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
Mason Jar Meals are amazing for so many reasons. No more uncertainty about what’s for dinner, no need to cook every night when you’re exhausted, more organisation in your fridge and say goodbye to plastic containers! It’s a simple idea – prepare your meals ahead in a jar, where they stay fresh and look totally delicious at the same time. You’re also reusing jars. I decided to try these Mason Jar Meals out AND with seasonal produce. You can’t get more sustainable than that.
Band4Hope all began when entrepreneurs Lachlan McWilliam and Lucie Galt were navigating the African hinterlands in search of opportunities to help local communities through trade. In Harare, Zimbabwe, they stumbled across a small business that produced and sold copper and zinc wristbands believed to contain empowering properties. 
Samantha Jockel unknowingly set the wheels in motion for Biddy Bags in 2007 when, unable to pull off a knitting design she dreamt up herself, she recruited the help of her grandmother and elderly neighbor.
Biddy Bags has since expanded into a social enterprise boutique catering to the recent resurgence of ‘nanna chic’ through bespoke designs for handbags, tea cosies, washcloths and iPouches. 
Ever pondered the story of your thongs? Where did the rubber come from? Who made them and what was that person paid?
If you've never stared at your feet long enough to ask these kinds of questions, a pair of eco-thongs is guaranteed to get you thinking because there's a story written on every sole. Literally.
Ryan Nicodemus and Joshua Fields Millburn, aka The Minimalists, say that it all began with a lingering feeling of discontent in their lives. As they were nearing 30, the boys had achieved everything that was supposed to make them happy: six figure salaries, fast cars, big houses (with more rooms than occupants) and an array of fancy gadgets. Despite having the means to purchase whatever they wanted, the boys still weren’t satisfied with their lives.
It isn't summer without a loyal pair of double pluggers. Unfortunately though must thongs are made from toxic materials that are produced unsustainably and unfairly. Luckily there are some amazing companies leading the way and providing an alternative to get thongs on our feet without costing the earth! 
What if instead of throwing your pencil stubs away you could plant them and have them grow into something delicious, beautiful, and fun? What if pencils could grow? Find out the answer to both these questions, and see how you can get involved.
