- I think it's fun seeing fashion week looks recreated from charity clothing stores, as in the above video from London's Back of the Wardrobe
- Still in the UK, Treading My Own Path shares her eco-inspiration from travelling to the UK and Europe
- I love the concept of building schools cheaply with rubbish-stuffed plastic bottles as insulation. (Also love the name of the nonprofit, Hug It Forward.) via Unconsumption
- More upcycling: German Artist Tino Seubert Dyes Clothing With Airborne Pollution (Ecoteurre)
- Clothes that charge your smartphone? Yes please. (The Guardian)
- Big Food with regional flavour: how Australia's food lobby works. (The Conversation)
- Did you participate in Zero Waste Week? Me neither. But The Double Life of Mrs M did and shares some advice here.
- On the same theme, The Rogue Ginger shares her top movies about plastic that will change your life.
- I previously promised a post about evidence-based charitable donations. That still hasn't happened but the Australian Medical Students Association (AMSA) Global Health Conference gives a good summary of the issue.
- Philanthropy: reclaiming the "P-word" for a modern world. (The Guardian)
- What happened to the Make Poverty History movement? (Sydney Morning Herald)
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Sunday Links
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Make Poverty History,
op shop,
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renewable energy,
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travel,
upcycling,
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