Soul Economy

Don’t miss out on the inaugural Fair Trade Christmas Market event this weekend organised by the Queensland Fair Trade Collective. Check out the wide range of ethical and fair trade products including clothing, homewares, jewellery, handicrafts, accessories as well as coffee, tea and chocolate - and pick up your Christmas gifts.
Many of Queensland’s fair trade [...]

Come along to the Fair Trade Market and enjoy a fun day out Christmas shopping. At the same time help to make a difference to producers in developing countries.
You can select from a wide range of wonderful gifts from Generation Wonder, Global Conduct, Tribes and Nations, Ethica and Serendibi Crafts. There will also be  smaller [...]

Blog Action Day was yesterday in Australia, 15 October 2008. This Day is a yearly nonprofit event encouraging bloggers across the world to unite and post about the same issue on the same day. This year the focus is on poverty.
I am very passionate about this subject and have decided to post my thoughts even [...]

Macquarie University is holding their first sustainability fair for students, staff and the community. There will be guest speakers including Natalie Isaacs from the Climate Coolers and Matt Grant from Peats Ridge  Festival. You can join in a yoga or sustainability in the curriculum workshop, sample some tasty organic food, listen to music, visit stalls, [...]

Soul Economy had the absolute pleasure asking Mihiri some questions about her company Generation Wonder. Their range of products is for “little citizens of the world” from 0-12 years and include clothes, shoes, bags, accessories, bedding, toys, games & puzzles, baby food, books (including the gorgeous Wonder Year Journal) & magazines and more. Mihiri’s reason [...]

“People are universally becoming much more concerned with the honesty of the company that they’re buying the product from and the environmental impact,” says outspoken fashion designer Katherine Hamnett on the current mainstreaming of organic and sustainable clothing. (see clip here)
Hamnett, who forged an image in the 1980’s with bold protest slogan T-shirts is now [...]