Greetings

Welcome to issue number six of World Sweet World, the magazine for makers and doers. Split into two parts, it has beautifully illustrated, step-by-step instructions for making cool stuff, followed by articles about people, places or things that we hope you'll find inspiring.

Here's a sneak preview of issue #6:

                   

The winter issues #6 is out, and just in time, as winter seems to have hit full blast. Green up your house, and warm it up at the same time, or creat your own appropriate winter gear, mittens and scarves out of old jerseys. So, how appropriate that another Freeze! is coming up - an event to combat climate change, happening on June 5, World Environment Day. "Think globally, act locally" has taken on a new meaning for us, having contributors from Russia, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, Japan and Australia in this issue. We also have a project submitted from an ex-pat living in the UK. Keep the ideas rolling in, wherever you're from - it's always exciting hearing other people's amazing creative ideas.

Once again, we’ve had a busy few months since the last issue of World Sweet World. There have been craft fairs (Craft2.0 in Chch coming up!), fabric fairs, workshops to attend and, perhaps not least, we also got married. When Johanna Knox asked if she could chat about our day for an article on ethical weddings, we were stoked. It was fun to be on the other side of the interview table for a change! Read a bit more about it, and about Westport couple Ruth and Jeremy’s big day on page 60.

The Carbon Action Mystery Badge Swap Adventure is running for another month, until the end of June. Read all about it at worldsweetworld.com/badgeaction/. If you’ve started making badges, now’s the time to finish them off and send them in. We’ve had loads of you tell us how excited you are about the idea, but so far the badges themselves have been sort of slow to materialise. Now that the chilly weather has hit, there’s no excuse not to get making! We look forward to seeing what you have come up with.

We hope you treasure this issue as much as we do, and we'd like your feedback - take part in our survey if you like. Happy Matariki!