We’re living in the age of busy. Ask someone how they’ve been, and chances are they’ll respond with an exasperated “so busy!” A little over a year ago, I was one of these people. I was in such a constant frenzy of work, study, volunteering and socialising that I burned out and subsequently fell off the eco-bandwago...
In 2013, more than one thousand Bangladeshi garment workers were crushed to death as the nine-story factory they were working in came crashing down on top of them. Of the survivors, thousands were injured and more than one hundred lost limbs. Many relatives of those killed were never reunited with the bodies of the...
Laver’s describes seabirds as the, “quintessential underdog”. These birds spend majority of their time out in the big blue, where they’re out of sight and out of mind. But dedicated researchers like Jenn are shining a light on the harmful impacts our throwaway culture has on oceanic ecosystems.
For more than a de...
You’d think someone this pedantic about single-use plastic would have Plastic Free July in the (reusable) bag.
But last year I failed the Plastic Free July challenge, miserably – on the very first day. I started my morning the usual way, with a soy flat white in a Keep Cup. A few hours later I ate my lunch, sans pl...
Apparently, it stems from an evolutionary instinct to seek out shimmering bodies of water.
Perhaps this link between glossy items and human hydration could be the reason why we seem to have such a penchant for glitter? Let’s be honest, glitter is a totally useless item. A five year old creating their next collage m...
