The journal of humanity, creativity and mighty fine people by One Percent Collective. _TOMS Shoes _Jamie McDell _Urzila Carlson _Why we give a shit www.thegenerosityjournal.co.nz THE GENEROSITY JOURNAL PUBLISHER: One Percent Collective EDITOR: Pat Shepherd SUB-EDITOR: Jd Nodder ART DIRECTOR: Goodfolk COVER ILLUSTRATION: Sean Duffell CONTRIBUTORS: Toby Morris, Urzila Carlson, Tobias Kraus, Larissa McMillan, Kaan Hiini, Jo Randerson, Max Rashbrooke, Rebekah White, Ray Avery, Jordan Stent, Sam LaHood, Jo Bates, Megan Bardsley. WHERE WE GET SHIT DONE: BizDojo Wellington SPECIAL THANKS TO: Most content will be available to share online at www.thegenerosityjournal.co.nz. If you have content ideas or are interested in supporting The Generosity Journal, please get in touch by email to [email protected] The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher or editorial team. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the publisher. The Generosity Journal is subject to copyright in its entirety. STOCK: Printed on BJ Ball FSC Approved stock. KINDLY DESIGNED BY: Sumo Offset 300gsm and Sumo Offset 150gsm. PRINTER: ww.format.co.nz SUBSCRIBE AND WIN SOME GOOD KARMA: WWW.ONEPERCENTCOLLECTIVE.ORG/NEWSLETTER I am so excited to bring you the long-awaited second issue of The Generosity Journal; the first of three issues we’ll be releasing in 2016. Lots has been happening in the One Percent Collective world during the past year. We celebrated our 3rd birthday with The Black Seeds, The Nudge and hundreds of our supporters. We have six new partner charities you can support with your 1% and so far your donations have collectively helped us raise close to a quarter of a million dollars! Our crew has expanded to a whopping two people, with Reuben Harcourt joining us as ‘Head of Digital’. While our day-to-day crew stays small, we are honoured to have the kind support of our Future 50, our sponsors, volunteers, mentors and businesses who all believe in the 1% ethos and support Dollars raised last quarter us to pass 100% of your donations on to our partner charities. Amped4Life .......................... $1,111.27 Taking care of our communities and this Kaibosh ............................. $4,030.32 world is a responsibility we all must step up Project Jonah ................... $1,658.69 to. Getting to share the stories of individuals and organisations who have generosity and RMTC ................................... $1,494.32 social responsibility at their core is truly an SpinningTop ..................... $2,996.27 honour for me and for everyone involved in creating The Generosity Journal. Sustainable Coastlines .. $3,694.96 DCM .................................... $3,154.94 We hope you enjoy the publication and are inspired in some way to help us push the Garden to Table ............... $2,933.10 generosity movement here in Aotearoa. Inspiring Stories ............... $2,274.78 PAT Medicine Mondiale ......... $2,331.78 Editor / Chief Doer of Things Neonatal Trust ................... $2,331.41 at One Percent Collective Nga Rangatahi Toa .......... $3,426.73 One Percent Collective is a simple and rewarding way to support Kiwi-based charities. Join us with your 1% at www.onepercentcollective.org SEAN JD NODDER DUFFELL JORDAN STENT GOODFOLK REBEKAH WHITE Say hello to the creators and contributors behind the scenes of The Generosity Journal. GOODFOLK is an independent creative agency based on K Road in Auckland. Working in all areas from brand strategy to tactical delivery, online to offline and illustration to events, Goodfolk has literally brought their name to the game by generously providing the pro bono art direction for The Generosity Journal. www.goodfolk.co.nz SEAN DUFFELL is a Wellington-based graphic artist who is well known for his large abstract murals inspired by NZ flora, fauna, insects and reptiles. We are honoured to have Sean’s vibrant mural adorn our cover. www.seanduffell.com PAT SHEPHERD JD NODDER is a long-time supporter of One Percent Collective who has brought her writing and publishing skills to the table as sub-editor of The Generosity Journal. TOBY MORRIS is an Auckland-based cartoonist, illustrator and music nerd. Toby’s Pencilsword series on The Wireless has reached millions worldwide and opened our eyes to incredibly important issues in Aotearoa. REBEKAH WHITE is a journalist and editor who took time out of her hectic schedule to talk to Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS Shoes about his ‘one for one’ model. JORDAN STENT is a self-proclaimed traveller who calls Auckland home. He is known for documenting his LARISSA wondrous journeys around our beautiful country and kindly gave his time to photograph Jamie McDell in her MCMILLAN favourite surroundings. www.jordanstent.com LARISSA MCMILLAN is a multi-talented creative whose writing skills shaped our ‘Good Work’ interviews. TOBY MORRIS MY PLAN TO SAVE THE WORLD: The world is in crisis. There is Now, when I rule the world – not if, political turmoil everywhere, wars, because I’ve read enough of Oprah’s natural disasters. People try to fix books to know I should own it – the world, they look everywhere and when I rule the world I will make think, where do we start? Maybe it compulsory for every human if we stop pollution, if we sort out being to watch re-runs of The Oprah poverty, homelessness or hungry Winfrey Show. She sums it up in her kids, the world will be a better place. own way, with just enough crying, laughing, smiling, singing and being However, that is not the answer. a good friend – all while smelling The answer is much simpler amazing! I know Oprah cannot save than that. the world from natural disasters, but if we apply her life principles, The answer is always Oprah Winfrey. we will learn to roll with the She can solve anything. She brings punches, to live off the land, and out people’s most vulnerable side. that there is no such thing as a pit She broke Tom Cruise’s facade. too dark to come out of, or a ledge He used to be normal – dare I say, too high to climb down from. even cool. We all liked him, he could do no wrong. But Oprah knew; Being a good friend means more Oprah could sense that we were than having an unlimited supply being misled by his cool movie roles. of money. However, if you could be Comedian saves the world / 13.44% Comedian saves She opened the door and provided good friends with Oprah, you could the couch and he jumped and we have both – but that’s not what it’s saw and we as a people went, ‘Oooh, about. I think life in general can no’. Then she gave away cupcakes be summed up if we live by Gloria and everyone in the audience was Gaynor’s song ‘I will survive’, all happy, and she said, ‘Under your the while remembering that no one seat’ and she gave them washing really survives life. machines and the world was happy and forgot about the crazy. That’s what we need more of, a woman that can show us the beauty but not keep the crazy from us. 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