My social media holiday, moving house and buses…
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
It’s all the rage – taking a break from social media, getting a digital detox. And I can attest to why it’s so popular. In January, we moved house, district, jobs and schools. It was a massive, exciting, back-breaking move. I also started a new full-time job as a communication and brand champion for public transport in Dunedin, where me moved. A lot of change, all for the positive. In the thick of it, I didn’t have time for anything ‘social’, but when I finally did, I elected not to rush back to my computer. I decided I would just focus on being present, and after work switching the PC off, pu ..read more
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Find out how to slow your fashion down in 2019
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
Even though January 1, 2019 is just another day, a Tuesday as it happens, there is a mental shift we make with talk of newness and, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, after summer holidays have granted us time away from work. Like them or not, this is the time for resolutions. If not to take this opportunity for a fresh start, or a new you, then when? It was for that reason, a few years ago, that I made a resolution to embrace slow fashion at the turn of the new year. It wasn’t really called slow fashion – I just knew I wanted to buy less, but quality and buy sustainable.  Good On You ..read more
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Ready to splash – sustainable swimwear
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
As I write this it’s bucketing down with rain, and yesterday it was snowing. I can’t say that is entirely normal for this time of year, but then New Zealand wouldn’t be the only country experiencing the anomalies of climate change. Give it a few days, and spring will be back!! As we’re on the eve of summer, I have been thinking about my bathing suit/swimming costume/togs (whatever your preferred name is) and bikini. I love swimming. I love the water. My bikini is about 12 years old, and my one-piece swimsuit even older – circa 2005. They both do the trick, but I’m not sure I’m still into bikin ..read more
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Small changes create ripples…
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
What an amazing few weeks are behind me. I was able to share the sustainable fashion message at three different opportunities, the Great Glenorchy Getaway hosted by Camp Glenorchy  (which I incidentally recently wrote an article about) and at the One Summit Festival of Sustainability held in Queenstown and Wanaka. The highlight was co-hosting the One Summit Fashion Revolution talk with the talented and inspiring personal stylist Trudie Millar at ‘home’ in Queenstown, to an audience of around 50 engaged and enthusiastic guests. Our talk was, I think, unique because it was a colla ..read more
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My top 6 sustainable backpacks
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
By now you’ll know I like to hang on to things. Why? Because I hate throwing things away that I know will go to landfill and just clutter up the beautiful world we live in, even before any horrible emissions are released through some process of non-bio degradation. But also, it’s my way of resisting this throwaway culture and showing those around me that you can in fact keep on keeping on with old stuff. So, I hang on to things for as long as I can. If it’s broken, I’ll fix it or have someone else fix it. I treat all my clothes and personal items with as much care as a working mother to a teen ..read more
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How I feel about plastic free July – and it isn’t preachy  
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
Last year, Plastic Free July really inspired me. I took on the challenge to try to make some positive, life-long changes around our plastic use as a family, and me personally with regard cosmetics. The month is about refusing single-use plastic during July. You can join the challenge and read more here. But for me, it’s more than that. It’s a reminder to try a bit harder at every point that plastic enters our lives. Refusing single use plastic is already part of our regime, although we’re not always successful! I’m definitely of the mindset that we should refuse before we recycle. Recycling is ..read more
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NZ’s most eco and most friendly accommodation
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
I generally stick to fashion, but sometimes something comes along that deserves a mention. How about an accommodation provider so eco-friendly, it is likely to be New Zealand’s greenest!? Camp Glenorchy, made up of seven cabins and two bunk houses plus communcal spaces, is about 40 minutes’ drive from my house here in Queenstown in New Zealand’s South Island. It is part of The Headwaters, that along side Camp Glenorchy, includes Woolly’s Campground and Mrs Woolly’s General Store, for those who know it. Over the last two years, Camp Glenorchy has been built by local architects and engineers to ..read more
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“Made in New Zealand from imported goods” – A note on WORLD’s greenwashing expose
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
The recent Spinoff expose that WORLD, one of New Zealand’s most iconic, avant-garde designer brands, sell Made-In-NZ labelled cotton T-shirts made in Bangladesh, is just an extreme example of the rampant greenwashing in New Zealand fashion. They have been lying to us. And they are not the only ones. Like many nationals, Kiwis are fiercely supportive of locally-made products. They want to support the local economy. However, people I have spoken to who want to buy sustainably also believe that NZ-made is the safe choice, because surely, we think, if it’s made in New Zealand it’ll be fair trade a ..read more
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Viva la Revolution
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
Get involved this week for Fashion Revolution Week (24-29 April). What is it? Why bother? How do I do it? Answers to those questions below, plus links to resources and quick clicks to lend your voice in the socialsphere. There are loads of ways that you can be part of the revolution to change the fashion industry to one that is fair and transparent, empowering even. You can… Ask your favourite brand who made their clothes – well, your clothes really – using #whomademyclothes ….Simple, really. They may respond, they may ignore you (that would be telling, don’t you think?), they may d ..read more
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Who’s been bad or good? The 2018 ethical fashion report has just been released!
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by MyGoodEmporium
3y ago
When fast fashion industry’s manufacturing practices are likened to trafficking and modern slavery, it feels like it’s time for a change, don’t you think? Tearfund, a development organisation, is trying to do just that. Its second annual Ethical Fashion Guide (in collaboration with Baptist World Australia) – hot off the press – rates fashion brands that retail in New Zealand/Australia according to transparency and labour rights. In other words, do these brands know that during the making of their garments, workers got a living wage, children weren’t employed, no one was forced into labour, plu ..read more
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