As I said in the first post in this series, we’ve been letting our house out whenever we’re not in it for four years now, with home-sharing website AirBnB.com. It’s made an enormous difference to our finances, and I find myself regularly encouraging friends to consider it – even just for a couple of weeks […]
I admit to being a bit of an AirBnB evangelist, because it has made such a difference to our family finances. I want you to have more money! We’ve been letting out our house in Wellington, New Zealand with AirBnB for as long as we’ve owned it, whenever we’re not in it ourselves. We’ve had […]
No one is too young to make the world a better place! Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize when she was only seventeen. She began her public life as an activist for girlsâ education in Pakistan when she was just eleven years old, blogging about life under the Taliban. Sheâs proof that ordinary young people can have genuine influence […]
I’m so delighted to introduce Jackie to you all. She is the original Aunty of The Aunties, and a stellar human being. Here she tells a bit of her story and how one question can be the start of new life, for both the giver and the receiver. Three years ago, I rang someone from […]
Bill English announced in yesterday’s Budget that ‘work readiness’ obligations would increase for parents who receive welfare benefits and have young children. Currently, most parents are obliged to actively seek 15 hours of paid work – and accept any ‘suitable’ job – when their youngest child turns five years old (despite the legal age of […]
Before Would you sponsor me to cut off my hair? Even better, let’s cut out the causality and put it like this: would you donate to our Partners fund to help us get to South East Asia to bring free, full lives to children affected by conflict and oppression? And in unrelated news, I’m going […]
How can something as (potentially) shallow as Christmas gift shopping be a great way to make a difference in the world? Easy đ If we aspire to living a life where our actions reflect our values, then how we spend our time and money on Christmas gifts can make a real impact on people beyond […]
Even if youâre little you can do a lot, you Mustnât let a little thing like âlittleâ stop you – Matilda the Musical, ‘Naughty’, Tim Minchin Changing the world is a hard job. Best to start early, donât you think? Here are a bunch of ways you can help your kids live a life […]
Welcome back to one of our most popular guest posters:Â wedding celebrant, community worker and all-round high-quality human being Laura Giddey. I just got married for the thirteenth time. I’m hoping it’s a lucky number for myself, the bride, and groom. You see, I’m a wedding celebrant and for two years I’ve been marrying couples from […]
A warm welcome to a special guest! Jess Berentson-Shaw lives in on the side of a windswept Wellington hill. Jess has two kids, is a part time researcher and scientist, and runs (and blogs about) her social enterprise called muka kids. Muka kids is her plan to bring about a sustainability revolution in the […]