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Welcome to ReNewy Living’s latest environmental and socially minded stories that celebrate local sustainability!

Story Categories

Our blogpost categories align with our three strongest values: Community, Stewardship and Everyday Actions

Community

We believe in the power of connection and belonging. When people feel they belong to place and connected to each other with a shared purpose, change becomes collective, meaningful, and lasting.

Read the stories about connection to people, belonging to place and local projects on the Community section.

Stewardship

We care for and protect the natural environment, recognising its deep connection to the wellbeing of our communities.

Everyday Actions

We keep sustainability simple, flexible, and achievable so it fits into everyday life, becomes second nature, and creates lasting impact.

Read the stories about solution through Everyday Actions to make living sustainably second nature.

Stories, News & Voices

Sharing stories that strengthen our commitment to nature, community, and a healthier planet.

Why I Created these Handmade Unique Christmas Bon Bons

Christmas Day for us is about sharing a baked meal with family and friends. Before we tuck into this delicious [...]

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Kindness is a Virtue of The Yoga Place Cafe

Photo Credit:  Andsz Kolosovskis from @akphotoco Alyx-Jane, owner of the plant-based cafe The Yoga Place Cafe, believes the individual little [...]

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Bring Your Own Sustainable Habits to Your Overseas Family Holidays – Part 2

If we could predict how our ingrained daily sustainable habits would work in another country, travelling would be a breeze. [...]

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Hop in a Kayak to Relax and Explore the Outdoors

The early morning sounds of fish jumping, kookaburras laughing, magpies warbling and the sun sparkling gently on the water is [...]

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Belmont NSW Op Shop & Preloved Guide

Belmont NSW, is a busy town centre along the eastern shores of Lake Macquarie. It’s the main hub for supermarkets [...]

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Seeing Waste Differently

This article is a summary of the podcast conversation 34. “Seeing Waste Differently with community artists from the Lake Mac [...]

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Books to Motivate You to Start Living a Plastic Free Lifestyle

Just thinking about going plastic-free can be overwhelming. But the more we know, the more confidently we can take action [...]

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Positive & Genuine Truths about Living Sustainably

Expensive. Organic, fair trade, ethical, reusable. Vegan. Words that conjure up what sustainable living doesn’t have to be. So rather [...]

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5 Ways to Reduce Your Need to Buy

The convenience of buying stuff now has moved stealthily into our everyday living psyche. Our “throw away buy new and [...]

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Use It Up: Meal Planning with What You Already Have

When you come to the end of the Weetbix packet and you’re left with the remains of what was once [...]

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6 Ways to Create a New Normal for Grocery Shopping

It’s early 2020, and the global pandemic COVID-19 virus has shaken up our everyday living. One of the most significant [...]

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Socks are Miscellaneous Textile Waste

Instigated by an inbox message, I discovered that socks are miscellaneous textile waste that add to the little book of [...]

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The Scary Truth About Plastic

The Real Horror at Halloween This is a guest post written by Charlie Thompson from The Clean Collective. Some links [...]

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Shop Local. Support Local. Buy Local

Shop Local. Support Local. Buy Local. These simple sentences have had greater prominence in our lingo over the last couple [...]

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Myall Lakes: My Photo Story

Myall Lakes National Park is one of our frequently visited outdoor and adventure holiday spots. My photo series captures a [...]

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Closing the Loop on Food Waste

This article is a summary only of the podcast conversation “11. Closing the Loop on Food Waste”. Listen to the [...]

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Creativity is at the Heart of Sustainable Living

Tapping into our creative streak helps us cope with stress (aka develop resilience), appreciate beauty and approach life with a [...]

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Giving Plastic Waste a Second Life Through Recycling

This article is a summary of the podcast conversation 30. “Giving Plastic Waste a Second Life Through Recycling”. Listen to the [...]

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Starting a Simplified Co-op with Free Range Eggs

The more I knuckle down into living a more sustainable, low impact life the more I realise how large corporations [...]

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A Simple Guide to Creating Compost

A Simple Guide to Creating Compost is a guest post article, written by former local permaculture advocates Dean and Honey [...]

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