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Advertising encouraging us to consume is everywhere, everyday, all the time, from waking to sleeping, from cradle to grave. Imagine our surprise to see an ad in London that said: “ask yourself if you are happy being described as a ‘consumer’? One definition of a ‘consumer’ is ‘someone who squanders or wastes.” Read more
Standing in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington DC last May was confronting and liberating. Having just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and King’s famous ‘I have a dream’ speech, his words remain hauntingly relevant today in a world of conflict, xenophobia and intolerance. Read more
From England it appears that a bleak cold winter is descending on the Australian people. Spring it may be, but from afar it feels the ice of Thatcherism (supported by that two-bit actor Regan) is taking over the land. The coldness of hard right wing neo-liberal thinking that targets those who are disadvantaged and cuts company taxes for captains of industry. Read more
In June we spent three weeks volunteering in Tanzania – you might have seen our other blogs or pictures on Facebook. In that time we came across a project that really touched our hearts that we are now supporting, and we’re hoping you might consider supporting it too. Read more
After Africa, Peru and Cuba, the Cayman Islands were a bit of a culture shock.
These three tiny little islands (known collectively as ‘Cayman’) are surrounded on all sides by countries in varying degrees of poverty – Cuba to the north, Central America to the west and south, and other Caribbean islands to the east. Yet because of its role as a tax haven, Cayman is incredibly well-off. Read more