In January 2013 Erin Rhoads moved to Melbourne and started an amusingly titled blog, The Rogue Ginger. Her plan was to document her new life. What she couldn’t have predicted was how radically different that new life would be. After a chance viewing of a Canadian doco, The Clean Bin Project, where she watched a…
Zero Waste Warrior ERIN RHOADS aka THE ROGUE GINGER on greenwashing and all that rubbish

Citizens of the World travel writer MEGHAN LONERAGAN shares the upside to a world where she can no longer check in her baggage

When Meghan and Dominic Loneragan aren’t enjoying the laid-back lifestyle of the New South Wales Central Coast they’re usually Citizens Of The World. The dynamic creators of the award-winning travel blog are normally winging it to exotic locations where Dom snaps the insta-envy images and Megs crafts the copy, all while juggling jetlag and an…
Australian Slow Fashion writer JULIA HENRY on life under extreme Lockdown in Singapore

While we’re all busy breathing a tentative sigh of relief in Australia that we’ve dodged the Covid bullet – so far – there are plenty of places around the world that haven’t been so lucky. Julia Henry and her Australian family relocated from the Central Coast in New South Wales to Singapore six months ago…
Was COVID-19 written in the stars? We talk astrology and mindfulness with EMMA VIDGEN

From the deadline-driven world of editing print magazines to becoming an astrologer and co-founding her own online masthead, The Wayward, EMMA VIDGEN has transformed her life to do things differently. We catch up – remotely – with the former Real Living editor to get a snapshot of her life under Lockdown in Sydney and find…
ANDREA DUNKLEY is reducing plastic pollution one refill at a time

If you’ve ever walked along a beach at low tide it’s impossible to ignore the plastic: water bottles, lids, straws and cigarette butts, all carelessly cast aside after a single use. Not only is this scourge polluting our oceans and endangering our ecosystem, it’s a blatant wasteful misuse of the planet’s finite resources. While many…
JESSICA O’ROURKE Irish creator of Mud Bugs on nature play and living your dreams

The folk of County Leitrim, Ireland should count themselves lucky. Not only do they have rolling green hills and plenty of fresh air, they also have another natural asset: Jessica O’Rourke. The owner of local business Mud Bugs is an inspiring advocate for getting kids (and their parents) outside to reconnect with nature. Jessica’s passion…
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