Hair caring
The price of your haircut may go well beyond your out of pocket expense. Although waste and sustainability aren’t things we often think of while getting our hair cut, we probably should. The Australian hairdressing […]
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Vintage Month at Rozelle Collectors Market
July is the month of pre-loved, reused and up-cycled fashion at Rozelle Collectors Market. Vintage Month at Rozelle Collectors Markets is promising veritable bucket loads of nostalgia, funk and fun every weekend throughout July. Apart […]
Roadtest: Local Recycled Fashion Bloggers
Alex van Os Fashion blogger and Red Cross store ambassador Alex van Os brings a sense of sophistication to her wardrobe by combining vintage and preloved pieces together along with the new. This mix-and-match of […]
Your Say: buying clothes
Do you have any rules you follow when you buy clothes? “My rule would be to go to Kathmandu. Their clothes are good quality and come at a good price. Everything I am wearing today […]
Party Time
The environment is the fourth highest factor voters consider when staring at a ballot form. After the economy, health and education, the environment weighs in as significant enough an issue that it could change voting […]
What’s On – 284
The Sydney Film Festival Comes to Newtown Hot on the heels of the Sydney Writer’s Festival, art punters may struggle to catch their breath before the esteemed Sydney Film Festival is up and running from […]
Students take a stand for seabirds
Most seabirds have eaten or will eat plastic. This alarming research, from Chris Wilcox of the CSIRO, indicates seabirds are most likely to become extinct. Sharp plastics can puncture organs, some birds ingest bottle tops […]
Message in a bottle
Just in time for the election, the people’s Premier Mike Baird announced details of a NSW container deposit scheme (CDS) to tackle litter across the state and improve recycling. Back in February 2015, Baird had […]
Fair Trade Fortnight
May 6th-22nd marks the annual Fair Trade Fortnight – the perfect time to start consuming with a conscious. With eight in 10 Australians agreeing they would purchase everyday products that help people in need, there […]