Soul Economy

St Andrew’s Cathedral School Annual Carnevale on Friday, 20 November 2009 has at its heart social justice and will bring an Urban Village atmosphere for shoppers in the CBD to experience what it is to be an ethical consumer. Fair Trade stall holders will have prime location on George street frontage so it is a [...]

If you need are keen to learn how to live more sustainably, then don’t miss the Eco Living Fair in Randwick this Sunday, 27 September 2009. It was a great event last year. This year there will be over 50 stallholders including local community groups, rainwater tanks, solar panels, permaculture gardens, composts and worm farms [...]

Join in the fun and visit the Fair Trade Fair at Baulkham Hills Baptist Church on Saturday, 26 September 2009.
You can shop for a whole range of Fair Trade products including handicrafts, hats, scarves, cards, clothing, jewellery, handbags, shoes, sports gear, homewares, chocolate, tea, coffee, toys and more!
Visit Fair Trade Entrepreneurs who are working to [...]

Join in the Oxfam Exchange for Change in September 2009 and help to give back while having a whole lot of fun. Organise and host a ‘Exchange for Change’ party. You can catch up with friends, update your wardrobe and help Oxfam find solutions to global poverty and injustice at the same time.
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Following on from the success of the Sustainability Fair last year, Sustainability@MQ is holding its 2nd Sustainability Fair in Macquarie University’s Central Courtyard from Tuesday, 8 September until Wednesday, 9 September 2009 from 10:00am until 3:00pm.
Get along to the Fair and check out the stalls and watch demonstrations, listen and learn from guest speakers, sample [...]

Come and see Women for Education, Freedom and Textiles (WEFT) at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Kensington, Sydney! NIDA’s costume department is sponsoring a promotion and sale of WEFT textiles in NIDA’s foyer on Friday, 28 August 2009.
On display and for sale will be new Weftshop textile products, featuring new designs and [...]

Live Futures 2020 being held on Saturday, 15 August 2009 is an annual futures festival which is created by Global Youth Futures and Future Journeys to enable people to understand the future, and to start to co-create it with others. Now in its third year, they have partnered with the College of Fine Arts [...]

Enlightened Elephant Sale

Sadly, Enlightened Elephant is having their final closing down sale this Saturday, 8 August 2009 from 10am till 4pm.  All beautiful Monkeybiz dolls and animals and beadwork will all be half price. These glass-beaded dolls and animals are made by artisans who are disadvantaged and HIV+ women living in the townships of Capetown [...]

Join Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at Melbourne University as well as Professor Peter Singer in their informative talk and learn more about the ethics of living sustainably. Globally 20% of the population consume over 80% of the resources, so this topic is very timely and critical. To Sydney residents who [...]

Soul Economy recently had the pleasure of speaking to Belinda from Carpets for Communities. This soulful business sells rugs made by a community of women on the Thai and Cambodia border. The rugs are made from t-shirt and hessian bag off-cuts. Carpets for Communities provides all of the materials, training and support to the women/mothers [...]