Peppermint Magazine – August 2019

what could you do better to

help combat climate change?

JESSE SCHILLER

Kooshoo co-founder

Use our car less and the bikes more, as

well as grow more of our own food in

the garden and shop at the local farm-

ers’ market more often.

WE ASKED A FEW PEOPLE FROM THIS ISSUE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS...

HELEN DEWAR

Peppermint assistant editor

Take shorter showers – it’s such a

moral dilemma because I love being

in the shower, despite being inter-

rupted 500 times by small children.

I’m constantly trying to force myself

out with mental images of sad polar

bears, but bargaining with those very

same bears for just one more minute.

HOLLY RYAN

Jeweller and sculptor

Entirely quit single-use plastics, and

wear clothes till they fall off my body.

ALLIE CAMERON

Hara founder

Meditate more. The more I meditate,

the more the simple pleasures are all

I need – my consumption decreases

and connection to earth increases; I

waste less and consume more mind-

fully. Becoming aware of myself, heal-

ing myself, allows me to open my heart

and makes me feel more connected to

the idea of community instead of indi-

viduality, the idea of all as one.

MAREE LOWES

Activist and ‘Dirtgirl’

Engage more with my local MP! We

need to shift major societal mecha-

nisms, and local government is one

of the fastest places to implement

change.

BRI HAMMOND

Photographer

I’ve been meaning to switch over to a

more ethical bank and superannuation

company for ages! I often get bogged

down thinking that I, as one person

(with a tiny bank balance), can’t make

a diff erence – but if we all took a sim-

ple step like this it might help.

LISA MARIE CORSO

Writer

I know it’s a small step, but I’d rid my

home of all single-use plastic and

invest in reusable items that are sus-

tainably made and long lasting.

THE LAST HURRAH