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Peppermint Issue 47 I was hoping by the time it came to write this letter – after the fireball that was the first six months of 2020 – that we would be in a better place. But – here we are. Our world feels more divided than ever right now with battles raging (physically and digitally); sides are being formed on social media and in friendship circles, in communities and in countries. Never before have we been asked on such a grand scale to set aside our own needs, wants and desires for the sake of others. It’s like a giant global test of humanity, compassion, survival, knowledge and ethics, being scored by masks, memes and marches. We all want to know – or believe we have – the answer;…

DAILY SHIELD 24 HOUR HAND SANITISER From the team behind zero-waste hair brand Bar None, this vegan, alcohol-free, FDA-approved sanitiser protects for 24 hours without rinsing off – and has a vanilla and lemon scent! dailyshield.me SQUEAKIE SANDALWOOD COPAIBA AND TANGERINE Pure milk-whey alcohol (many alcohols are derived from petroleum) with essential oils in a sugar cane-derived bottle. squeakie.com.au BONDI WASH TASMANIAN PEPPER AND LAVENDER HAND SPRAY A low alcohol formulation, with Australian bush oils and aloe vera, which has been lab tested for 99% effectiveness against influenza and coronavirus. bondiwash.com.au H.A.N.D (HAVE A NICE DAY GOODS) SCENTED SANITISER Housed in glass, these sweet-smelling sanitisers have 70% sugar cane ethanol with native botanicals such as mimosa and lemon myrtle, and kunzea and rose. haveanicedaygoods.co INDIGIEARTH LEMON MYRTLE From Aboriginal-owned, award-winning…

Can you tell us about your journey to the work you now do in the slow fashion and body positivity movement? When I was 18, I fell in love with a locally owned store that only sold designs made in Canada, and I learned very quickly about the harm of fast fashion, the importance of buying less and how quality apparel costs more, but lasts so much longer than that $5 t-shirt you never really liked. At that time I was straight-sized and already at the cusp of size ranges, but as I got older, even though I rapidly sized-out of ethical brands, I still loved them with more passion. I feel like I fell backwards into body positivity, because I lived with thin privilege for so long that when…

FIND YOUR CRAFT TRIBE Stitch ‘n Bitch While there’s no official group or website, search on Facebook for a local sewing group in your area. The Craft Ministry Connecting crafters with opportunities, patterns, ideas and inspo for craft with a cause. craftministryaustralia.com Craft Swap A new platform for Australian makers, crafters and creatives to sustainably buy, swap and sell. craftswap.com.au The Australian Sewing Guild Become a member to access tips, tutors, sew-alongs, events, directories and a skills library. aussew.org.au Class Bento Craft boxes, classes and online workshops for learning or gifting; supports mental health initiatives. classbento.com.au Work-Shop Short courses and workshops Australia-wide where top creative minds share their skills. work-shop.com.au ALICE NIGHTINGALE DESIGNER / SEWING TEACHER Community is the backbone of Alice Veivers’ label and social sewing classes. Why is…

“A study run by the Department of Clinical Science at Norway’s University of Bergen found that household cleaning products can be as harmful to your lung health as smoking.” As the world adapts to life with COVID-19, habits around hygiene, hand washing and the spread of germs have been of increased importance – and with good reason. For many, this newfound obsession with cleanliness has also meant a change to household cleaning routines. Not only are we cleaning more frequently, we’ve also changed the types of products we use. You only need to take a stroll down the aisles of most large supermarkets, shelves groaning with hundreds of specific and toxic chemical-laden products, to see the proof of our hunger for the ‘clean’ feeling. But what’s the best way to…

OATMEAL HONEY BREAD recipe FROM ‘THE MINDFUL KITCHEN’ BY HEATHER THOMAS publisher LEAPING HARE PRESS photography XAVIER D. BUENDIA “Once considered horse fodder, simple, wholesome, unassuming oats make delicious bread that can be turned out in less than 40 minutes. This recipe requires you to grind rolled oats into flour, a ritual intended for you to insert yourself at an earlier stage in the bread-making process than normal and give you a chance to ponder how oats, horses and other creatures are our creative partners.” Makes 1 x 900g loaf INGREDIENTS 300g rolled oats½ teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda2 teaspoons ground cinnamon2 eggs200g runny honey240ml peanut milk or oat milk½ teaspoon saltHandful of strawberry crisps or nuts, seeds or dried fruit METHOD Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan 150°C/gas…

POCKET SKIRT Put a little spring in your step with our new, adventure-ready Peppermint Pocket Skirt! We teamed up with Tara Viggo of Paper Theory, a London-based sustainable patternmaker, to create this beautiful free pattern for you! Featuring a relaxed midi silhouette, a flattering gathered waistband and oversized ‘just in case’ panel pockets, this staple is the newest arrow in your trans-seasonal dressing quiver. Pair it with a crop, tuck in your favourite tee or layer with tights and trainers for casual park catch-ups or long lunches alike! We used the ‘Fatigues’ mid-weight linen from With This Cloth. Head to our website and download this exclusive Peppermint pattern to sew your own – we can’t wait to see your creations! DOWNLOAD THE PATTERN: PEPPERMINTMAG.COM/SEWING-SCHOOL #peppermintpatterns #peppermintpocketskirt…

PLANTS FOR THE PEOPLE: A MODERN GUIDE TO PLANT MEDICINE Erin Lovell Verinder Herbalist, nutritionist, educator and all-round plant champion Erin Lovell Verinder has spent the last two decades exploring the ability of plants to promote health and wellbeing – entwining ancient wisdom and modern plant medicine in this collection of tips and recipes for simple tinctures, teas, syrups, balms and baths. Combining soothing words with beautiful photography, Plants for the People is a chance to immerse yourself in the magical world of plants. THIS ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE Sarah Wilson Based on a series of hikes around the world during a three-year odyssey, Sarah addresses the cultural crisis of disconnection. Bringing together science and spiritual understandings, literature, philosophy and her own personal insights, this book aims to amplify…

TRANSMUTATION bread tag bowls Started in South Africa in 2006, Bread Tags for Wheelchairs is a volunteer-driven initiative that collects bread tags for recycling companies so they can raise funds to buy wheelchairs for those in need. Its Australian arm recently teamed up with South Australian recycling partner Transmutation to transform the plastic tags into bowls and serving boards, with the colourful, retro-inspired bowls containing over 1800 bread tags each! Find your local bread tag collection point at ozbreadtagsforwheelchairs.org.au – support a great charity, keep plastic out of landfill, and contribute to these cool homewares! transmutation.com.au ULU HYE nut mylk bases Ditch single-use with this range of nifty nut mylk bases and condiment concentrates. Create ten litres of nut mylk from one jar (in four varieties) or whip up a…

We’re living in a strange kind of virtual reality right now, perched on the precipice between ‘before’ and ‘after’. COVID-19 has shifted the ground beneath us. Plans have been scrapped; rules rewritten. Forced to spend extended periods of time at home while socially isolated, many of us turned to our devices for information, connection and comfort. At the height of the health crisis, Facebook saw a 70% increase in Messenger group video calls, while use of WhatsApp jumped by 40%. Then, using her smartphone, a teenager took us to a Minneapolis street, where the whole world watched the shocking killing of George Floyd. The subsequent Black Lives Matter protests played out in person and online, the global rallying cries overlapping and amplifying each other. In 2016, Professor Klaus Schwab, founder…

FAIRTRADE Fairtrade certification is granted to products that pass rigorous social, ethical and environmental standards, and is the only globally scaled, ethical trading system that is half owned by the producers themselves. Fairtrade works in partnership with farmers to provide fairer wages and better terms of trade, helping workers in developing countries to rise out of poverty and maintain their livelihoods. There are some brands that use the words ‘fair’ and ‘trade’ without any official certification, so keep an eye out for the blue and green mark when you’re stocking up on tea, coffee and chocolate. OEKO-TEX OEKO-TEX is concerned with how fabric is processed, including dyes and finishes. This includes any type of textile or leather, whether organic or not. OEKO-TEX-certified textiles are free of harmful chemicals, with every…

When did you open Mutual Muse, and what was the inspiration behind it? Mutual Muse (MM) has been open for about six years. I’m from the United States where stores like MM are much more common; I fell in love from an early age with the thrill of a secondhand treasure hunt. When I moved to Melbourne eight years ago, I yearned for a store like this and eventually thought I’d better just make it happen myself. I loved Melbourne’s style: a little grungy and experimental, with a real appreciation for local talent – I wanted to see a secondhand option that reflected that. I’m glad I was a little naive at the time, I had no idea what MM would become!! Why is Mutual Muse different to a typical…

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HACHETTE AUSTRALIA Song of the Crocodile follows three generations of the Billymil family in a town full of secrets. hachette.com.au VELVETY Fairly made in Thailand, the vegan Green Leaf leather box bag uses real leaves and is hand-made by expert artisan Thamon. velvety.com.au EARTHYARD Customise your clean routine by mixing castile soap with 100% pure essential oils, with a little help from earthYARD’s online recipes. earthyard.com.au THUNDERPANTS Wear your heart on your undies thanks to this Thundies’ original handprint (using water-based dyes) created by Leah Creaven. thunderpants.co.nz ECOYARNS Using a simple garter stitch and four shades of organic cotton, this Blue Sky Fibres Crosslake Cowl kit is ideal for the beginner knitter. ecoyarns.com.au SONGBIRD Embrace the beauty of Australia’s native birds with Songbird’s signature range of whistle necklaces, earrings and…

CRIP CAMP Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht Subtitled ‘A Disability Revolution’, this new doco is produced by the Obamas and takes a look at teens with disabilities at a groundbreaking US summer camp in the 70s. As a whistle-stop tour through the history of disability rights, the uplifting film follows the journeys of campers who went on to be pivotal in the movement – beginning in a time when children in wheelchairs were excluded from schools for being “fire hazards”. WATERSHED CHATS Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich A new podcast supported by sustainability champions Patagonia, Watershed Chats is hosted by the team at the Waterpeople Podcast – a space for the global ocean community to share tales of ecology and activism. The first series of Watershed Chats features interviews…

win! VE GOOD Sydney jewellery label Ve.co creates minimal pieces inspired by art and nature, using only recycled precious metals that will stand the test of time. With every item made carefully by hand using time-honoured processes including lost-wax casting, all Ve.co creations arrive in recycled cardboard and wrapped in reusable linen – swoon! vecojewellery.com WIN A VAULT RING IN STERLING SILVER FROM VE.CO! SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TO YESPLEASE@PEPPERMINTMAG.COM BY 2 NOVEMBER 2020 WITH BY 2 NOVEMBER 2020 WITH ‘VECO’ IN THE SUBJECT LINE. GOOD LUCK! SUNSHINE DAZE From the cold of a London winter in 2016, artist and designer Jaz Hunt dreamed up Cor – meaning colour in Portuguese – to inject warmth into her dreary world. Using her own art digitally printed onto a lineup of…

Access to an ample supply of safe, nutritious food is something many of us take for granted. But not Alice Mahar. The Melbourne-based social entrepreneur knows that food security isn’t always a given – for many communities, it’s something that must be fought for through a combination of food, climate and economic justice. Alice’s non-profit, The Corner Store Network, works to address the interlinked issues of food security, malnutrition and climate change both in Timor-Leste and Australia. Projects span sustainable farming, direct-trade coffee and reforestry, but it’s her latest innovation, micro preservation hubs, that have caught the attention of both the Foundation for Young Australians and the Obama Foundation. Described as a “social enterprise in a box”, a micro hub is a shipping container that’s been modified to house a…

“My grandparents had a story for every place we visited. The stories they told me connected the country and our people. Today I look at the story of the country as a guide that gives purpose to life, to all life.” How does your relationship with colour change from painting to painting? Most of the time I paint what I feel and what I see. My life experiences also help me to create. Every day is a different light, another hue. As the seasons change, the landscape evolves; it blooms and burns and sprouts and falls – it’s never stationary. You create work with a variety of mediums, from paint to clay to photography. What purpose does each fill for you? I find each medium supports the other. It creates…

It took me much longer than it should have to realise that educating people about climate change science was not enough. Due perhaps to my personality type (highly rational, don’t talk to me about horoscopes, please) and my background (the well-educated daughter of a high school teacher and an academic), I have grown up accepting, albeit unconsciously, the idea that facts persuade and emotions detract from a good argument. Then again, I’m a social scientist. I study people. I deal mostly in feelings not facts. A joke I like to tell about myself during speeches is that I’m an expert in the opinions of people who don’t know what they’re talking about. Over the 15 years I’ve been a social researcher, I’ve watched with concern the increasing effects of climate…

As bushfires raged across vast areas of New South Wales in the early days of 2020, fashion designer Kit Willow – like many Sydneysiders – anxiously checked weather apps and closed up windows and doors in a bid to keep the choking, polluted air at bay. Hers was also one of a growing multitude of voices on social media posting confronting images of herself and friends clad in smoke masks, pleading with Prime Minister Scott Morrison to call a climate emergency and take steps to make Australia carbon neutral. These days, a luxury fashion designer demanding action on environmental issues barely raises an eyebrow, but back when the brand was in its infancy, things were quite different. “When I started, people were saying, ‘Nobody cares about sustainable fashion.’ There were…

Tell us a bit about what led you to create the first iteration of your business… Ash and I are about 13 months apart. And she’s always been one of the most ambitious and bold people I know. She had this kind of rough education – she dropped out of formal schooling at 14 to do a chef’s apprenticeship – and actually had some pretty big battles with mental health during her teenage years. During those experiences she realised she needed her life to have purpose. She went from having her last formal year of school in grade eight, to being the highest awarded student in her year at university – she went back to study environmental science – and that’s down to sheer determination and hard work, tutoring, ambition…

As restrictions remain in flux, many of us are looking forward to a time when we can bring our suitcases out of retirement – hopefully with a renewed appreciation for the privilege of travel. The question is: what will tourism look like in a post-pandemic world? Whether you were planning a short interstate road trip or a round-the-world journey of a lifetime, there’s a good chance 2020 put a serious dint in your travel plans. You’re not the only one: it’s predicted that by the year’s end, the overall decline in international tourism will sit somewhere between 60% and 80%. Staying at home has been essential in stopping the spread of the virus. At the same time, border closures and domestic travel restrictions have had a devastating impact, putting an…

OUR RUBY GIRL Shop 2/61 Ley Street, Como WA Perth’s Our Ruby Girl is on a mission to showcase the best local food, coffee and produce, with dishes including lightly spiced avo salsa on charcoal sourdough, whipped honey brioche with brandy-snap shards and a Moroccan-spiced roast pumpkin nourish bowl. Zero waste with no single-use plastic and a surcharge for takeaway cups, Our Ruby Girl also has a thriving kitchen garden. PIGEON HOLE CAFE 93 Goulburn Street, West Hobart TAS Offering a true paddock-to-plate experience, Hobart’s Pigeon Hole Cafe centres around organic, biodynamic and sustainable produce direct from the owners’ farm. With delectable menu options including slow-baked smoky beans on polenta bread with zesty tomatillo verde, and oat porridge with warm farm apples and whey caramel, they also serve local Tassie…