By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi What would it feel like to work in a sweatshop? How would it smell? What would it sound like? It seems most fashion consumers don’t really think much about that, or if they do, it’s…
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By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi A variety of films have recently raised awareness of the importance of shunning meat, for health and environmental reasons. For example, Cowspiracy pointed out that animal husbandry creates more greenhouse gases than all the cars…
By Chere Di Boscio I’ve only just ‘met’ Noa from Style With A Smile online, but I can already see that she’s an adorable young woman with great ethics. I first came across this vegan blogger in a Facebook…
By Chere Di Boscio With over a thousand people dead and more than 2,500 badly injured, all in the name of fast fashion, the Rana Plaza disaster was a wake up call for many. For the first time in…
By Chere Di Boscio Actress Mena Suvari is perhaps best known for her role in the film American Beauty, for which she earned a Best Supporting Actress nod by The British Academy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award for…
By Chere Di Boscio As the Editor-In-Chic and founder of Conscious & Chic, style inspiration Kathleen Elie creates and curates content showcasing ethical fashion, beauty, food and travel. She states that her goal with the blog is to inspire…
By Nastassja Salem Advaya Initiative is an environmental and holistic wellbeing platform created by Ruby Reed and Christabel Reed, two sisters, activists and yoga teachers who see the ecological, social, political and personal crises of civilisation as interconnected and…
By Chere Di Boscio What would you choose to do if you could do just about anything in the world? This was the existential question facing a young David de Rothschild, whose lineage goes back to Mayer Amschel Rothschild,…
By Nastassja Salem Director Mike Day’s film the Islands and the Whales offers a stunning portrayal of a multi-layered ethical dilemma. In a world where many different facets of life collide, we are faced with an assessment of what…
By Chere Di Boscio Sustainable and ethical fashion are phrases just about everyone in the developed world understands today. But it wasn’t always so. It took the work of a few dedicated women to make such phrases household words,…
By Chere Di Boscio “I always knew I’d make it. Always had the conviction I’d win a Grammy one day, too.” So says Estelle Swaray, otherwise known more simply as Estelle. Born in London in 1980 as the second-eldest…
By Diane Small We see them in magazines. They stare out at us from billboards. Their pecs and abs are the envy of men everywhere, and women long to be held by their bulging biceps. Male models may seem…
By Chere Di Boscio British writer and historian Graham Hancock likes to shake things up. After a career as a writer for the likes of the Sunday Times, The Independent and The Guardian newspapers, he started to become interested…
By Lora O’Brien If you’re clued into the world of YouTube and healthy eating you may have already come across the happy, healthy, seriously upbeat star that is Nikki Phillippi. Celebrated for her positivity, energy and inspirational messages, it’s…
By Chere Di Boscio Ever wonder what top models really eat in a day to stay as slim as they are? I asked Daniela Christiansson to tell us candidly what she really eats. I mean, we’ve all seen those…
By Chere Di Boscio Animals aren’t having an easy time of it. In fact, it’s arguably the worst time in history for wild animals – their habitats are being destroyed; they’re being eaten for food, used for traditional ‘medicine’…
Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of PETA, is a rather surprising – if not shocking – woman By Chere Di Boscio Not very long ago, fur was coveted by most women, vegetarians were regarded with suspicion and vegans were virtually…
By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi It’s not that long ago that Elle MacPherson made a huge gaffe when she stated that the secret behind her long, thick mane was…rhino horn. Not only is it utterly immoral to use animal parts…
By Chere Di Boscio In case you haven’t heard of Thrive, this is a film that aims to answer some profound questions about the human condition, environmental destruction, exactly what’s impeding our ability to thrive on this planet, and…
By Chere Di Boscio Britanie Faith of Beauty by Britanie wants you to detox your beauty routine. The former makeup artist and photographer struggled with an autoimmune disease and chronic health conditions such from a very young age,…
Interview by Janelle Pietrzak When photographer Janelle Pietrzak went to New York last spring, she jumped at the opportunity to hang out with longtime friend, animal rights activist and veteran PETA employee Ashley Byrne, the Associate Director of Campaigns…
By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi With her twinkling eyes and wide smile, Jan Creamer may seem like a laid-back nature lover. And in some ways, she is. But when it comes to defending animals, this lady turns ferocious. Her passion…
By Esme Bourne The evolution of eco princess Emma Watson is one to behold. She’s gone from that little girl on our screens bossing Harry and Ron around to a seriously empowered woman, giving inspiring speeches about female equality…