I was lucky enough to stumble upon Alpselerator – a start up accelerator week in the French Alps organised by the action-hungry, inspiring and well-connected Jack and Linda from Dream Valley Projects. The week was unstructured and made up of a great mix of co-working, co-walking, bouncing ideas off each other and (of course) a …
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My experience working on waste (or rather resources) management at Earth Garden 2015. I guess you could say it all started last year when I was absolutely horrified at the post-Earth Garden (a 3-day festival in Malta) photos showing overflowing bins and rubbish all over the Ta’ Qali National Park. Appalled, I posted a rant …
It’s been a crazy, crazy month. Two weeks of holiday and hanging out on the Gili Islands unexpectedly turned into a month in the UK dealing with the death of Gayle’s mum, the last days of Gayle’s nana, grief, funerals, house clearing, family get-togethers, British beach walks in spring, sorely needed, beautifully deep reconnection, countless …
Funerals, love and a hole through the ceiling. Things I learnt this month. Read More »
You have to love Twitter! And you have to love the Australian spirit even more. Sydney people have been responding in droves to the fear and resulting racism that the current hostage situation has brought about. The hashtag I’ll ride with you (#Illridewithyou) is positively teeming with activity on Twitter with everyone offering company for …
#Illridewithyou – Best ever response to scaremongering, terrorism, racism. Read More »
I was thinking this morning, just after I shared a post, that Humans of New York is a deeper version of The Sartorialist. One that delves a little further than what meets the eye. What is it that fascinates us so much in other people? Do we see parts of us, do we see our potential, what …
Discovering people. Of street photography and Valletta characters. Read More »
I’m at a friend’s beautiful Valletta house reading when my phone bleeps its email bleep. I go to notifications and read OhLife Time Capsule – intriguing. Possibly spam? As I open the email I realise that this was a letter I wrote to myself exactly a year ago today, at a time when I had …
My favourite story coming out of Sustainable Brands London (a conference where big brands talk about their sustainability initiatives, network and learn from sustainability experts) was definitely Aly Khalifa and Lyf Shoes’ as it managed to combine several of my favourite things: shoes, sustainability and localisation together with an unlikely hero. I was introduced (and intrigued) …
I must say it feels good to be home. Not quite what I was expecting. I lived through the last month or so in Oregon with frequent pop-ups of intense longing to stay on the road mixed in with feelings of dread attached to the prospect of going back to ‘real life’ in Malta. The …
We’re home! Nesting in Malta and getting back to healthy routines. Read More »
As part of ongoing personal and professional interest in sustainability, Gayle and I volunteered at the Sustainable Brands conference in San Diego from the 2nd to the 5th of June. With close to 200 speakers and workshop facilitators, the subject matter covered was both diverse and far-reaching, however I felt that certain themes had particular lasting …
Let’s face it, advertising does not have a reputation for being the most noble of industries. Although sometimes highly entertaining and dare I say informative, advertising can easily be accused of fuelling consumerism, bending the truth to fit an agenda and manipulating the young and easily influenced. Done consciously, advertising can also, however, be a powerful tool …
Brand activism. Videos that put advertising to good use. Read More »
