Image courtesy of Numbulwar Numburindi Arts, photographer Timothy Hillier.
Good Coffee Doing Good is an initiative which was started here at Padre Coffee to make an impact in communities locally and around the world. Through sales of our Golden Rule Espresso Blend we raise funds for some really meaningful organisations and projects, donating $4 for each kilo sold across our retail and wholesale operations.
Our third Golden Rule partnership was launched in April of 2023 with Agency Projects and we’re incredibly pleased to announce that we raised $22,232.
Image courtesy of Numbulwar Numburindi Arts, photographer Timothy Hillier.
Agency Projects is a not-for-profit organisation that works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across the country to identify, develop and sustain initiatives that promote, celebrate and support cultural practice. An example of their support and work is the Caring for Country program - supporting Numbulwar Numburindi Arts in South-East Arnhem land to address the global environmental issue of ghost nets. You can read the full blog post here.
Numbulwar is located in South–East Arnhem Land on the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The centre is 100 percent owned and controlled by the community, and was born from the community’s desire to practice and engage with traditional culture. Champions of fibre art, NNA artists have traditionally used naturally-dyed and locally harvested pandanus when creating their works. Increasingly, the artists have begun incorporating bright and bold ghost nets, abandoned fishing lines and other marine debris retrieved from Numbulwar's shoreline.
Image courtesy of Numbulwar Numburindi Arts, photographer Timothy Hillier.
Ghost nets are large scale trawling apparatus discarded from commercial fishing vessels, accounting for more than 40% of ocean plastics and taking 600 years to break down. Each year they are responsible for trapping and killing a large number of vulnerable marine animals, damaging coral reefs and devastating shorelines. The artists of Numbulwar Numburindi Arts, in partnership with the Numbulwar Numburindi Rangers, are tackling the issue through the retrieval, recycling and recreation of ghost nets into bold, bright and brilliant fibre art.Through the funds raised, Numbulwar were able to:
It is with pride for us to announce that we have raised an astounding $22,232 for Agency during this partnership, and have raised $32,573 with them to date.
Agency supports projects by First Nations artists, Art Centres and Ranger groups through exhibition hosting, and collaborative opportunities for artists which celebrate Indigenous knowledge, wisdom and artistic practices.
The funds raised through Padre’s campaign directly support Indigenous-led initiatives that:
Image courtesy of Numbulwar Numburindi Arts, photographer Timothy Hillier.
We are so pleased to see our customers responding to the amazing taste of Golden Rule as well as the stories it helps promote. Thank you once again to our loyal cafe partners and retail customers for supporting such an incredible initiative by purchasing our Golden Rule blend!
We would like to thank Agency and Numbulwar Numburindi Arts and for their assistance in writing this article and for sharing these images with us.
You can also donate directly to Agency via their website, which we have listed below.
Padre Coffee acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continued connections to land, sea and community.
We pay our respect to Elders past, present and future, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
