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Get Some Green Get Some Green is a online sustainability magazine that is simply about just that. We aim to help you get yours and to share other people getting theirs!

Green is the color of calm. It is the color of nutrients, the color of nature, and the color of escape. We run to the hills and to the sands all in search of a place to say 'catch-ya-later' to stress. We are all searching for a pocket of quiet, a pocket of peace or simply a place of our own. Whether this is a ski resort, a weatherboard shack, the shade of a big tree or your very own backyard. It d

oesn’t matter where your green is; just that you are able to find some. We want to help you get yours, and talk about some people getting theirs! As urban dwellers ourselves – and self-confessed mermaids – we just want more time to bask in the sunshine, more time to suckle on the teat of mother nature. Simply just more time to chill. We love our 9-5 lives in this heaving metropolis, but;

Nothing beats the satisfaction of an ice cold beer after a day of planting your own food in the sun. Nothing beats the satisfaction of a pinot noir after making your own wine cabinet out of recycled timber. Nothing beats the satisfaction of a life that is full of different ingredients, ones that cultivate happy vibes. That’s why our magazine is full of life, positivity, wine, nature, stories, food, water but most importantly full of GREEN

10/05/2019
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Party for Positivity | StartSomeGood

It's been a minute...we're throwing a party for mens health! Donate if you're feelin' it 👇

On the darkest weekend of the year, we're celebrating the music and rituals that keep our community mentally well, and we need your help to get it off the ground.

30/01/2014
Take 3

Legends - Check out Take 3, they are keeping our big blue clean!

Marine debris, particularly plastic, has a disastrous impact in our oceans on marine life and, ultimately, us. We can greatly reduce the amount of marine debris in our oceans by preventing it from getting there in the first place! We encourage people to Refuse disposable plastic, Reduce, Re-Use, Rec...

20/01/2014
Five Things Everyone Can Grow on Five Square Feet

You don't need space for a rad garden!

For all those who live in a small city apartment...chef and owner of a New York city restaurant shares with us the five things everyone can grow in 5 square feet, be it on your balcony or on the common patio.

13/01/2014
Beyoncé Writes Essay on Gender Equality

Queen B is more than just the best b***y in the business, she is a deadset legend! Check out her essay on Gender equality. You can download it for free until the 15th! love GSG x

Beyoncé writes an essay addressing gender equality in the latest installment of Maria Shriver's Shriver Report.

13/01/2014
12 Powerful Portraits That Capture People's Darkest Insecurities

Powerful!

Photographer Steve Rosenfield recently asked subjects far and wide to complete the following statement: "I am not my ___ " He prompted individuals to fill in the blank with their deepest and darkest insecurities, moving people to bring issues regarding body image, substance abuse, mental illness, ra...

06/01/2014
MAKE - Free pocket garden - Two Thousand

Take your garden with you!

Spring always makes me think I can grow things, even though the mint bush and parsley I planted in a corner of the courtyard back in June would probably disa...

02/01/2014
Top 10 for the New Year | Emily Martin's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Make your new years resolutions count!

When it comes to making New Year’s resolution lists, “eat healthier” is typically in the top 5. Somewhere between resolving to “exercise more often” (does picking up my toddler count as lifting weights?) and “reduce stress” (is that possible when...

10/12/2013
VIDEO: A Shocking Love Story Between the Blonde and a Great White Shark

Get green? This chick is getting the ultimate blue!

It's your classic Beauty and the Beast love story between blonde, free diver Ocean Ramsey and a great white shark. Here's a side of sharks that is rarely represented in the media. As a great white calmly swims through the ocean, Ocean Ramsey ventures away...

05/12/2013

Kitchen creations inspired by green in this cuisine wonderland!

Now that's a kitchen!

28/11/2013
Van Life

Friday morning Gypsy inspiration!

Home is where you park it.

26/11/2013
Turn your beer bottles into glass cups! (5 easy steps)

Since we break all of our wine filled glassware all the time. This is an upcycle solution!

Glassware can get pretty expensive especially if your in college and always getting sh*t faced and breaking your glasses. Start just using your empty beer bottles and turning them into your new glasses. Look dope, easy to make and cheap! Follow these 5 easy steps.

16/11/2013
The sharing economy spooking big business

Corporate kicking!

Earlier this year, I travelled to Melbourne for a conference. Instead of paying to stay in a hotel like I normally would, I paid a local couple to stay in their spare room. On arriving at their clean and…

09/11/2013
Swedes Develop Invisible Bike Helmet

Say hello to free flowing hair!

You know what kind of sucks about riding a bike? Other than all that pedaling? Bike helmets. Sure, they keep that overrated "brain" from getting splattered, but they take a lot of the open-air-joy out of things, and they're not comfortable. A pair of Swedish women have developed a remarkable solutio...

07/11/2013

GET FRUITY!

How to Grow a Pineapple

04/11/2013
Newtown Festival 2013

If your in Sydney, get involved in Newtown festival. its going to be rad and sustainable!

The Newtown Festival is the principal fundraiser for the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (NNC) which aims to build an inclusive, resilient, self-reliant and creative community. All monies raised by the Festival are returned to the Centre to provide community support services to the local community and…

02/11/2013

Spring is here! Its too hot for scarves, repurpose those bad boys!

How about a big curtain made from vintage scarves? Like! Likelike.

30/10/2013
Hot potato

Watch this rad documentary, its on the Asylum Seeker debate and its real good. Have an opinion - just make sure its an informed one. Also feat. Imogen Bailey, turns out she is more than just a mega babe!

The asylum seeker debate. It’s the hot potato of Aussie politics. Everyone’s talking, no-one’s listening. It’s time that changed, so we’re driving a potato van around Australia, giving away 10,000 potatoes and starting 10 million conversations about one steaming hot issue. Are you with us?

28/10/2013
One Buck One Pluck

CHECK THIS DUDE OUT. For every buck you donate - he will pluck one hair. He is currently rocking a pretty sweet bald patch. all money goes to cancer research!

Hi I'm Alex Wadelton. There are about 110,000 hairs on my head. I will pluck one of those hairs for every dollar you donate to cancer - one hair at a time. All proceeds will go to Camp Quality to help...

28/10/2013
I Want The Whole World To Hear What I Told My Daughter About Her Body

Sustainability is not just about our environment, but it is about sustaining our ideals, perception and ultimately our reality. Beauty is in everyone, and differences should be celebrated. Lioness pack, assemble!

Maybe together, we adults can make the world in which our little girls are growing into wonderful women a better place. Please help me. We're the adults. My daughter, and probably yours, needs our help.

24/10/2013

Mates, spring planting? These egg cups are like a warm embrace for your budding plants.

22/10/2013
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture: Creating an Edible Ecosystem

Legendary!

Once a fringe topic, permaculture is moving to the mainstream as gardeners who are ready to take their organic gardening to the next level are discovering the wisdom of a simple system that emphasizes the idea that by taking care of the earth, the earth takes care of you. The Vegetable Gardener's...

22/10/2013
shop custards — Home

One of our lovely contributors has begun selling her incredible art work and super rad hand painted jackets. We thought we would shamelessly promote her. Check it out!

Welcome.

21/10/2013
This earthshaking move could upend Russia's brutal anti-gay crackdown

Take two minutes out of your day, get your fingers off your latte and sign this petition. Help throw Russian anti gay laws out the window. We believe everyone has the right to live and love as the choose, get involved!

This could be the first step in a massive domino effect.

21/10/2013
DIY Sawhorse Entry Table - Lets Go Sunning

DIY mania!

As you know, I’ve been trying to spruce up my sad little entryway. I had decided to try to recreate this West Elm entry table, but in all honesty, it looked exhausting to try to make. I don’t have a yard, or a saw, or a place to hammer wood without someone wanting to kill […]

17/10/2013
These two young artists quit their jobs to build this glass house for $500

These guys built a house for 500 bones and its radical. Rock on legends. Talk about sustainable building and alternative lifestyle - Nick Olson and Lilah Horwitz have got that on lock down!

For Nick Olson and Lilah Horwitz, a beautiful sunset and a thoughtful conversation led to the construction of a breathtaking retreat in mountainous West Virginia.

16/10/2013
Changemakers Festival

Change Makers! Check out what is coming up in November, heaps of great events across Australia! Get Involved!

14/10/2013
Workshop Schedule for the Permaculture Piazza (and a giveaway)

ATTN: SYDNEY LEGENDS. Free permaculture classes - from backyard gardening to mushroom cultivation, Milkwood is giving it to ya! Its going to be far out man.

Coming up in less than two weeks, we'll be running 3 days of free workshops at Gardening Australia Live in Sydney. There's workshops on everything from aquaponics to vertical gardening to strawbale...

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