Melbourne-based sustainable fashion collective The Clothing Exchange has a big plan; the group wants to help fashion-conscious Australians find great styles while also raising awareness of the environmental impact of the fashion  industry. With the help of the next big thing online, PlanBig.com.au, The Clothing Exchange and Australian Red Cross will be hosting a series of simultaneous swapping events across Australia on 17 October. Read the full story

Australia and New Zealand are the top wool producers worldwide and really it is time to embrace wool and its amazing qualities as a fabric. Read the full story

Buy organic clothing for the health of our planet; wear organic clothing for your health. The reality and perils of global warming have finally broken through the walls surrounding mainstream collective consciousness and have become hot news. Read the full story

Dream no more ladies – The Clothing Exchange is coming up in October 25th for National Swap Day!
My Green Australia was lucky enough to have a chat with Juliette Anich from The Clothing Exchange to get the low down on the best swap meet ever!

*free in the sense that you have to swap your clothes for new ones!

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In Australia, it is illegal to cultivate and use Marijuana but the plant itself does have some brilliant uses such as cleaning up the soil – it was actually used in 1998, Phytotech, along with Consolidated Growers and Processors (CGP) and the Ukraine’s Institute of Bast Crops, planted industrial hemp, Cannabis sp., for the purpose of removing contaminants near the Chernobyl site. Read the full story

We have just planted a large, clumping bamboo in a huge replica of the common or garden terra cotta pot by our neighbour’s fence.  Read the full story

It’s hard to look at tie-dyed clothes without taking a trip back in time – But fear not! There are other ways to dye and be fabulous too! Read the full story

We have a family wedding coming up towards the end of the year and the suit I had made is way too big as I have lost weight (in a good way).  Too bad for that lovely silk suit I had hand tailored for me in Kuala Lumpur! Read the full story

One of the good things about traveling is that it alerts you to the ways of life of  others. Read the full story

Drawer liners are way too expensive to buy and wear out fast.  But they are a great insect repellent and will discourage egg laying in silverfish and moths if you have lavender or cedar in the perfume. Don’t put real perfume in there as it goes stale quite fast and you will smell like an old aunty! Read the full story

Looking for some great reciepes for homemade healthy baby food? Well look no further! Read the full story

Sosume continue their ascent within the Australian fashion ranks by delivering solid collections of luxurious eco-friendly basics, and we love them! Read the full story

I would love to buy more dresses and have more wardrobe options, I really would but financially it can be tricky to justify. Now with Hayley Starr’s “Fancy Infinite” dress I no longer have that problem! Read the full story

In keeping with the theme of reusing and upcycling our goods, finally we have found a use for our old Wham! and UB40 cassette tapes that we have hidden around the house! Read the full story

I have a tendancy to be very space frugal – I loathe clutter! Therefore by my own obsession I have limited handbags (sad I know). I own 3 handbags; 1 black small clutch given by friends, 1 large style bag given for a birthday gift and the 3rd is more of a satchel, and as you can guess, it was given as a present! But I think this bag might change it all for me – The Miche Bag Read the full story

One of the best skills I learnt at school was to mend clothes.  Sure, I don’t have to darn lisle stockings or woolen socks these days but I could if I had to.  I can take up hems, sew on buttons, mend small tears, turn the frayed collars on shirts so you get another year out of them, ditto with worn cuffs, alter clothes to make them more fashionable and to suit a changing figure.  Read the full story