Couple's Quest for a simpler life is helping the Poor

Graham Readfearn

Courier Mail, Wednesday Feature 9/7/08 p34

‘‘We were tired of our lives— we wanted to break everything down and live as simply as we possibly could,’’ Sheedy says.

In 2003, Sheedy gave up her job flogging boutique wine, sold all her designer clothes, shared out her possessions and set off with her Buddhist boyfriend, now husband, Mick.

She returned with a germ of an idea which within five years helped her establish a social business and propel her to the forefront of Queensland’s fairtrade movement.

'I strongly believe that
all of us can create
change by our choices
and actions and the words we use'
Shannon Sheedy

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