Archive for the ‘Green & Gorgeous’ Category
August 19, 2008
There hasn’t been a more glorious Sunday in
Sydney in months, perfect for a trip to Victoria Park in Camperdown for the Live Green Festival.
Sitting on the grass in the sun with thousands of other Sydneysiders, with great Live Music and an almost Summery vibe in the air - the City of Sydney deserves a mountain of praise for putting together such a fabulous event.
Live Green was a celebration of all things Sustainable, Recyclable & Organic. With Seminars on Ethical Investing, Sustainable Seafood and how being Green is actually Cheaper than our outmoded wasteful way of living. It’s like something Sophie Ulliano from Gorgeous Green said to me recently, Green is just good old fashioned common sense. It’s not a new concept (although we do have many new ways to be Green) it’s almost like moving forward to the past. Read the rest of this entry »
July 1, 2008
Gorgeous Things wants to encourage you to do just 3 little things to start the new Financial Year by being better informed about the world around you and how to take action on what you learn. (European and US readers - apologies if that makes no sense, Australian Financial Year runs July1 to June30.)
- Sign yourself up for the Treehugger Newsletter you’ll be surprised what you’ll learn even is you just read the headlines each week.
- Check out TED Talks The yearly invitation only conference that attracts the most
passionate and innovative speakers from around the world. 20 minutes a week is all you need to improve your knowledge of all things interesting and new. The bonus here is you’ll always have something fabulous to talk about at dinner parties.
- BeGreen is the Environmental Portal for Australians, you can find pretty much everything you need for you and your family as well as finding out about events in your local area. We use this site regularly to stay on top of what’s going on.
So if you’ve been thinking about buying an Electric Bike, want to know what Patient Capital means or looking to meet up with like minded people then these 3 sites will give you everything you need. Be sure to share them with your friends!
June 2, 2008
Gorgeously Green by Sophie Uliano is Out Now!
Published by Harper Collins RRP $26.95
Sustainable, Green, Conscious & Gorgeous - Sophie’s new book Gorgeously Green will show you how to live the green life without having to sacrifice style.
Gorgeously Green covers everything from Fitness to Shopping & Travel, with loads of great information to help you make better choices for yourself & Mother Earth. Julia Roberts has written the Introduction & Sophie appeared on the Oprah show on Earth Day back in April so expect to be hearing quite a bit about this fabulous new book.
Gorgeous Things thinks Gorgeously Green is the most important book to be published this year…well, maybe the new Tim Winton is kind of important too but Gorgeously Green is important is the ’saving the planet’ kind of way whereas Tim Winton is important in the ‘being very clever with words’ kind of way. Sorry ladies…having a bit of a Bridget Jones moment. You know what we mean.
May 30, 2008
Instead of collecting those 4c Off Vouchers & only filling your car on a Tuesday, here’s 3 ways you can save more each week.
Saving money on petrol costs has the added benefit of reducing your Carbon Emissions (your Carbon Footprint) & decreasing the demand for Oil.
The demand for petrol is putting us at the mercy of the daily fluctuations of Oil prices. Leaving us little choice but to purchase our petrol from the same Company we purchase our Groceries, or we miss out on that $2.50 a week saving (and really ladies…that’s what we’re saving on average.) Then there’s filling up on Tuesday during the ‘normal price fluctuation cycle’ (if I had a dollar for everytime I’ve heard that on the News.) Now the Service Stations have gotten wise to that fact that we’re onto their cycle & they’ve changed it. It’s now Wednesday before the prices drop & we’ve all filled up on Tuesday at 5c per litre more.
So, we’re at the mercy Petrol Prices.
Or are we?
I think NOT & here’s 3 ways you can get back in control of what you pay for petrol. Read the rest of this entry »
October 15, 2007
This is the day that you might feel another shift in the Universe. Just like when The Stern Report was published, Al Gore released ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and Tim Flannery was named Australian of the Year. This is another major event that will ensure that environmental issues have a loud and very mainstream voice.
Climate Change is still the issue that affects us the most right now but I think that gets enough press and we all pretty much know what we need to do in our own lives to make the necessary changes. The concept of Reusing and Recycling is one we also need to embrace to slow down our dependence on resources.
Reuse & Recycle Tips
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October 13, 2007
Firstly, congratulations on the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’d say he’s pretty damn happy he didn’t win that election now - I know I’d certainly rather be remembered for a Nobel Prize than Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
#2 in the Blog Action Day Environmental Issues Series
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October 11, 2007
In the lead up to Blog Action Day this is the first of our posts on Environmental Issues.
Last year’s Stern Report on the economic cost of Climate Change gave many world leaders a whole new position on environmental issues. The realisation that they were 
not just talking to a bunch of treehuggers about the environment, but in fact most of the developed world was asking how they as leaders were planning to tackle the issues. The release of Al Gore’s film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ added to public awareness of the disastrous implications of Global Warming. I don’t know if you felt it too but there was a massive shift - it was almost like you could feel our collective consciousness heave and all of a sudden Climate Change was everywhere.
I’ve purposely used two terms to describe the one thing in the above paragraph. Global Warming and Climate Change mean the same thing but they have two very different implications. Global Warming is a scary concept that brings to mind melting icebergs, Hurricane Katrina and Manhattan becoming Atlantis. Climate Change doesn’t really have that kind of emotional impact - not all of us like change but it’s often a gradual thing and we don’t always notice it. Seems to me this is why our leaders and the media use the term Climate Change when they want us to listen and act rationally and Global Warming when they want us to run for the hills in fear.
October 9, 2007
Having the theme of Environmental Awareness made it a no-brainer for Gorgeous Things to be involved. We hope you’ll join us and add to the 7,500 blogs already involved.
Over the next few days we’ll be posting some original and highly topical articles here on the Gorgeous Things blog that you may like to use as content for Blog Action Day. So if you’re not sure what to write about on the day or it’s just not really your thing then all we ask if you do is that you credit us for the article and link back to us. Help us spread great content throughout the web and give people the chance to be aware and take action on environmental issues.
September 22, 2007
Currently, and climbing at a rate not unlike the speed of sound the number of plastic shopping bags in use just this year worldwide is:
363,145,968,124
Maybe the saying should go, ‘if I had a dollar for every plastic shopping bag…’ In Australia alone we consume on average 326 plastic bags per person per year.
I’m not trying to alarm anyone here, I’m just going to point out that there are some great alternatives to plastic bag
s and E String Bags are just one of them. I’m mentioning E String Bags in particular as they are cheap, effective, colourful, roll up in a little ball when you’re not using them and they hold 14kg of shopping, all while looking really cool. They’re just a brilliant product all round and are available now on our secure shopping site.
If you would like to know the reality of what plastic shopping bags are doing to our planet then here is an eye-opening article from the United Nations Environment Program titled The World’s Largest Landfill is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
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September 18, 2007
I was concerned about this question when I was researching the possibility of stocking organic cotton sheets at Gorgeous Things. For several reasons, I’ve now come to the conclusion that it’s worth the extra cash and this is why.
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