I came across Message in Hand today… the full website launches on the 18th but I am eternally getting the time difference between Australia and the US mixed up so lets just go with: soon.

The basic idea is that social justice messages/charities make themselves known on coffee sleeves (Those cardboard things around your cup that attempt to prevent burnage). The sleeves are a conversation starter, hence (hopefully) evoking change.

Now I love the idea, but to be situationally honest, the beautiful cafe culture of Melbourne, (Which is fine indeed), mightn’t be the best of venues for the application. Our Starbucks are closing by the dozen, Gloria Jeans do their own charity work and the majority of our ‘non-chain’, (Becuase we believe in non-chain coffee) cafe’s use cups that actually do the job already… or, you sit down and get a real glass with your latte.

That saying. HQ could use some help, although they may not want to cover up their delusional character filled labels. They could also use some help in the brewing department but that’s an entirely different story.

Regardless of the fact that I think the idea mightn’t float so well in this city of mine, I do like the concept and I may yet suggest it to my semi local ‘Kofi Bean’ because they would probably get behind something like this.

Also check out Junky Car Club. Get yourself out of debt, buy your car outright. We did. AND we only own one car between the two of us, it’s quite doable. Save the planet at the same time as your consumeristic butt.

Coffee Culture Social Justice

So she now has the internet and technically could be blogging, but does she?

No.

Instead she points you toward PagePlane.com with it’s fun header and lovely wealth of design resources.

It seems that the writing in the fingers needs sufficient time to warm back up and the fingers aren’t exactly sure where to start while also otherwise being preoccupied with lovelies such as rotoscoping and GilmoreGirls (*yes I did just say GilmoreGirls) and sometimes-lovelies such as branding. Yes. And other homework.

Basically things are progressing at a very standard rate-an even plane. Small things only. Like coffee today with an *Indonesian girl she only knows a little bit from uni. Like Pratchett novels. Like minute progressions to different perspectives. Little conversations about church. Bedtime conversations with CS Lewis…her own head. And the teeter on the edge of what feels like some bigger conversations/explorations with God which currently have no tangibility whatsoever – maybe they’ll get relevant when I work out what they actually are?

All up it’s rather boring but rather nice. I am not sure that is a good thing.

*Relevant country totally just included for you Sammy

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