Tag: Sydney
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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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EcoWalk Tours: Sydney Harbour eco walking tours
Sydney Harbour is a spectacular setting. The iconic sails of the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge can be viewed from a number of vantage points, either up close from Circular Quay or from the opposite side of the harbour where you’ll catch glimpses whilst being immersed in bushland. It’s this side of the […]
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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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Vegan restaurant leading the way: Sydney’s Alibi Bar & Kitchen
We chat to Executive Chef Brent Morely on how he’s made Alibi one of Sydney’s favourite haunts for both vegans and carnivores. If you’re not a local, or if you’ve been living under a rock, you might not have heard about Ovolo Woolloomooloo’s standout vegan restaurant in Sydney, Alibi Bar & Kitchen. With its quirky […]
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Honest food and harmless fun at Sydney Vegan Market
by Jessica Beaumont Jones, Market Program Manager at Sydney Vegan Market has been vegan for ten years. With kids of their own, a concern for the planet we live on and the attitude of a ‘tree-loving hippy’ (their words, not ours) environmental motivation is certainly something they don’t lack. Recently, we chatted with Jones to […]
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Good Day Girl: Reducing fabric waste one design at a time
Homegrown sustainable fashion brand Good Day Girl is the expert of slow fashion, creating unique made to order clothing that doesn’t ever sacrifice on style, functionality or sustainability. Made to order experts Australian brand Good Day Girl is the champion of stylish made to order clothing. Started in Sydney, founders Alexia and Sophie are both […]
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EcoWalk Tours: Showcasing Sydney’s backyard to the world
Interview By Jennifer Gaskin For some, opening a travel company during one of Australia’s worst bushfire seasons and just beforea global pandemic might have been a bump in the road, to say the least. But, as soon as I startedtalking to Alan Toner, founder of Sydney’s EcoWalk Tours, I could tell that someone with his […]
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Bare Beauty House: A place that cares about hair, beauty and the earth
When you are in need of a pampering, Bare Beauty House has everything you could need, want or desire from a luxury, sustainable beauty salon. Bare Beauty was established by Naomi Browner whose love for the planet and need to revolutionise thebeauty industry led to the creation of Bare Beauty House, located in Manly, New […]
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Ecotreasures: exploring Sydney’s finest natural gems
Built upon an ethos that places education at the heart of environmental awareness, Ecotreasures is a Sydney tour company that demonstrates to visitors just how precious nature can be. Immersive experiences Created on the northern beaches of Sydney, Ecotreasures dates back to 2010. Damien – the source of passion and brains behind the business – […]
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The Macarthur Centre for Sustainable Living: Learn how to live better
The Macarthur Centre for Sustainable Living is a not-for-profit, community-based education and demonstration centre which is leading the way in showing individuals and families how to live more sustainably. Visitors to the centre can take part in tours, festivals, markets, workshops, research, art, gardening and music events which showcase a way of living that is […]
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NOMAD: Woodfired Mediterranean share plates in the heart of Surry Hills
The Sydney suburb of Surry Hills is well known as a foodie destination – some of the city’s most innovative restaurants can be found here. Tucked away in a back street NOMAD has reopened. The new restaurant has a familiar feel and the same commitment to woodfired Mediterranean dishes from local produce, but with some innovative new surprises. […]
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Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park: Indigenous history meets scenic beauty
Located north of Sydney, Ku-ring-gai is Australia’s second oldest national park and is a local favourite for bushwalking, cycling, fishing and swimming. There are several trails, lookouts, picnic spots, secluded beaches and well-preserved Aboriginal heritage sites that provide a window into the past. Aboriginal history The Guringai people (from which the park takes its name) […]
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Tread Lightly: eco tours in the breathtaking Blue Mountains World Heritage National Park
Recognised as a world class destination for more than one hundred years, the Blue Mountains – added to the World Heritage List in 2000 – is a phenomenal wilderness in New South Wales. Choose Ecotourism Accredited business ‘Tread Lightly’ and explore the deep gorges and thick ancient rainforests of this wilderness region, gaining priceless insight […]
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Old Leura Dairy: Boutique, eco accommodation in the heart of the Blue Mountains
Michael and Shaina Hennessey had a shared vision to transform the dilapidated, run-down buildings that made up the Old Leura Dairy into luxurious, eco-friendly accommodation. Rather than destroy the old buildings and create something new in their place, the couple has spent years painstakingly restoring the buildings and regenerating the landscape to create six beautifully […]
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Colombo Social: The Sydney restaurant with a social conscience
Sri Lankan food is growing in popularity in Sydney with a number of new restaurants opening in recent years. But Colombo Social is about much more than just the food – it’s social enterprise dining also helping those in need. Their philosophy is: “enabling communities, transforming lives. Serving social change one meal at a time”. Plate it Forward […]
