Category: <span>Events</span>

We Asked Our Instagram Sustainable Community What They Thought of Black Friday. The Responses Were Mixed

We Asked Our Instagram Sustainable Community What They Thought of Black Friday. The Responses Were Mixed

Black Friday is almost here (November 27) and we at EWP have been receiving a lot of emails from conscious businesses relating to this American-founded sales day. Some brands are taking part in sales and promotions while others are taking a ‘no’ stance. Citizen Wolf, an award-winning Sydney-based business that custom makes t-shirts using on-demand...

20 Best Ethical Fashion Stocking Fillers and Xmas Gifts Under $35

20 Best Ethical Fashion Stocking Fillers and Xmas Gifts Under $35

When you buy through our links, we may earn fees from our affiliate partners. Learn more. If you’re the Christmas gift giving type, gifting intentionally and thoughtfully is key. Even better is choosing ethical stocking fillers for your family and friends that are better for people and planet. But if you’re worried about cost because you’re...

Blackout Day 2020: Here’s How You Can Help End Systemic Racism

Blackout Day 2020: Here’s How You Can Help End Systemic Racism

Today (July 7) is Blackout Day, a movement encouraging blacks and people of color (BIPOC) and their allies to come together in solidarity and end systemic racism through their economic power, by refusing to spend a dime at any business unless Black-owned. How did Blackout Day begin? According to Wikipedia, the event was conceived in 2015...

Calling All Fashion Enthusiasts: Will You Be Taking Part in Slow Fashion Season?

Calling All Fashion Enthusiasts: Will You Be Taking Part in Slow Fashion Season?

Slow Fashion Season is upon us; a three-month campaign organised by Netherlands-based non-profit organisation CollAction where thousands of style lovers across the world take a stand against the fast fashion industry by making conscious choices. This year the campaign runs from June 21 to September 21. The aim is to raise awareness of the social...

World Bee Day: 10 Ways to Protect Bees and Safeguard Food Security

World Bee Day: 10 Ways to Protect Bees and Safeguard Food Security

In 2018, the United Nations nominated May 20 as ‘World Bee Day‘ to raise awareness of the importance of these pollinators in safeguarding food security and protect them from toxic synthetic pesticides and habitat loss due as a result of intensive agricultural practices, and rising temperatures due to climate change. According to Wikipedia, a pollinator...

Conscious Label: She Creates the Future of Fashion

Conscious Label: She Creates the Future of Fashion

Manila, Philippines: Fashion Revolution Week was celebrated across the globe even when almost all the countries around the world are under quarantine. Fashion Revolution teams from different countries organized virtual events to commemorate the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse and demand transparency, ethics and sustainability in fashion. Despite much of the world being on lockdown,...

Earth Hour 2020: #StayTheFHome and Switch Off The Lights For The Planet

Earth Hour 2020: #StayTheFHome and Switch Off The Lights For The Planet

The number of COVID-19 cases is rising exponentially across the world and so too the death toll, prompting public officials to implement lockdown measures across cities and whole nations and encouraging citizens to follow social isolation guidelines such as washing and sanitising hands. staying away from social gatherings and events, avoiding public transport, working remotely...