Tag: Melbourne
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Lentil as Anything: Everyone deserves as place at the table!
Everyone deserves a place at the table – come and dine at an incredible social enterprise vegan restaurant with community wellbeing at its heart. A man with a dream Lentil as anything was born in 2000 by revolutionary founder Shanaka Fernando in St Kilda, Victoria. Shanaka created a social enterprise vegan restaurant where anyone could […]
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ELK: beautiful design creating a truly ethical fashion company
Emma Tidswell chats with Marnie Goding Begun in 2004, Australian sustainable ethical fashion brand ELK, set out to ‘do’ luxury fashion a little bit differently. This inspiring brand has succeeded in creating a company that is a master of quality, the curator of beautiful design and operates in a way that is kind to the […]
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STREAT: Youth homelessness and disadvantage
This renowned local enterprise has dedicated over a decade to stopping youth homelessness through social ventures that improve employment rates, housing situations, and most importantly, a sense of self. Every night in Australia, over 105,000 people are homeless. 26,000 of these are between the ages of 12 to 24. The vast majority caught up by […]
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Echidna Walkabout: Walking tours connecting people and nature
Help nature while you enjoy it. This is just one of the messages Roger Smith has for his fellow Australians and people everywhere. A passionate conservationist, Smith works alongside his partner Janine Duffy in a Melbourne-based organisation called Echidna Walkabout offering wildlife walking tours to get you up close with nature. Melinda Healy chats with […]
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Wild Adventures Melbourne: Advanced eco-tourism adventures
Are you an early riser or daytime adventurer? To WAM!, an eco-tourism adventures company, it doesn’t matter. They have adventure tours to suit everyone, their body clocks and the season! They are a progressive, sustainably conscious company operating with sub-zero waste, which means your adventure is doing more good than harm for our environment. One […]
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Mastani: Where Fashion and Culture Meet
Using fashion to connect consumers to cultures and stories that shaped each fashion piece, Mastani takes inspiration from traditional textile and artisan techniques to create designs that are a work of art. Founded by Kudrat Makkar, the label’s talented Creative Director and founder, sustainable fashion brand Mastani offers something more than just clothes that will […]
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Sustainable fashion: Inclusivity and your new favourite outfit with SWOP
Emma Tidswell chats with Bethany Wicks SWOP is an innovative Australian organisation that exemplifies the idea that sustainable fashion can be fun, accessible, and stylish. Having created a unique circular fashion organisation, co-owner Bethany and the SWOP team are bringing something new to the Australian sustainable fashion market and proving that sustainable fashion is always […]
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Biome: Leading the Way in Sustainable Shopping
Since 2003, Biome’s founder Tracey Bailey has been obsessed with finding solutions to environmental problems. In particular, Tracey is on a mission to uncover green-washing and scrutinises products for hidden toxins and dubious ingredients. It’s a journey that began 20 years ago with a visit to Indonesia. Indonesia is home to some of the world’s […]
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Brae: A sustainable and totally exquisite rural dining experience
Set within the hills of Victoria, this extraordinary fine-dining restaurant is built upon a respect for food and where it comes from. Perched on a hillside, Brae is a restaurant with six luxury guest suites on a working farm in Birregurra, Victoria. Completely immersed in nature and away from any kind of urban jungle, Brae […]
