Sustainability
Junkies Magazine: Making Change in the World, One Piece of Junk at a Time
I am very excited to be announcing my partnership with Junkies magazine. I will be a regular contributer to the magazine, writing about sustainable living and homes. Junkies was started in 2012 by a small group of passionate creative women from Queensland. Current editor, Selena Buckingham, was lucky enough to become part of Junkies from…
Read MoreRewilding in Australia – What is it and Why Does it Matter?
Have you heard of rewilding? It makes me think of the Wildlings in Game of Thrones (and yes I am hanging out for the final season!), or my childhood (my maiden name was Wilde!), but what it refers to, is a powerful option we have at our fingertips, to really heal our planet. It is…
Read MoreBeing a Conscious Consumer:10 Epic Reasons Why You Should Think Before You Buy
Our society is built on shopping. We are a consuming animal here in Australia, and across the western world. Shopping has gone from being something you do when you need a new item for your everyday life, to a social outing, a sign of status, and a competition. Many social media channels, instagram in particular,…
Read MoreWhy Striking For Climate Change is Not About Wagging School
Dear people saying kids are ‘wagging school’ today to #strikeforclimate, They are not striking to ‘get a day off’ and they shouldn’t have to raise these issues ‘after hours’. The point of a strike is to use the power of your labour to raise an important issue. The point is to make people listen, to create…
Read MorePlanet Talks WOMADelaide 2019: All the Fishes in the Sea
Dr Jodie Rummer, one of the line-up at the fabulous Planet Talks in 2019 at WOMADelaide, is an Associate Professor at the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University. She has had had six consecutive years of competitive ARC fellowships. Jodie also received the highly prestigious UNESCO –…
Read More7 Ways You Can Help Our Planet
Living on our beautiful planet is so complicated. Our clever human brains have created so many amazing things, but the consumer-based society we have created, means that our lifestyle (and our greed) is destroying our home. People are starting to wake-up to this though, and we are excitingly seeing the next generation standing up and…
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