I have been struggling with identity a great deal this year thanks to an illness that has really slowed me down and shaken up my world. Since March I have been experiencing a kind of chronic whole body fatigue, and back and neck pain, which has floored me for months. This experience isn’t unprecedented. I suffered from severe chronic back pain for 6 years in my early 20s, with which
The following post about blood diamonds and the environmental impacts and human rights abuses in the diamond industry is a sponsored collaboration between the ethical diamonds jewellery company MiaDonna and tortoise & lady grey. These sponsorships help support the costs of running this blog. Rest assured that I only collaborate with brands who uphold the ethical and environmental ethos of this blog, and whom I think you would benefit in
If you are interested in creating a more sustainable wardrobe, there is a good chance that you will stumble across to minimalism. Minimalism is the movement that aims to simplify people’s lives by untangling their attachment to ‘stuff’, downsizing, and offering alternate vision of success- one that doesn’t promote more (money, things, experiences, work), and focuses on quality over quantity. At its essence, minimalism is a very sustainable concept. It
This post is a sponsored collaboration between myself and the online sustainable fashion marketplace ethi-collective. I received payment in exchange for my work in writing this article. However, I only work with businesses that I align with the strict ethical and sustainability ethos of this blog and that I think you would enjoy hearing about. The global sustainable fashion community is filled with an amazing array of passionate individuals who
When looking for sustainable textiles, it is helpful to have an external certification that you can trust. There is a range of certification systems which you can rely upon to trust the sustainability of the textiles that you come across. These can help you in your search for sustainable garments. Not all of the certification systems are listed here, but these are the major ones. Some of these are not comprehensive,
This book review is part of the 2018 Ethical Activist Book Club, a bimonthly reading list to discuss online, here on this blog and on Facebook. It is never to late to read along, and you can pick up your copy and start reading today. * denotes an affiliate link and if you click the link and choose to make a purchase I will receive a small commission. This helps
Last year I fell into the pits of activist burn-out. It was triggered by an experience of trolling, however I have to say that I had been slowly heading towards burn-out for a very long time. When you are working to change huge problems in our global economy, when nothing less than the future of the planet is at stake, it can be very wearying to put one foot in
I spend a lot of time thinking about the economy, and how as a society we have created something that seems to be failing most of us. One of the things that I have been particularly reflecting is how our economy seems to have devalued all the things that really matter to our wellbeing as human beings. The destruction of the environment is the obvious one. But it is far
When you start down the rabbit hole of fashion and it’s history past and present, you start to get a picture of just how far and wide the impact of this industry goes. Fashion as an industry is implicated in labour rights violations, past and present, and environmental degradation. These are fairly well known. But there are equally important issues in fashion of which our community of ethical consumers knows
This article is a sponsored collaboration between this blog and fashion social enterprise The Fabric Social. I genuinely love this brand and think you will too. They are a rare gem in the ethical fashion space, with feminism and community development driving their production from start-to-finish. As always, I only accept sponsorship from brands that genuinely align with the ethical standards of this blog and that I think you will
