photo courtesy of Peppermint Magazine

To start this fabulous new year I thought it was fitting that my first blog post pay homage to the central theme of this blog: fashion. In particular, an upcoming fashion event that promises not only to be fun and entertaining but informative as well. And I’m not referring to MSFW, or more commonly known …

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Dec
19
2012

To Buy Nothing New

Photo courtesy of slightly everything

  I’m not planning to lose weight. I’m not giving up alcohol. And I’m not cutting down on coffee. My New Year’s resolution is simply this: To buy nothing new. Now let’s be clear on the ground rules: This will not apply to the giving of gifts. I will only apply this rule to one …

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Dec
17
2012

The Age of Minimalism

Photo courtesy of Stevendepolo

Photo courtesy of Stevendepolo Madonna may have contributed to popular culture when she sang about a material girl living in a material world, but these words could not be further from my own life. My life has entered what I call, the Age of Minimalism. I am downsizing rather than upsizing. Subtracting rather than adding. …

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Dec
10
2012

Fighting Extinction with Beads for Wildlife

A tribes woman from the Melako Conservancy in Northern Kenya

I am an animal lover. And not only do I love cute cuddly domestic animals. I am in love with the large majestic kind too. I have ventured to the Melbourne Zoo several times, the Werribee Open Range Zoo twice, and once each to Sydney’s Taronga Zoo and the San Diego Zoo. I’ve also been …

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Nov
25
2012

Being Semi-Vegetarian

Photo courtesy of Andy Roberts

When I tell some people that I am a vegetarian, the question that often follows this statement is: Why? I like to answer this question by saying that if I can’t kill the animal myself, than I won’t eat it. I spent two years living in the country where I reluctantly supported my partner in …

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