Sustainability

A few old EV myths are getting in the way of people making the switch—so we’re clearing the air and setting the facts straight.

After months of speculation about a potential “super El Nino”, the climate driver is now firmly established—and NSW authorities are preparing for a potentially challenging bushfire season.

From the lush farmland of the Scenic Rim to the pristine islands and coastline pulling in some of the state’s freshest seafood, Brisbane is a total culinary dreamboat.

Australia's second-hand shopping boom just gained a major new player. After years of building a loyal following across Europe, Vinted has officially launched in Australia.

Welcome to the most fabulous corner of the internet—Urban List's destination for the picks of the beauty crop. This month, it's about scrumptious new scents galore, and a fair few revamps of our favourites. 

If you’ve ever felt personally victimised by a limp bag of spinach in the bottom drawer of your fridge, or the leftovers you swore you’d eat (but didn’t), you’re not alone. 

Melbourne-born streetwear brand and social enterprise HoMie has dropped its latest AFL collection—and it's our favourite yet.

A fourth-generation chef raised in Abruzzo, Italy, Daniela Maiorano knows a thing or two about hosting the Italian way. Now settled in Byron Bay, she's found a way to blend her two worlds to create simple, flavourful food that hits every time.

We’ve rounded up all the Invasion/Survival Day rallies happening around the country in 2026. Turn up, show up, and remember—we’re always stronger together. 

When searching for your next podcast binge, turn to Australia’s greatest storytellers—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices—for a truly enriching listen.

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Deadly tees, statement earrings and spicy pantry fillers.

Embark on a sensory journey across Aotearoa’s culinary map—connecting the dots between region, producer, and restaurant. It’s not just where to eat, but why it matters and sharing a kōrero with those turning local treasures into global experiences.

From Secret Santas to fussy family members and mates who have it all—The Body Shop's got Christmas sorted with these budget-friendly picks. 

We're pulling back the wardrobe doors to get tips on finding and wearing second-hand pieces you actually love. 

Conscious gifting just got chic. From refillable beauty buys and recycled gold jewellery, these sustainable gifts get our green thumbs up.

Shop our selection of the best Christmas gift ideas this side of the North Pole.

Picking up new habits can be hard, especially with things as routine as throwing scraps in the bin, so we asked our team for their best advice.

Got a drawer of wilting veggies? Bread that's seen better days? Give your ingredients a second life with one of these easy recipes.  

More than ever, we don't just want our values to be reflected in brands' messaging, we want to see them in practice, from the shop floor to HQ.

Shopping your values can be easier said than done, so we asked our team for their best advice on putting your money where your mouth is.

What does a MasterChef cook in their own home? We asked Alex Crisp for a look inside her kitchen. 

Feel good knowing your meal didn't come at a cost to the planet.

 Expert colour combinations, chronic illness and an ingrained love for anything vintage.

The west really is best and we want to keep it that way, so we asked local biz owners to share how they take care of the environment. 

Wine that’s good for the planet AND your palate? Now that’s something worth raising a glass to.

I didn't know what to write for International Women's Day, so I did what any full-grown adult woman would do: I called my mum for advice. While riding the bus home from work, tired, my mum simply said, "Tell the truth." So here it is.

This destination diner in the Southern Grampians is the very essence of local, Victorian dining. And it doesn't hurt that the surrounds are stunning.

Many of us start the year with ambitions to do better; it's the perfect opportunity for a reset. But this year, we're moving away from resolutions to realistic, sustainable, long-term changes. 

Sustainable living starts with small, impactful changes, so who better to inspire us than our fave eco-friendly cafes leading the charge? 

Urban List Guest Editor Sianna Catullo, a Narungga woman, on amplifying First Nations voices and allyship ahead of 26 January, 2025.

Pantone has decreed 2025 will be the year of Mocha Mousse and it’s giving minimalist chic, lively earth-inspired florals, and tiles.

Lavish bouquet-filled tablescapes fill our feeds and online orders for bouquets are booming—the internet has transformed the floristry industry, and we’re lapping it up

James is a proud triathlete, model, actor, disability advocate, Wiradjuri man and lululemon’s newest Ambassador. He shares lived experiences to champion inclusion and representation in media and fashion. Here, in partnership with lululemon, he unpacks how to dismantle stereotypes this year and beyond. 

Keen to live life more sustainably without compromising on style and those experiences that make for a thrilling social life? Us too. 

Pride month 2021 is here and big brands are switching gear to monetise the rainbow. In the last decade alone it’s clear to see companies have caught onto the fact that LGBTQI+ folks, well... actually buy things. In fact, we buy quite a lot of things. Enough things, companies have realised that it might actually be worthwhile to try and appeal to us so we start buying their things as well. And thus, Rainbow Washing was born. 

Join the Urban List team as we commit to a week-long detox from single-use plastics

Offering a range of just-add-water home and body care products, Skipper is where social and environmental welfare meets innovation.

Ahead of World Mental Health Day on October 10, we want to hit you with a pretty cool initiative we’ve come across that’s definitely worth your attention.

If we want to keep enjoying this dreamy set-up for years to come, we need to get serious about enhancing it, and the City of Gold Coast wants your help to make it happen.

When you think of significant Australian dates to mark in your calendar, what comes to mind may be Christmas, Easter or Labour Day. Any holiday which gives you a day off is a day that one recalls when thinking about the calendar year—and how to leverage your annual leave to have the most days off in a row, while using the smallest amount of annual leave. 

No matter how many snags you throw on the barbie and games of beach-cricket you play, the resulting centuries of dispossession and dislocation cannot be denied.

The collective strength of Blackfullas across the country, united in our fight against Australia Day, offers solace and a sense of belonging amidst the chaos in Australia. 

It was never the date to celebrate.

“We need to dramatically pick up the pace and get global emissions plummeting this decade.”

VR tech to restore the feeling of lost limbs and exercise therapy that employs AI—we’re living in the future, baby—and the Lexus Design Award is here to showcase and bring to life this world-class tech.

How do the pair find time to inject subtle luxury into their jam-packed schedules as parents and sustainably conscious empire-starters?

With a variety of fabrications to choose from—from recycled plastic bottles to cactus leather—these vegan-friendly and fashion-forward finds are just as luxurious (and buttery) as their non-vegan counterparts. Scroll to shop our favourite vegan leather handbags. 

With the average Aussie generating a staggering 540 kgs of waste a year, it’s time to get savvy with sustainability around the home. Waste Sorted is fighting the battle against mindless landfill teaching West Aussies how to be a GREAT Sort and do better than the bin. 

Looking for the coolest cafes across Melbourne to fill up at? We’ve sussed the ultimate hit list for you below—happy sipping. 

evee and July Luggage have joined forces to hook you up with the chance to score a mega prize pack worth a cool $1,000

Who would have thought that one would need to source native Australian produce from an international market?    

The crew at Kathmandu have a heap of new high-quality gear to help you do whatever you want this summer—whether that’s sweating it up on the beach, boogying at festivals, hitting the park for a picnic, or going bush. 

Your quick guide to the very best.

As we face a future beset by environmental, economical and cultural challenges, decisions that used to be simple aren’t so simple anymore. Just grabbing a coffee in the morning has become a minefield of potential issues—are those beans ethically sourced? Is that takeaway cup compostable? Is the cafe locally-owned? Can we really afford our daily caffeine habit? 

If you’re committed to voting ‘yes’, read on for your guide to Yes Marches taking place around Australia's big cities.

It's all about purposeful escapes that are not only good for the soul but the region, communities and environment we’re visiting too. 

As much as we love to travel, we all need to do our bit to help reduce our footprint, be it here at home or on the beaches of Croatia. While it’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of planning your next sojourn, we all need to be conscious that the jet fuel, the plethora of packaging we take with us, the disruption to nature and the over-use of energy all add up. To help you become a more sustainable traveller, here are eight environmentally-friendly travel tips you should implement on your next holiday. 

Revolutionise your cleaning routine with Koh's Universal Cleaner, the reigning champion of multipurpose cleaners in Australia. 

Nat’v Basics is an eco-friendly, sustainable and vegan underwear brand that designs everyday basics that are natural and toxin free. 

This year, the theme is Be Brave. Make Change — a challenge for non-Indigenous Australians to really tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation across Australia. 

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, the artificial intelligence and chatbot boom we’ve experienced this year should come as no surprise.

This year’s International Women's Day theme is ‘Cracking the Code, focusing on innovation for a gender equal future and closing the digital divide’. 

Whether you’re a baby feminist or a seasoned equality fighter, this list covers the freshest feminist reads from Australian and international authors alike. From mind-blowing factual works to eye opening fiction and even a few timeless classics, put your reading glasses on and add these prime publications to your to-read list.

While the rainbow celebrations, glitter-fuelled performances and drag icons and legends that are set to fill your world are no doubt the highlight, we love that this time is also a chance to really champion, get behind and amplify LGBTQIA+ voices and stories even more. 

For artists like Isaac who are drawn to creating, music is undeniably in their blood, so we've teamed up with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood to dive a little deeper and uncover the passion for collaboration, live performance and a drive to contribute to the world around him that pump an unmistakable rhythm through his veins. 

We’ve linked up with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood to take you on a deep dive into Australian artists with music in their blood, and there’s no better place to start than with LK (her dad is Paul Kelly, and if that doesn’t suggest she was born with music flowing through her veins, we don’t know what does.)

As part of The Run Up, we chatted to Michael about his journey—what keeps him coming back to running time and again despite the challenges, what it’s like to represent your country on the global stage, and what it is that makes him run happy. 

As part of The Run Up, a project to unearth the stories of some of Australia's most passionate runners to get you motivated to lace up, we chatted to Green about why he values running so highly and the role it has played in his past as well as shaping his future. 

As part of The Run Up, a project to unearth the stories of some of Australia's most passionate runners to get you motivated to lace up, we chatted to Bell about what sparked a passion for this extreme sport, what motivated her to tackle a world-first challenge, and how the physical act of running ties in crucial to her mental and overall wellbeing.   

From community and structure, to how life has changed in the whirlwind eighteen months since that first run, we chat with Wintle about his run up into a new passion. 

Essential reading.

With the weather getting warmer, we love to kick-start our day with a nourishing smoothie. But not all protein powders are created equal, which is why we’ve rounded up the very best for you to get that extra hit of goodness in your daily shake.

The stuff is best described as an eco-friendly super-soap for more reasons than one—here’s why you should be adding a little castile soap to your life.

Going green doesn't mean your investments will be lean. 

It's time you watched Seaspiracy.

We’ve found a bunch of absolutely stunning companies that value both the environmental impact and human rights of sourcing the stones and materials to help get you started on your exciting journey ahead.

Strap in, it’s time to Maria Kondo your bra collateral.

The people of Zenadh Kes are on the front line of climate change with rising sea levels, increasing extreme weather events and coastal erosion affecting the 18 inhabited islands in the region, threatening many communities’ way of life and culture.  

Just add water.

All the news you really want to hear, none of the fluff.

Style shouldn’t cost the Earth, so now’s the time to adopt a new mantra: buy less and choose well.

Welcome to 30 Faces, a celebration of 30 individuals changing the world by 2030. A destination to unearth how they got here, what fuels their passion, and to educate and inspire your own journey towards a future made better. 

As much as we're all conscious of living a more sustainable life, some things are, simply, hard to do greener. Unfortunately, the old bathroom cabinet is one such space, packed with bottles, tubs, single-use wrappers and more plastic than a five-year-old's toy box.

Here are just some of the ways we can all help those affected.

It’s pretty remarkable to think an entire movement can be born from a powerful Instagram post. But that’s exactly what happened when Sydneysider Chanel Contos created an Instagram poll in 2021 asking her followers if they or someone close to them had been sexually assaulted when they were at school. Within 24 hours, over 200 people replied ‘yes’. 

Drawing from incredible native ingredients, there's a wealth of beauty and wellness brands on the market from First Nations owners, with plenty directing profits back to First Nations communities.

When we think of a model, we conjure a standard vision in our minds. You know the one. For decades, model status has remained tall, thin, white, able-bodied and cis-gendered. Not always, but most of the time. 

Let's talk the "P-word".

Good for your tush, good for the planet.