Index

Acha, Maria Alejandra Rodriguez xiii

activism 25, 60–1

visual 58

Adani mine 108, 110–11

African Americans 58–9

agricultural workers 66–7

air travel 192–3

Aitken Read, Lucy 206, 209–12

Akter, Kalpona 52–4

Argentina, mothers 25–7

Arpilleristas 27

Australian Greens 118

Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) 108, 110, 131, 133–4

award ceremonies 64–5

Babauta, Leo 196

Bangladesh, workers 45–6, 53–4

Barker, Andrew 180–4

Becker, Joshua 195–6

Beirut 164–5

Benetton 46

Berner, Jeff 173

Bjelke-Petersen, Sir Joh 118

Black Friday sales 186

Bland, Bob 7

Boeve, May 98, 100–2, 103

Boko Haram campaign 56

Boomerang Alliance 141

Bordo, Susan 5

Bouazizi, Mohamed 57–8

BP 93

Braungart, Michael 193–4

Brown, Bob 108, 109

Bruno, Dave 197–8

Burke, Tarana 63, 69, 73–4

Byrne, James 98

Camp Out 42–3

capitalism 190–1

carbon dioxide 88–9, 91–2, 94, 138

carbon pricing 105–6

Casting Off My Womb (performance) 31, 32, 34–5

Chamberlain, Libby 7

Chapman, Amanda 167–8, 170–1, 175–7, 179

charity stores 188–9

child labour 55

Chile 27

Christmas sales 185–6

cigarette butts 148

Clean Bin Project (documentary) 157–8

Clean Clothes Campaign 40

Clemente, Rosa 69

climate change 87, 94, 95–8, 102–3, 137–8

protests 102–3, 106–7, 124

Clinton, Hillary 5–6, 7

clothing

excess 188, 189

production 189

recycling 189

upcycling 49, 146

Clymer, Charlotte 72–3

coalmining xii, 86, 108, 110–15

compost 201–2

consumerism 192

conversation changes 58–9

Cook, Ian 50

coral 139

Corbett, Sarah 37–40, 42

Corin, Jaclyn 128, 129

Country Women’s Association of Western Australia xi

Coyle, Kat 4, 9, 11, 21

Coyote, Peter 173, 174

Craft Cartel 33

crafting 9, 27–8

craftivism 21, 22–3, 31, 38–9

projects 25–35

Craftivist Collective 38

credit card debt 186–7

Crenshaw, Kimberlé 58–9

Cronkite, Walter 82

cross-stitch 24–5, 38

Cruz, Nikolas 128

CSIRO 95, 98

dams 108–10

Davis, Angela 8

de Blasio, Bill 99

de Castro, Orsola 47, 48, 50–1

de Rothschild, David 149–50

DeBris, Marina 148–9

debt 186–7

declutterers 197–200

deforestation 90–1

Deming, Barbara 27

Denniss, Richard 190, 192, 196–7

Derr, Holly 13

Devi, Amrita 83

Dia, Mark 137

Diggers 173–5

discrimination 70–1, 75

Ditty, Sarah 50

Dombrovskis, Peter 110

Dove, Sophie 138, 139

Duggan, Joe 97, 98

dumpster divers 178

Earth Day 80–2, 83–4

Ebbesmeyer, Curtis 151

Eddo-Lodge, Reni 59, 60

Eiseley, Loren 42

environmentalism 82–4

Fahey, Rayna 33

Fahrer, Jerome 111

fashion

ethical 37, 41, 50–4

see also clothing

Fashion Revolution campaign 47–52

Fashion Transparency Index 51–2

First Nations people 83

Firth, Livia 49

fishing industry 137–8

Flannery, Tim 87, 89, 136, 138, 140

fluorinated gases 91

food

foraging 178

growing 179–84

waste 175–8

Food Waste Feast 178

FoodShare 179

Foreman, Amanda 56

fossil fuels 90, 96–7, 99–100

fracking 88

Franklin River, Tasmania 108–10

Free Stores 174–5

freegan 177

Fresco, Jacque 174–5

frugal movement 173–7

Fuller Craft Museum, New England 13

Gaia hypothesis 215

Gandy, Imani 5

garbage 164–6

in oceans 150, 152–3

garment workers 37, 45–6, 53–4

gay marriage debate 43

Global Footprint Network 192

global warming 94–5, 99, 100

Goldberg, Michelle 5–6

Golden Globes 65, 69–70

González, Emma 125, 129, 130

government, letters to 30–1

Great Barrier Reef 140

Green Carpet Challenge 49

green movement 82–4

Greenfield, Rob 163–4

greenhouse gases 88–9, 90–2

Greer, Betsy 21–5, 27, 29

Greer, Germaine 33–4

gross domestic product (GDP) 189–90

Grow Free 179–80, 181, 182, 183–4

guerilla kindness projects 29–30

guerilla knitters 28

guns 125–8

Hall, Kate 201–5

Hamilton, Clive 30, 96

Hamnett, Katharine 50

Hanna, Kathleen 24

Hansen, James 92, 100

Hansson, Pat 115–16

happiness 196–7

Hardoon, Deborah 191

Haskell, David George 83, 91

Hawken, Paul 10

Hayes, Denis 81

Head, Lesley 96

Heartland Institute 96–7

Heimans, Jeremy 123

Hemmings, Chris 75–6

Heron Island trip 135–7, 138–9

Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove 139

Hogg, David 128, 129, 131

Hollywood 68

homophobia 43–4

houses, tiny 167–71

Houshmand-Howell, Roxanne 50

Howard, John 32–3

Hughes, Lesley 95, 97–8

human trafficking 56–7

Hutton, Drew 117–18

immigration 19–20

Inconvenience Store 147–9

India 158–9

inequality 190–1

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 89–90, 91, 96–7

Invasion Day rally 59–60

Isaacs, Natalie 145

Jackson, Tim 191–2

Jayaraman, Saru 60–2, 64–5, 69

Jenkins, Casey 31, 32–3, 34–5

Johnson, Béa 161–2

Jones, Rashida 67–8

Joy of Knitting, Tennessee 13

Judd, Ashley 66

Juliana, Kelsey 124

Kamikatsu, Japan 160–1, 175

Kasky, Cameron 128, 129–30

Keeling, Charles David 92

Khanna, Parag 90

King, Billie Jean 70

Klein, Naomi 82, 86, 87, 88

Knight, Heather 50

Knit the City 28

Knitta Please 28

knitting 8–10, 11, 12, 20, 28–9

knitting circles 9–10

Knitting Nannas Against Gas 22

Kondo, Marie 199–200

Krey, John 113

Lake Pedder 109

language usage xiv

Larasi, Marai 70

Lawrence, Calina 70

Lee, Kirsten 41–2, 44

Leiserowitz, Anthony 95

letters to government 30–1

listening 59–60

Little, Daisy 42–3

Little Knittery, Los Angeles 4, 9, 12

Lock the Gate Alliance 116–17, 118, 120

tour 111

loneliness xii

Lothian, Sayraphim 29–31

McAlpin, Mark 113

MacArthur, Dame Ellen 193

Macdonald, Anne L. 9

McDonough, William 193–4

McGagh, Michelle 173

McGowan, Rose 68, 76

McKenzie, Amanda 131, 133–4

McKibben, Bill 99–100, 101, 102–3

Mackinley, Eva 143

McLaughlin, AnneMaree 113–14

McMahon, Ellen 41

McMillan, Tracie 177

Macpherson-Rice, Breana 104–5, 106, 107

Mallory, Tamika 8, 13

Mann, Michael 98

March for Our Lives 126, 127, 128, 130

marches xi–xii, xiii, 1, 3–4, 7–8, 30, 39

marine-protection groups 140–1

Marsh, Scott 43

Martinez, Itzcuauhtli 124

Martinez, Xiuhtezcatl 123–4

Matamoros, Giuliana 130

Mazursky, Erin 48

Me Too campaign 73, 74–5

Meyerson, Collier 14

Milano, Alyssa 72–3

Millennial Impact Project 122–3

Millennials 121–3

minimalism 196–200

minimalists 195–6

mining

coal xii, 86, 108, 110–15

definition 116

protests 114–16, 118–19

Minney, Safia 50

Minter, Adam 165

Mirzoeff, Nicholas 57, 58

Missoni 12

Mock, Brentin 82

Monbiot, George 187

money 172–3

Mongolia 204, 205–6

Moody, Sherele 44

Moore, Charles 149–50

Morgan, Andrew 50

Morley, Elizabeth 104, 105–6

Moss, Tara 76–7

mothers in Argentina 25–7

mountains 86–7

mountaintop removal coalmining 86

movements 62

Muir, John 82

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney 13

National Farmworker Women’s Alliance 66–7

National Geographic 140

National Sustainable Living Festival 159–60

Nelson, Gaylord 80, 83, 84

Nicklason, Aoife 106–7

Nicodemus, Ryan 198–9, 200

Nunez, Jackie 142

oceans 137–8, 140

plastic pollution 150, 152–3

oil 87

organising 60

Otten, Cathy 56

Oxfam Australia 54

OzHarvest 176, 179

Pachacuti 46–7

Pankhurst, Sylvia 16

Pantsuit Nation (Facebook group) 7

Parks, Rosa 71–2

Parry, Martine 50

Paul, Alice 15–16

Peabody Energy 118

Perez, Carmen xiii, 8

performances 31–2

Peyser, Eve 72

Planning Assessment Commission, NSW 114, 115

Plastic Free July 154, 155

plastic packaging 141–3, 150, 151, 154–5, 202–3

plastic production 151

Plastiki (boat) 150

Poehler, Amy 64–5, 69

Poo, Ai-jen 69–70

power, confronting 60, 62–3

Primark 37–8, 40, 46

Prince-Ruiz, Rebecca 154–5

protesters

age of 120–3

fines 116

young 124–5, 128–34

protests

climate change 102–3, 106–7

forms of 36

marches xi–xii, xiii, 1, 3–4, 7–8, 30, 39

mining 114–16, 118–19

Pussyhat Project 11–12, 13

pussyhats 4, 11–15, 39

quilts, appliquéd 27

racism 59, 70–1

Ramírez, Mónica 69

Rana Plaza garment factory 45–6

Ravelry 12

recycling 154, 155, 165–6

clothing 189

Rees, Emma 31

renewable energy 98–9

restaurant industry 60–2

Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United 60–2

Reyes, Sarah 77

Reynolds, Michael 208

Rhoads, Erin 156–60

Rifkin, Jeremy 194

right to vote 15–17

Rio Tinto 114–15

Rose, Anna 131–3, 134

Ruffalo, Mark 125

Russell, Cameron 66, 78–80

Ryan, Erin Gloria 7

Saint George mural 43–4

Sakano, Akira 161

Salvos charity stores 188–9

Sarsour, Linda 8

Sayeg, Magda 28

scarves 26–7

Schneemann, Carolee 31–2

school shooting incidents 125–30

Schwarz, Ariana 161, 162, 163, 164

self-sufficiency 179–84, 206–12

sexual harassment 65–70

Shafer, Jay 170

Shah, Afroz 140–1

Sharp, Gene 36

Shook, Teresa 7

shop-drops 40–1

shopping 185–7

Siegle, Lucy 49

Silence Breakers 75

Silverwood, Tim 150–4

Singer, Fred 96

Singer, Lauren 162, 163

Skinner, Lyliah 130

slavery 55–6

Smiles, Bev 118

Snook, Margaret 27

social movements 62–3

Somers, Carry 45, 46–7, 50

Spark, Harriet 142, 143–6

St Félix, Doreen 72

Steinem, Gloria xiii, 8

Step It Up 102–3

Stiglitz, Joseph 189–90, 192

Stone, Emma 70

Stop Adani Alliance 108

Stop the Traffik 56–7

straws 142–4

Streep, Meryl 70

suffragettes 15–17

Suh, Krista 4, 6–7, 9, 10, 11–12

Summers, Anne 13, 14–15, 17–18

sustainability 193–4

see also self-sufficiency

Taggart, Uncle Kevin 115–16

Take 3 153

Target 54

Tarrow, Sidney 62

Tasmanian Wilderness Society 108, 109, 110

Tate Britain 92–3

Taylor, Dorceta 83

Taylor, Recy 70–1

Telford, Amelia 83

temperature rises 89–90, 138

tents 204, 205–6

Thoreau, Henry David 169–70

350.org 103, 120

TIME magazine 12, 75

Time’s Up Now campaign 65–6, 68

tiny house on wheels (THOW) 167–9, 170–1

Tlaskal, George 113, 114, 115

Trashbag Rehab 33

tree huggers 82–3

Trump, Donald J. 2–3, 19–20, 39

Tunick, Spencer 8, 10

Twilight Taggers 28

United Nations climate change conference 93–4

upcycling, clothing 49, 146

Victoria and Albert Museum, London 12–13

Villaflor, Azucena 25–6

visual activism 58

voids 112

volunteers 121

wages

garment workers 54

restaurant industry 61–2

Walker, Lester 169

Wamsler, Christine 214

Wangan and Jagalingou Family Council 111

Warkworth Sands Woodlands 115–16

waste

dumped 164–6

food 175–8

in oceans 150, 152–3

plastic packaging 141–3, 150, 151, 154–5, 202–3

reducing 156–63

straws 142–4

Watson, Emma 70

Weiner, Kate 163

Weinstein, Harvey 65–6

Welcome Blanket 20–1

wellbeing 191–2

Whipple, Jocelyn 49

Wilderness Society 120

Williams, Michelle 69

Wilpinjong mine 118–19

Winfrey, Oprah 70–1, 72

Winstanley, Gerrard 173

Wolf, Naomi 9

Woman’s Manifesto 17–18

Women’s Electoral Lobby 13

Women’s March protests xiii, 1, 3–4, 7–8, 39

women’s movements 17

women’s rights, campaigns 15–17

Woodley, Shailene 70

yarn bombing 28–9

Yarn Corner 28

Yezidi women 56

You Are So Very Beautiful project 29

yurts 204, 205–6

Zara 40

zero-waste advocates 162–3

Zweiman, Jayna 4–5, 8–9, 10–11, 13–14, 19–21