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The Scenic Route is the creative project of artist and textile designer Victoria McGrane who is currently travelling around Australia in a converted Toyota Coaster Bus. With a background in the fashion industry, Victoria formally created textile designs for a number of noted brands in Australia and Europe before launching The Scenic Route in...
Adversity can often be a catalyst for positive change. For Talia and Luke Borda, founders of That Red House, a second cancer diagnosis led to a new business distributing a natural laundry product which changed their lives and many others around the world. In 2002, Luke was diagnosed with cancer and after undergoing seemingly...
Teshani McManus, the powerhouse behind Luna + Sun, was not always ethically and sustainably minded. After undertaking a fashion and sustainability course and watching the documentary, The True Cost, Teshani began to feel uncomfortable wearing clothes made in circumstances where another person was exploited. “I felt ashamed I had supported labels that paid their...
Krystal Hurst is a proud Worimi woman who grew up on the banks of Taree’s Manning River and the beautiful salty sea on the Mid-North Coast where she spent her childhood fishing, swimming and gathering seafood at Forster and many coastal inlets around Taree. This place is Krystal’s home, the home of her Ancestors...
In her early 20s, Meghan Forrester dabbled in the luxury skincare market and discovered some ugly truths about the industry which made her question her whole philosophy on life. She decided to give away all her possessions and live a simple life in the hills of Northern New South Wales – a complete contrast...
Beekeeper Parade is a social enterprise founded by Koky Saly with a mission to create products that change the world. Using textile waste destined for landfill, Koky and his team create vegan bags that help build schools in rural Cambodia. Here’s the story of how a promise between a brother and sister has changed thousands...
Heart-warming beauty lies in businesses built from humble beginnings and handmade products crafted with care. Natalie Lane who has turned her passion project into a thriving business from a corner block in Brisbane has never looked back. After returning from backpacking around India, Natalie printed her travel photos into an album to relive the...
Winestains is a unique Australian homewares brand that values sustainable design and life’s simple pleasures. The father-daughter duo behind Winestains, Kristal Spencer and Peter Ruchs, reign from the picturesque Barossa Valley in South Australia where they handcraft quality and innovative designs from retired wine barrels. Wine barrel waste Working in the wine industry since...
Anita Vandyke didn’t grow up with a hippie mother or a passion for the environment; she was just a person trying to find happiness in all the usual places – money, power, and status. But this idea of success didn’t provide her with the happiness that she expected. At age twenty-six Anita was a...
When Jake McKeon stumbled across painted coconut bowl souvenirs while travelling around Bali, he thought the bowls in their natural state would be great to sell in his health food business. Following this thought, Jake filled his bags with coconut bowls and returned to Australia and began selling them in his health food business....
Business ideas can arise in the most unlikely circumstances. For Robert Watkins, the idea to produce the world’s first green banana flour occurred when he accidentally drove over a hand of green Lady Finger bananas on his farm in Tropical North Queensland. Now, this second-generation farmer is leading a commercial food waste movement with...
By Biome Founder, Tracey Bailey This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the talented team of women that lead Biome and what we do to help accelerate women’s equality. I started Biome 16 years ago with a vision to help solve the world’s environmental challenges. But, it is the women who have joined, nurtured and...
Outland Denim was founded as an avenue to provide opportunity and support to women who had had experienced exploitation. Today, through an internationally-successful, sustainable and coveted fashion range they are truly empowering women, empowering families, and empowering communities. Read on to out how Outland Denim are revolutionising the denim industry through empowerment, sustainability and transparency. Empowerment...
By Callan Barnes, Biome Collective Coordinator Slow Fashion is a concept gaining momentum in the current climate of conscious consumption and sustainable living. But what really IS ‘slow fashion’? And how do we live it? Recently at The Biome Collective in Paddington we had a visit from local legend and change-maker Jane Milburn who...
By The Unmaterial Girl Did you know that only around 8% of the clothing sold in Australia was made here? This means that a whopping 92% of the garments we buy and wear were sourced, sewn, packaged and imported from overseas. The effect this has on our local fashion industry is huge, meaning Australian...
