Australians love our thongs (sandals!). It is the must have footwear for Summer, Spring, Autumn and even Winter in the northern states. Now our iconic footwear can also help out and raise awareness of the plight of the honeybee.
It’s time to give fleece a chance!
April 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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.
Global Warming and Organic & Recycled Clothing
February 3, 2011 by 4 Comments
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.
Imagine a fashion store where everything is free*…
October 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Dream no more ladies – The Clothing Exchange is a 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!
Hemp – The Wonder Plant?
September 10, 2010 by 2 Comments
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 [...]
Bamboo – wonder grass that’s not just for chopsticks!
July 17, 2010 by 2 Comments
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.
Dyeing to renovate your wardrobe.
June 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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!
A green make-over on those formal clothes.
June 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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!
Shoe poverty is relative.
June 6, 2010 by 1 Comment
One of the good things about traveling is that it alerts you to the ways of life of others.
Make your own insect repellent drawer liners
February 28, 2010 by 1 Comment
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 [...]
