Insights

Winner Ethical Arthical Art Prize - Amanda Seddon

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

For the second year running Australian Ethical sponsored the Australian Ethical Art Prize with all entries exhibited at the TAP Gallery in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The winner of the 2008 Ethical Art Prize was Amanda Seddon.
After a week of exhibiting the entries at the TAP Gallery, the prize was awarded to Amanda last Saturday, 17 May. [...]

What a Fabulous Idea?

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

I picked up a postcard at the council recently that was promoting “Help Green Our Parks”. The Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery, a volunteer community group reintroducing local plant species to the area, was seeking new volunteers.

In turning over the card there was the usual part about “made using 100% recycled paper” but then [...]

Blood Diamonds and the Rise of Ethical Jewellery

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

While I watched the movie Blood Diamonds some time ago it is one of those movies that I continue to think about. So, I was very pleased to read an article recently about the fair trade jewellery movement.
The Sun Herald reports that ethical gold jewellery accounts for less that 1% of the global $56 billion [...]