With so many of us stuck at home, many are feeling the urge to declutter. If you’ve been inspired by the likes of Marie Kondo to organise your house and workspace, you’re not alone! While many of you will end up storing, selling or throwing away items that no longer bring you joy, please think...
By Sarah Baillie Sustainable gift giving can be challenging in the best of times, but during the current reality of social distancing and quarantining ourselves at home it’s even more difficult. I have several friends and family members with birthdays in the coming months. I’m also thinking about how to support those whose lives are...
The world is at a standstill. Most establishments are closed, movement is restricted, and people are asked to stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19, the global pandemic that has affected over a million individuals all over the world and claimed nearly 60,000 lives. Unfortunately, the number of confirmed cases continues to go up,...
With governments locking down cities and health authorities requesting residents to self-quarantine to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, people are faced with weeks, if not months, of staying at home. Naturally, many will use this time worrying about their health and that of loved ones, as well as their financial situations and careers....
There is something kind of romantic about the phrase stay at home – pre-COVID-19, that is. You encourage your partner to stay home and his or her mind immediately wanders to the near future when both of you are up in your room trying to get it on. If you have teenage kids, there’s a...
As cities and governments around the world implement measures to control the spread of the coronavirus, public officials and health authorities are also urging people to do their bit by thoroughly and frequently washing our hands, limiting unnecessary travel, practicing social distancing and avoid touching their faces. The outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 has also seen...
As COVID-19 spreads across the world and authorities telling us to properly wash our hands, stop touching our faces, avoid group gatherings and practice social distancing, and the pandemic bringing out the worst in some people (who would have thought toilet paper punch-ons would become a thing?), life as we know it is in limbo....
You might be one of the 400,000+ people who tried Veganuary this year. And like many people who pledge to eat plant-based for a month, you may have decided to stick with vegan living once January was over. Your reasons might have ranged from cruelty to animals – we kill 70 billion land animals for...
Note: This letter from the editor was originally published in our weekly newsletter and is being republished here. Happy Friday guys! First off, if you replied to our last newsletter and got a bounce back, I apologise. We continue to have tech issues and it has been a huge source of my frustrations this year. First NBN, then Telstra, then...
We have reached the era when climate refugees are now seen as the new normal. According to a 2019 report prepared by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, due to natural disasters, there was a world record of over seven million new displacements that happened between January and June 2019. Come 2050, nations across the globe should...
Note: This letter from the editor was originally published in our weekly newsletter and is being republished here. Happy Friday guys! I’m writing this newsletter from a quiet coastal town called Seventeen Seventy (also known as 1770) in Queensland’s Gladstone region and almost six hours north of Brisbane. This town is known for being the second landing in Australia...
The numbers of vegans in Australia is on the rise – for many, ruling animal products out of their diet is a relatively straightforward decision. But deciding whether to eschew leather products can be more challenging. For non-meat eaters who do buy leather, the rationale is usually something like this: if meat is being produced...