The Brave Discussion

What’s with all the red X’s showing up on Facebook and Twitter?   More than likely, you’re seeing people stand up and lend their voice to the #enditmovement to STOP MODERN DAY SLAVERY. It’s ‘SHINE A LIGHT ON SLAVERY” day and you can join the Freedom Fighters to bring this to an end. It’s at this stage a [...]

LOHAS is an acronym for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS), a market segment focused on health and fitness, the environment, personal development, sustainable living, and social justice. Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) describes an estimated $290 billion U.S. marketplace for goods and services focused on health, the environment, social justice, personal development and sustainable [...]

The Fair Trade Shopping Guide For Christmas. A really handy resource for Christmas and beyond. Great gift ideas and a list of some of Australia’s leading Fair Trade suppliers. Supporting social enterprises in the developing world really does show the Christmas Spirit. Enjoy! Download the Fair Trade Gift Guide here.     Christmas Special – [...]

Today on The Brave Discussion we feature an event coming up in Melbourne next month which I will be covering. Known as Moral Fairground, it is the largest fair- trade and ethical festival in Australia and it was started by Melbourne banker, Susanna Bevilacqua as a result of her visit to some of the poorest [...]

When you’re sick, you see the doctor. When you get a medical test it goes to the lab. When you need medicine, you go to the pharmacy. Or not. In many places in both the developing and developed world, these basic healthcare steps — getting from point A to point B — often don’t work. [...]

Guest Post by Jennifer Burden – Founder of World Moms Blog  -  Do you like the idea of helping children around the world and wish you could do more? What if I told you that you could help by throwing a party?  Now that’s your kind of social good, right? World Moms Blog, an organization of [...]

Today we showcase Biddy Bags, a social enterprise that uses  the skills and crafting abilities of mature women – to create the Biddy Bags designs. The enterprise located in Redcliffe Peninsula aims to engage the ever-increasing number of isolated mature-aged women across Brisbane, regional Queensland. In 2007, when Samantha Jockel had an idea for a knitted bag she [...]

Ingrid Munro is the Founder and Managing Trustee of the Jamii Bora Trust, the largest Microfinance organization in Kenya. As a leader and advocate of microfinance in one of the poorest and most dangerous areas in Africa, she has provided a way out of poverty for nearly 250,000 people. After working in housing research for [...]

Accolades this week on The Brave Discussion to an innovative approach to retailing -With consumers voicing loud and clear a shift in attitude towards shopping as an experience, A New York City “do good” event, Shop Your Values Week, may very well become a global and even online phenomena, connecting thousands of conscientious consumers with hundreds [...]

Today’s post features five handmade necklaces made from recycled materials, are currently being auctioned off for the Vinnies Christmas Appeal. College of Fine Arts design student Sophia Davison has created an eco-friendly necklace range which encourages fashionistas to ‘Think Outside the Jewellery Box’ and see the beauty in preloved jewellery and highlight the importance of recycling. [...]