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Here at Peppermint, we care deeply about not just elevating others making change, but actually making a difference ourselves. We believe that BUSINESS CAN BE A FORCE FOR GOOD and be driven by profit for purpose. We’ve donated more than $30k to charit

Grief is not the straightforward sadness or longing it is sometimes imagined. It is layered. Unpredictable. It comes in waves, rolling and then crashing all at once. I have sat with it twice this past month – experienced in the hearts of dear friends

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As a psychologist and human, I know very well that life can be messy. It can feel increasingly difficult to navigate the storm that is modernity. The state of the natural world is in decline and has been for many decades. The evidence is all around u

As the wakame from today’s hunt dries on clothes racks in a repurposed shipping container, the irony of ‘Winter’s Warm’ by Eddy Current Suppression Ring playing in the background sticks in the mind. Winter is indeed warm – much earlier than normal. A

Tell us about your journey in the sewing world… I started sewing in primary school – probably eight years old. The headmaster’s wife would come in once a week and teach the girls to sew by hand. My grandma, who was a gifted seamstress, passed down a

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