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February 5, 2017
A couple of my favourite vintage dresses
My resolution this year is to stop buying clothes made in sweatshops. I've been reducing the amount that I buy from high street shops for years, but I have always been occasionally tempted. This time, there's no leeway. No clothes from sweatshops in 2017.
Ethical fashion has been having a resurgence recently. I think the True Cost of Fashion documentary
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Posted in Environment and Ethics | Tagged ethical fashion, slow fashion, sweatshop free |
December 21, 2016
I’ve always been last minute when it comes to Christmas. I buy presents the week before and as a result I do all my wrapping a day or two before the 25th if I’m lucky. So, apologies if this post is too late for those of you who have wrapped all your presents already! I love Christmas but sometimes the amount of waste and excessive over consumption at this time of year really gets me down. One problem
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Posted in Christmas, Environment and Ethics | Tagged christmas, no-waste, wrapping, wrapping paper |
May 11, 2016
A couple of months ago my friend Chelsea and I were chatting about some of the details of veganism when we realised that perhaps this discussion would be interesting for you lovely blog readers. The format is inspired by my favourite Rookie article - "Something Borrowed". I've recorded our conversation and typed up the interesting bits, so keep in mind that this is an exploration and not a treatise
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Posted in Environment and Ethics, Vegan | Tagged vegan, vegan discussion, vegan transition |
May 7, 2016
For a long time plastic litter has been a scourge on the environment but manufacturers are showing no signs of using less plastic packaging. A plastic bottle takes an average of 450 years to biodegrade, and before that time it disintegrates into thousands of little pieces that are impossible to clean up. Our seas and beaches are filled with plastic, including an island in the pacific ("the great pacific
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Posted in DIY, Environment and Ethics | Tagged chalkboard jars, DIY, homemade, marine litter, plastic waste, spice jars |
April 14, 2016
Hanging out with Archie in 2012
Veganism is a big part of my life. I realised that I haven’t talked about it much on here, asides from the recent recipe posts on this blog featuring vegan food. One reason animal rights hasn’t appeared much in this little space is because it’s controversial, and the stereotype of vegans being self-righteous and self-absorbed (“How do you know someone’s
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Posted in Archie, Environment and Ethics, Life, Vegan | Tagged animal ethics, animal exploitation, animal rights, Archie, ethics, peter singer, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism |
