Category Archives: Community

What Makes a Beauty Salon Sustainable?

This article is a summary only of the podcast conversation “What Makes a Beauty Salon [...]

How Smokva Community Garden Cultivates Connection & Growth

This article is a summary only of the podcast conversation “Ep 4: How Smokva Community [...]

The Library of Things: Reducing Waste Through Sharing

This article is a summary only of the podcast conversation “Ep 3: The Library of [...]

Behind the Op Shop Donation Door

This article is a summary only of the podcast conversation “Ep 2: Behind the Op [...]

A Local Tiny Forest with Big Benefits

This article is a summary only of the podcast conversation Ep 1: A Local Tiny [...]

Positive & Genuine Truths about Living Sustainably

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

Creativity is at the Heart of Sustainable Living

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

Using Discarded Waste as the Alternative Blank Canvas

Rubbish, waste, debris, litter, leftovers. All waste comes with a synonym of names. If you [...]

How the Buy Nothing Project Changed My Way of Living

Buy new, buy now retail shopping is available to us every day, both online and [...]

Discover People’s Eco-Strengths in our Community

This series of short stories and videos come from everyday people in our community. Each [...]

Locally Handcrafted Natural Soaps for a Plastic Free Bathroom

Natural soap making has been around for thousands of years. The rise of industrialisation, globalisation [...]

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Spark Imaginative Play by Choosing Alternatives to Single-Idea Plastic Toys

Photo Credit: Uniting Preschool Caves Beach This guest post story is written by Michelle Ryan [...]

How Our Local Crop Swap Helps Backyard Gardeners

Do you have an abundance of asparagus? A plethora of parsley? Loads of lemons or [...]

Dean and Honey Love Hot Composting

This is a guest post article, written by local permaculture advocates Dean and Honey from [...]

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 [...]

Why Local Businesses Love Being a Local Business

In the after-hours cosiness of Estabar – opposite Newcastle beach – a small bunch of [...]

The Re: Club is Reinventing the way we Shop for Clothes

The Re: Club is reinventing the way we shop for clothes so we can re-wear [...]

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Slow Skin Co. – All Natural Skin Care

Photo Credit: Keira Mason Photography Slow Skin Co. specialises in low tox beauty & skin [...]

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DarNET! A Coloured Spectrum of Waste

Waste conjures up a motley mess of blacks, greys, and browns – a disarray of [...]

Shop Local. Support Local. Buy Local

Shop Local. Support Local. Buy Local. These simple sentences have had greater prominence in our [...]