Putting the brakes on fast fashion
Lucire is UN Environment’s first fashion industry partner. Abigail Beall’s statistics in a recent BBC report about clothing recycling make sobering reading. She writes, ‘Around 85% of all textiles thrown away in the US—roughly 13 million tonnes in 2017—are either dumped into landfill or burned. The average American has been estimated to throw away around […]
Nepal earthquake advice and list of aid agencies
The horrors of the earthquake in Nepal will be known to most readers by now, with the latest death toll at 3,700 at the time of writing. The news has hit home more as one of the juniors on our team, Kayla Newhouse, was in Kathmandu on Saturday. She remains there with water and […]
Scarlett Johansson, Oxfam formally sever ties over Sodastream endorsement
Above Scarlett Johansson in an unaired commercial for Sodastream. Oxfam, which has been under pressure to sever its ties with Scarlett Johansson after she became the spokeswoman for Sodastream, confirmed that it no longer has the actress as a goodwill ambassador. Johansson, who has worked with Oxfam since 2005, issued an earlier statement about […]
Scarlett Johansson, Archbishop Tutu and others highlight food crisis forecast by Oxfam
Scott Weiner/Calvin Klein Cosmetics If recent food price rises have families in shock, Oxfam has a worse outlook in the next 20 years if urgent action is not taken to change the system, says the charity charged with fighting global poverty. Oxfam’s Growing a Better Future report forecasts that maize and other key staples […]
Is it time for a break? Oxfam promotes Fair Trade
Why don’t you get your friends or work colleagues together and take part in the Oxfam Coffee Break? You can take part by signing up at OxfamCoffeeBreak.org.nz, registrations closing April 22. Last year, more than 20,000 New Zealanders took part and it’s a great way to raise awareness of Fair Trade and support farmers […]
Hélèna Christensen on climate change: politicians’ ‘groundhog day’ is costing lives
Hélèna Christensen is one of the most active supermodels: today as an Oxfam Global Ambassador and photographer, she is raising awareness of climate change. Through her photography, Christensen has been documenting the plight of villages that are experiencing more extreme weather patterns. Christensen’s photographs will be exhibited in 2011–12 to continue raising awareness […]
