Category Archives: In the Community

Be inspired by the Newcastle, Hunter and Central Coast communities of NSW Australia who support living an authentic sustainable lifestyle.

The Re: Club is reinventing the way we shop for clothes
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 [...]

Slow Skin Co. – All Natural Skin Care

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

DarNET! A Coloured Spectrum of Waste
DarNET! A Coloured Spectrum of Waste

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

Sewing Couture-Style Dresses From Waste
Sewing Couture-Style Dresses From Waste

In this video, Melinda shares her inspirationally creative Waste to Art story on sewing couture-style [...]

Creating Art from Found and Foraged Waste
Creating Art from Found and Foraged Waste

The natural environment inspires every one of Diana’s art pieces. Sourced from the beaches near [...]

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Blue Wrap Couture
Blue Wrap Couture

Here is Melinda’s story on her evolution of ideas and design which inspired her submission [...]

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Sustainable Neighbourhoods Waste to Art Exhibition
The Lake Mac Waste to Art Exhibition

Lake Macquarie Sustainable Neighbourhoods are challenging the way we look at waste with the annual [...]

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
Starting a Simplified Co-op with Free Range Eggs

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

The Share Shop
Meet The Share Shop: A Newcastle Library of Things

I would love you to meet The Share Shop: A Newcastle Library of Things to [...]