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Have you been to VIVID Sydney? The annual light show celebrates the cooler change of season and is a super duper-doozy fun time for kids and adults: basically all the people in the land. It’s a large-scale walk-through art event: strangely a perfect way to spend a cold Winter’s night… But, if all you wanna do on a cold Winter’s night is curl up on the sofa with a book/device/snacks/pet/all of the above, then that’s OK too. We’ve got you covered.  Let’s begin with Snuffy (A cute lil Puppy), Boris (a friendly bear) and Miffy (no intro needed, but of...

Imagine submerging your used computer in soil. Along with all the notes, memos and E-vites that you’ve sent and received through it. Yeah, the same computer that cost you three grand and is now obsolete after only a few years. So you dig a hole, place the laptop in the hole, then cover and water. Wait 3 weeks, and guess what you’ll get? Yep, a whole lotta nuthin’. Actually, worse than nothing: E-waste is pretty toxic! BUT, what if you had used notes, cards, old messages, and wedding invitations that could be planted and sprout a beautiful garden filled with...

OK, here’s a question you might have been too scared to ask: What is post-consumer paper? And why does it matter? Think of it this way: all the paper you put into your recycling bin - the empty toilet rolls, the junk mail, the enthusiastically torn wrapping paper from a birthday present, the thank you post-it note you got from your Depop purchase- they all go in the recycling bin, right? The clever paper recyclers then process these bits and bobs and magically turn them into helpful paper products, like the Decomposition Notebook.   This matters for a few reasons: if...

When it comes to furnishing one's home, there is literally nothing more satisfying than finding something you never knew you needed but now can’t live without. An ‘A-Hah moment’ lifehack turned into a daily habit.  Think of towels. Think of incense holders. Think of cups, drink bottles and carafe sets. Now imagine that you can decorate and consume out of the most beautiful sets. Yes. Happiness. Everyone knows that coffee makes you happy. In Italy, the rise of espresso consumption was associated with industrialization and urbanization in the early 1900s. Nowadays, having an espresso machine is like a little piece...

Ever heard of Anna Jarvis? She is basically the mother of Mother’s Day. An activist who cared for soldiers in the aftermath of the American civil war, she organised women’s groups to promote friendship and health. In 1870, alongside another peace promoter and suffragette, Julia Ward Howe, Jarvis lobbied for a "Mother's Day For Peace" where mothers would ask that their husbands and sons were no longer killed in wars. It called upon mothers of all nationalities to unite to promote the "amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace”. Forty years later, in 1907, ‘Mother’s...