Beer and TP (toilet paper): Ideas that change the lives of millions
By: Chloë Spackman, posted in: Travel Global village Students Design 4 change Environment health 3things Uni Community Poverty Humanitarian
10 May 2013.
Shebeen is a non-profit bar that sells beers from around the world and gives 100% of profits back to your drink's country of origin. Who Gives A Crap is a brand of toilet paper that helps provide people in developing countries with toilets and better sanitation. Simon Griffiths is the brains behind both these amazing ventures!1 comment Read the full story
Students had the chance to grill Prime Minister Julia Gillard during last night's episode of Q&A. The special "High School Showdown" invited school kids to quiz the PM about the issues that matter to them most. Brianna Colgan, a year 12 student and avid 3things fan, decided to ask the PM what 3 things she's doing in her personal life to help change the world.
Did you know that in NSW we waste an average of 1 in every 5 shopping bags of food we buy? That is about 20% of our purchased food. Our garbage bins are predominantly filled with discarded food and the reality is that the overall wastage is far more than just the food in the bin but also a waste of everything that went into producing that food.
And did you know that in landfill, food waste produces methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide?! I didn’t. At least not until I spoke with Macquarie University’s lovely resident Sustainability Officer Belinda Bean.
Check out some of the pics from the record-breaking 950 events to help close the Indigenous health gap! And if you haven't already, join hundreds of thousands of people across Australia and sign the pledge to Close the Gap!
Who do you have on your bedroom wall? Lady Gaga? Bieber? Katy Perry? Kanye?... So whoever is plastered across your wall, the change of seasons means a freshen up. So get your hands on a limited edition 3things poster to help you re-decorate.
Because I live on a farm, my life revolves around the production of food. We grow it and we eat it; we sell it and we share it!
On the farm where we live, overlooking the Southern Ocean, cattle and sheep are run on pasture (not a feedlot!) and crops are grown. This farm is not owned by us, but we all live here and this is where we do our school work and grow our own food.
3things takes a look at the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME). Mobilising scores of volunteer uni students (at last count, over 1000) to mentor Indigenous high school students, AIME’s program has proven to dramatically increase the chances of Indigenous children finishing school. The results have been outstanding - this year marks the fourth year running that AIME students have finished school at almost the same rate as every Australian child.
3things chats to Nick, a Brisbane hiphop artist who has one of the coolest jobs in the world – helping young people in remote Aboriginal communities make their own hiphop tracks and videos. Read all about his work and check out a video clip from the amazingly talented kids in Yarrabah, North Queensland.
