WTF is the WSF?
WTF is the World Social Forum? I've travelled to Tunisia with 30 other young activists from around the world to find out exactly that.
With thousands of workshops, music performances, exhibitions and activities scheduled to kick off in Tunis next week, it almost sounds like a summer festival with a social justice slant.
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The Indigenous Runway
The fashion world is set to be captivated this coming weekend by the largest gathering of Indigenous designers and models ever to grace the runway and steal the show at this year’s L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival.
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Street Football Making a Splash!
Football. Freshly cut green grass… loud piercing whistles… large empty white nets… deep blue water. That’s right - water.
Not what you ordinarily associate with football, but that is because you do not ordinarily see football being played on a 23 tonne floating pitch in the middle of Sydney Harbour! Not unless you also went along to see the amazing third annual Street Football Festival.
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Red Carpet, Green Dress
Hollywood heartthrob Bradley Cooper is just the latest in a long line of impressive celebrities to take on The Green Carpet Challenge.
Cooper turned heads at this year’s Golden Globes when he decided to don an eco-friendly tux for the occasion. Designed by Tom Ford, the suit was made from wool certified by Oeko Tex – one of the world’s strictest environmental impact testing systems for textiles.
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Host your own Close the Gap Day event
Hi I am Kathy, a volunteer with the Dandenong Ranges Oxfam group. On Australia Day we ran a Close the Gap stall at the Belgrave Survival Day Festival, a local community celebration of Aboriginal culture, with Aboriginal music, dance and stalls. We have done so for six years.
We started with an umbrella and some stickers, pledge forms, a poster and tattoos for the kids. Each year the festival has grown and so has our stall. We now do DIY face painting. Mums had great fun painting their own kids in Aboriginal flag colours.
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Video: Oxfam at Big Day Out
The 3things team hit Big Day Out on the hottest day in Sydney's history – January 18, 2013.
But 45 degree temperatures were no deterrent for our awesome gang of volunteers who all made changing the world look SO HOT RIGHT NOW! Sweat patches and all.
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Oxfam is heading to Big Day Out!
Live bands, scary rides and good vibes – these are just 3 of the many things we love about Big Day Out.
We're hitting Australia's longest running festival again this year to talk all things food, and to ask music lovers what 3things they're going to do to change the world in 2013. Oh and we've got two double passes to give away to the Sydney and Melbourne shows!
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Summer of sustainability: green festivals
The 3things team is packing up its chalkboards and fair trade goodies to head off to Peats Ridge Festival and Big Day Out in Sydney and Melbourne this summer.
And we're not just excited about the bands, we're also looking forward to soaking up some good old fashioned (and newfangled) sustainable living.
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Laughter really is the best medicine
For those of you who didn’t know, the Comedy Gala has supported Oxfam Australian for over 17 years and us Oxfamers will continue to enjoy the wits of comedy legends from around the globe from the 22nd of March during its annual festival....Since it is sold out for this year we can tell it is going to be a blast for all ages. With a donation plug for Oxfam and advertisements for its website it is easy to see how comedy can help fight poverty
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