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Category Archives: Recycle or upcycle
take 3 for the sea
This summer holiday while you are enjoying the surf, sun and sand, take a moment and Take 3 for the Sea. Take 3 for the Sea is a clean beach initiative and its message is simple: take three pieces of … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, GIVING, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle, Uncategorized
Tagged charity spam, Charityspam, clean beach initiative, clean beaches, climate, great north pacific garbage patch, make a difference, marine animals eating garbage, nature, plastic sand, recycle, refuse, reuse, Roberta Dixon-Valka, Take 3 for the Sea, Take3, Tara Castle, Tim Silverwood
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my quest for the ultimate ethical shoe
Have you ever thought about the origin or ethics of your shoes? Where they were made, who made them, what are they made from, what distance did your shoes travel to be on your shoe shop shelf, did each company … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle, Social Enterprise, TOMS, Uncategorized
Tagged above and below london, ethical shoes, ethletics, gideon shoes, greenbees, one for one, recylced london tube seats, ROMA boots, roma provisions, sole rebel, souls massage thongs, sseko designs, TOMS, tzandals
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Biddy Bags, a unique gift
My blog post about social enterprise Expresso Train was the most read post last month, so I thought I would introduce you to another: Biddy Bags. Biddy Bags is clever intergenerational social enterprise based in Brisbane, connecting socially isolated nannas … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, KINDNESS, Recycle or upcycle, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized
Tagged Biddy Bags, Brisbane, buy something meaningful, Charityspam, Samantha Jockel, Sarah Blasko, Social Enterprise, social innovation, social kindness, Tara Castle
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psst Bleeding Heart: a #bne venue for good, not evil
If you are a lover of creative social enterprise, you might already know about Bleeding Heart 166 Ann Street in Brisbane’s CBD. It is a profit-for-a-purpose building that includes a cafe, a function centre, an art gallery and retail (with … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle
Tagged #bne Events, Ann Street Brisbane, art gallery brisbane, Bleeding Heart, boutique events brisbane, Buffed, Business Babes, cafe brisbane, coffee brisbane, community enterprise brisbane, corporate social responsibility brisbane, gallery brisbane, profit for a purpose, Social Enterprise, social enterprise hub brisbane, socially responsible venue, unique function venue brisbane, Wise Foundation
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carpets for communities
Ok, we have all heard about Tupperware parties, but have you ever heard about carpet parties? Well they are kind of similar, except these kind of parties have an amazing feel-good factor to follow: helping to empower mothers to break … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle, Social Enterprise
Tagged buy a rug, buy for good, Cambodia, carpets for communities, charity spam, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, eco friendly rug or carpet, help a family, helping women, host a different kind of party, mothers, mums, put children in school, renovate, rugs, Social Enterprise, Tara Castle, tupperware
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this sunday 4th march is Clean Up Australia Day
This Sunday 4th March is Clean Up Australia Day! Clean Up Australia Day is a simple way you can take action to clean up, fix up and conserve our prized Australian environment. Last year in 2011, an estimated 565,510 volunteers cleaned up 16,454 … Continue reading
volunteers needed! can you spare just 3 hours?
It was 1994, it was hot. I was dressed up in an old, mangey full body koala suit standing in the middle of the Victoria Bridge in Brisbane’s CBD on a hot Queensland summers day. Crazy? Possibly. This was my … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, Ethical Shopping, Flood relief, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle, Sandlewood Projects
Tagged be a volunteer, Brisbane Charity Shops, Charityspam, domestic violence, Find a thrift shop, Moorooka, Queensland Floods, Sandlewood Op Shop, Sandlewood Projects, Tara Castle, Volunteering, Wilderness Society, women's shelters
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mums helping mums: st kilda mums
I recently heard about an amazing group of mums in St Kilda; helping Melbourne’s most vulnerable and needy families, who aptly call themselves St Kilda Mums! St Kilda Mums was established in February 2009, born out of sheer frustration of local opportunity shops … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, CSR, GIVING, Homelessness, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle
Tagged books, donate a cot, Donate baby items, donations of baby/ preschool children's clothing, essential nursery equipment, give away pram, Melbourne, mums who care, need baby stuff, Pay it forward, St Kilda, St Kilda Mums, Tara Castle, toys, Victoria
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a bike can save a life
Bikes 4 Life is a global community initiative, based in Melbourne, Australia, dedicated to providing bicycles to underprivileged youth, helping the most vulnerable, isolated and neglected groups within society both in Australia and overseas. It all started with the idea to … Continue reading
Posted in Bikes 4 Life, Children, Community, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Recycle or upcycle, Social Enterprise
Tagged Adelaide, atlantic star, Atlantic Star Productions, bike parts, Bikes, Bikes 4 Life, Bikes4Life, Brisbane, community initiative, East Africa, Ebony Butler, Melbourne, melbourne australia, Old bikes, Perth, recycle your bike, Uganda, underprivileged youth
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Homes for Haiti
For me, the single most incredible thing that came out of the January floods in Queensland this year was the tremendous community response of kindness and compassion. The 12th of January won’t be a date that I forget in a … Continue reading
