Life

We do love camping with quality gear, and the Homecamp bell tent is tops! We are stoked we have a Homecamp Classic 4m Bell Tent plus a Flatpack Firepit & Grill to giveaway to one lucky reader – all you have to do is subscribe to our fortnightly newsletters to win! The Homecamp Classic bell […]

As the world rushes towards a state of environmental emergency, what does it mean to be an ethical carnivore? Does such a thing even exist? Let’s get one thing out of the way up top: meat is delicious. A good bit of meat activates our brain’s pleasure centres in a way that vegetables just, well, […]

A young scientist from France, Simon Klein is carrying on a tradition started by the Acádémie des sciences, which stretches back over 300 years to when King Louis XIV founded it. Better known for its contribution to the arts, France has constantly been at the forefront of scientific advances, too, in fields ranging from chemistry […]

While adults have news bulletins, films like An Inconvenient Truth and books such as Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers to draw on for knowledge on climate change, what about kids?   How do you even begin to address an issue as monumental as the impacts of climate change? Walking a fine line between being well-informed about the planet and just […]

A chat about Mindful in May, meditation and mums who meditate. Tell us your background. I decided I was going to be a Psychiatrist when I was 16 years old (I know, it’s pretty funny in retrospect). I don’t think I really understood what Psychiatry entailed back then, but I was always deeply curious about […]

When Dee Tang lost her almost four-year-old daughter Kawa Leaf in a drowning accident, her life changed, and so did her perspective on the bigger picture. Here Dee shares her thoughts on life, death, love, universal grief and what’s most important to learn from loss.

Back in 2006, Bea Johnson and her family started a war on waste and reduced their household rubbish to fit in just one small jar a year. Twelve years on, Bea has inspired a global movement and now spends her time writing books and travelling the world teaching others how to become ‘zero waste’ too.

How much of a struggle was it to get the project up and running? Starting a charity can be pretty intimidating, but I was lucky to have help right from the start. Naomi Briercliffe, Matthew Willis and Penny Lyle—old hometown friends of mine—were immediately on board and came with me on the first tour: a […]

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman makes giant sculptures of discarded animal toys. We talk to him about fame, finding your style and rediscovering your childlike wonder