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NewsThe Victorian Government Has Announced a Plan to Slash Carbon Emissions by 50 Percent by 2030
It's aiming to cut emissions to zero by 2050, too.
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NewsAustralia Is Set to Phase Out a Range of Single-Use Plastic Items Nationwide By 2025
They include lightweight plastic bags, and plastic straws, utensils and stirrers.
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NewsThis Is What Victoria's Long-Awaited Container Deposit Scheme Will Look Like
You'll be able to trade in bottles, cans and cartons for ten cents a pop — but the program won't launch until 2023.
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NewsThese Inner North Venues Want You to Scrap the Plastic and Refill Your Water Bottle for Free
If you see the Choose Tap logo in the window, you're welcome to free tap water refills — even if you're not a customer.
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NewsVictoria Bitter Will Now Swap Your Excess Solar Energy for Slabs of Beer
Got solar panels? The new VB Solar Exchange program could turn those power credits into brews.
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NewsIKEA Is Ditching Its Printed Catalogue After 70 Years
In 2016, during the publication's biggest run ever, 200 million copies were printed.
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GuideThe Best Places to Buy and Order Plants in Melbourne for 2024
There's a whole world of plants out there — here's where to find them.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Melbourne CBD for 2024
Some of the best small businesses in the city can be found in the CBD's laneways, alleys and arcades.
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GuideMelbourne's Best Florists for Making Grand Gestures
There's nothing like a big, vibrant bunch of freshly-cut blooms to turn a frown upside down.
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NewsEight Stunning Locally Made Jigsaw Puzzles for When Boredom Strikes (Again)
Got too much time to kill? Instead of flicking on the TV, give these beautiful, brain-tickling gems a go.
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GuideThe Best New Melbourne Spaces of 2021
We've rounded up the most stunning buildings and venues unveiled in Melbourne this year.
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NewsAll the Best Australian-Made Picnic Gear for Your Next Park Session
Keep your drinks cool and your shopping local when you plan your next picnic outing.
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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Boxing Day Sales
Score up to 70 percent off wine, cruelty-free makeup and activewear at these online sales.
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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Black Friday Sales
Score up to 70 percent off reusable cups, homewares and sportswear at these online sales.
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GuideWhere To Shop Like a Local in and Around Brighton
These great bayside businesses are well worth a look in.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Footscray
Here's what the locals are loving in the inner west.
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NewsRecycled Glass Bottles and Plastic Bags Are Being Used to Rebuild a Section of the Hume Freeway
They're being turned into asphalt as part of a trial project will save tonnes of waste from heading to landfill.
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NewsColes' New Moonee Ponds Store Has Shampoo Refill Stations and a Pick-and-Mix Pet Treat Bar
It also boasts an in-store pizzeria and fishmongers, cheese from That’s Amore, and a fruit and vegetable bar.
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NewsOrganic Pad and Tampon Subscription Service Juuni Is Giving Away Free Period and Skincare Products
Try out the bleach-free, biodegradable period products and receive a free box and gift.
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NewsVictoria Is Set to Implement a Statewide Ban on Single-Use Plastics By 2023
Plastic straws, cutlery, plates, stirrers and polystyrene containers will be phased out under the Victorian Government's new plan.
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NewsColes Will Stop Stocking Single-Use Plastic Tableware From July 1
It'll no longer sell disposable plastic plates, cups, bowls, straws and cutlery.
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NewsThe Planet Just Experienced Its Equal Warmest Year in Recorded History
2020 tied with 2016 — and the past six years are the hottest six on record, too.
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NewsAustralia Just Sweltered Through Its Hottest Decade and Fourth Warmest Year On Record
November 2020 was also the warmest November on record, while the entirety of spring earned that status as well.
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NewsAustralia Is Expected to Swelter Through a Particularly Warm and Wet Summer
Minimum and maximum temperatures are forecast to be above average from December–February, and rainfall too.
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NewsIKEA Is Doubling Refunds on the Brand's Returned and Unwanted Furniture for Black Friday
For ten days at the end of November and beginning of December, the Swedish retailer will double its buy-back scheme.
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NewsFloraly Is Delivering Its Tiny Living Christmas Trees to Your Door This Festive Season
They come with decorations and fairy lights — and they can be replanted once Christmas is over, too.
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NewsVictoria Will Finally Introduce a Container Deposit Scheme So You Can Swap Your Tinnies for Cash
It looks set to launch by 2023 — and the government is asking for your feedback.
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NewsWipe That Has Launched a Gucci-Inspired, Eco-Friendly Toilet Paper for the Holiday Season
Your next loo roll could also be a fashion statement — and help save the planet.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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EventMoon Dog's Fizzer BYO Cup Day
Sun, 1 Dec, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
BYO drinking vessel, get it filled with free Moon Dog Fizzer — and celebrate the first day of summer in style.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Yerambooee
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free communal celebration of First Nations legend and song.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Garage Band
Sat, 7 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free event shining the spotlight on Victoria's talented young musicians.
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EventBridge Road Brewers' Spring Tasting in the City
Fri, 29 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Bridge Road Brewers Brunswick, Brunswick East
This afternoon of tasting session let's you explore a lesser-known Victorian wine region (Beechworth) without leaving Melbourne.
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EventTerasu Japanese Dining Pop-Up at Portsea Hotel
Fri, 3 Jan - Sun, 19 Jan 2025
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
Chef Yukio Ozeki is serving up a a luxe six-course Japanese feed at Mornington Peninsula's beloved Portsea Hotel for only a few weeks in January.
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EventHome Truth
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
A house-within-a-house labyrinth has popped up outside the NGV International to get everyone thinking about small-scale architecture.
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EventSpanish BBQ Fiesta on Pinchy's Balcony
Sun, 1 Dec - Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Pinchy's, Melbourne
Hit up this CBD restaurant on Sunday arvos in December for unlimited food and drinks on its sun-soaked terrace.
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NewsAustralia Looks Set for a Particularly Wet Summer with an Increased Risk of Flooding
And a greater risk of tropical cyclones up north, too.
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NewsFive Everyday Changes to Make If You Consider Yourself an Animal Lover
Big fan of four-legged friends? Here's a handful ways you can look after them — and yourself.
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NewsSnake Plants and Devil's Ivy: How This Gold Coast Nursery Continued to Grow During Lockdown
People were buying plants in volumes usually only seen at Christmas.
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NewsHow Tripod Coffee Is Combating Climate Change with Compostable Coffee Pods
Make your morning caffeine routine count.
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NewsGreat Wrap Is the New Alternative to Cling Wrap You Can Throw In Your Compost Bin
It's made from plant-based materials and breaks down in less than 180 days — faster than an orange peel.
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NewsOne Less Bottle Is the Refill Station for Household Cleaning Products That's Helping Nix Plastic Waste
BYO container to fill up with dishwashing soap, surface spray and laundry detergent.
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NewsHow We Roll Is the New Toilet Paper Brand Planting Trees in Bushfire-Affected Areas
Plus, the bog roll is made from 100 percent recycled paper and delivered to your door in bright packaging.
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NewsJuuni Is Australia's New Subscription Service for Organic Period Products
The cute boxes (with bonus gifts) arrive at your doorstep each month — just like Aunt Flow.
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NewsThis New Book 'I Quit Plastics' Will Help You Ditch Single-Use Plastics for Good
With hundreds of practical tips and tricks, Kate Nelson's just-released guide will help you live a life less plastic.
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NewsAustralia Is Set for a Warmer and Wetter-Than-Average Winter
Could this be the good news of 2020?
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NewsVictoria Will Finally Introduce a Container Deposit Scheme as Part of a Recycling Overhaul
A new four-bin system will hit households from next year, while a container refund scheme looks set to launch by 2023.
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FeatureThe Localist: Inner East
The inner east has it all: sports, culture, gardens and the local shops and cafes that bring it all together.
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NewsSeven Ways You Can Volunteer to Help with Bushfire Recovery Across Australia
From knitting pouches for joeys to planting trees on bushfire-affected farms, there are plenty of ways you can help.
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FeatureThe Localist: Western Suburbs
In recent years, few areas have had such an intense transformation as Melbourne’s western suburbs.
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FeatureWhy You Should Visit California's Sonoma County If You're Passionate About Sustainability
The locals of this Northern California region are proving that living and travelling sustainably isn’t a trend — it’s something they’ve been doing all along.
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NewsYou Can Borrow Pasta Machines, Cookbooks and Kitchen Utensils for Cheap at Carlton Kitchen Library
So you can level-up your next dinner party — with homemade ice cream, bread and pasta — without buying any fancy new gear.
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NewsNewtown Brewery Young Henrys Is Using a Glowing Vat of Algae to Help Combat Climate Change
The 400-litre bioreactor can consume carbon dioxide — and produce as much oxygen as one hectare of Australian forest.
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FeatureThe Localist: Bayside
Bayside residents may enjoy the vast blue waters of Port Phillip Bay — but there are a lot of gems on land, too.
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NewsThe Plant People Is the New Brisbane Nursery Delivering Indoor Plants to Your Door
The new outfit takes care of the whole process, including seeding, growing, potting and delivery.
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NewsAustralia Looks Set to Sweat Through a Heatwave This Week
The country may even exceed the hottest temperature ever recorded, which dates back to 1960.
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NewsAustralia's Warmer and Drier Than Average Weather Is Set to Continue Well Into 2020
To the surprise of no one, 2019's toastier-than-usual conditions will keep going until autumn.
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NewsThe World's Most Sustainable Shopping Centre Is Set to Open in Melbourne Next Month
Burwood Brickworks boasts its own 2000-square-metre urban rooftop farm and paddock-to-plate eatery.
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NewsYou Can Now Get Tiny Living Christmas Trees Delivered to Your Door
The eco-friendly trees can be replanted once the festive season is over, too.
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News
Queensland Could Soon Introduce a State-Wide Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Plastic straws, cutlery, plates and stirrers would all be banned under the Qld Government's proposed plan.
