Category Archives: Local Community Action
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 [...]
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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How Our Local Crop Swap Helps Backyard Gardeners
Do you have an abundance of asparagus? A plethora of parsley? Loads of lemons or [...]
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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Shop Local. Support Local. Buy Local
Shop Local. Support Local. Buy Local. These simple sentences have had greater prominence in our [...]
5 Tips for Loving Your Trusty Natural Deodorant Paste
If you’ve recently ditched your traditional antiperspirant deodorant and switched to natural deodorant, here are [...]
Sewing Couture Style Dresses From Waste
In this video, Melinda shares her inspirationally creative Waste to Art story on sewing couture style [...]
Take 3 for The Sea Inaugural CEO Cleanup
Taking part in the Take 3 for the Sea inaugural CEO cleanup event on the [...]
Starting a Simplified Co-op with Free Range Eggs
The more I knuckle down into living a more sustainable, low impact life the more [...]
Seventy Years of Eco Living Strengthens Why Living Sustainably is Crucial
In this story, Leonie shares how seventy years of eco living strengthens why living sustainably [...]
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