ethical consumption

It’s Organic Awareness month so we ask Therese and Miranda Kerr — both ambassadors and advocates for organics — what organics mean to them.

We investigate how farmers can produce enough food to feed the swelling population in a way that benefits the Earth, themselves and their communities.

Danielle Smith, the founder of Australian online eco-fashion store Eco Bird, offers an ethical alternative to fashion as usual.

We take a look at green spas and salons and share ways to tell if they’re really in tune with nature or if it’s a case of greenwashing.

It’s almost the end of July, and with the end of the month comes the end of another challenge: Plastic-Free July, which asks people to avoid all single-use plastics for 31 days. Why? Every piece of plastic you use, if it hasn’t been recycled or produced via a new environmentally conscious technology, chips away at […]

Planned obsolescence is still a driver of the economy so how can you make more sustainable, less throw-away, choices?

Genetically modified foods are said by some to be the answer to the future, while others see them as putting that future at risk.

I’m sure you’ve had one of those moments when you really have to have something. Whether it’s a new car, new phone, new TV or new jacket there always seems to be something that we can desire and must have. It doesn’t feel like a want, it feels like a need. I need it! What we are talking about here is retail therapy.

Via technology, marketing and government policy, the food chain is changing like never before. Here is an overview of its current state.

Imagine if you could help reduce the pollution in the world and at the same time assist in maintaining healthy ecosystems worldwide.  Are you interested? First of all lets look at the issues that you directly have control over. The chemicals that we ingest for pain relief, cholesterol control, maintaining blood pressure diabetes and chemotherapy […]

From nursery wall paint to healthy toys and the best furniture, here are the ways you can get your pregnancy and new bub off to the best start.

Shopping has evolved from being a necessary chore to one of the primary leisure activities in Western countries like Australia and New Zealand. There is a common perception that consumerism is innate and that the love of shopping is hard-wired into people: unfortunately, history suggests otherwise.