Planet

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.

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? 

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

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

Make conscious and considered choices when deciding what to buy and give.

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.

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.

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

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. 

Deadly tees, statement earrings and spicy pantry fillers.

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

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? 

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. 

Become a citizen scientist? Tick.

Cult Australian footwear label TWOOBS has just launched its first ever winter style shoe, a banging boot creatively coined as BWOOTS that has landed just in time for the chilly season.

Without sacrificing coffee quality or flavour, Tripod Coffee promises one thing: sustainable, biodegradable coffee pods. 

There’s no better place to start educating yourself on the environmental community, sustainable businesses to know about and zero-waste habits to start practicing, then with a podcast

Well, whānau, what a time. As we finally come up for air following the unprecedented floods in Tāmaki Makaurau and with potentially more coming on the horizon, it’s time for us to come through for each other. 

“We have a window of opportunity this decade to shape a better future for our Reef."

Producer Caitlin Booth takes spent a week embracing more sustainable practices, drawing inspiration from 7-Eleven’s recent sustainable glow-up.

Essential reading.

Protecting Country is protecting people.

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.

Australia has a toxic relationship with clothing waste.

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

Many of us are cutting back on outgoings like public transport fares (yikes) and fuel (big yikes), so an alternative means of transport is an obvious place to invest.

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.  

Because the Earth is as limited edition as you can get. 

So you want to live a greener life but don’t know where to start? Since we’re all on our phones anyways, why not add more sustainable content to your Insta feed? From drool-worthy, plant-based recipes and where to find the best keep cups to fashion and zero waste hacks, we’ve got you covered with a list of accounts that are bound to motivate and inspire you to live a more sustainable lifestyle.

Just add water.

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

 Today, we’re making a case for bamboo tumblers, the single most important detail that will really raise your vibrations and make your day that much better.

It’s shocking to discover that almost half of the waste thrown out in the typical Aussie household is organic material that could have been turned into black gold rather than being mindlessly chucked out. We here at Urban List believe that every individual has a responsibility to make small attainable changes in our everyday lives to help our beautiful mother nature prosper, and while we know it’s hard to rewrite the world’s carbon emissions, we’ve started small and created a simple beginners guide to composting to get you on your way.

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

Life-altering stuff.

Offering free next-day metro delivery and 365-day returns, the Eva mattress is the ultimate try-before-you-buy deal.

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’. 

Sustainability meets style and support. 

Let's talk the "P-word".

Good for your tush, good for the planet.

Natural deodorants contain safe and recognisable ingredients like coconut oil and cornstarch to neutralise that bad-smelling bacteria, whereas antiperspirants use aluminium chlorohydrate and other pore-blocking, hard-to-pronounce chemicals. FYI, if you have sensitive skin, you should look for natural deodorants that are free of fragrances and dyes to put your pits completely at ease.

Have you ever wondered how someone landed that dream job? What about the jobs you never knew existed? 

adidas is inviting runners of all levels to crush the kilometres to help end plastic waste in our oceans. 

If you, like us, dread the Sunday night pilgrimage to the supermarket to get your week’s worth of groceries then rejoice because you no longer have to leave the couch. Bulk food stores, as well as being incredibly good for the environment, are also super handy and even better, many have gone digital. Yep, that means you can shop sustainability whilst vegging out in your trackies at home. 

Held annually since 1974, the day acts as a reminder to individuals and businesses who are well on their sustainability journey or those at the very start, that we can all be making little changes in our day to day to protect the planet in a big way.

Do your part for the planet by checking out these eco-friendly beauty products, so you can look good and feel great doing it. 

If you've never heard of Pangaia, you're in for a treat.

You’ve got Azalea Banks’ 212 blasting through your headphones, you’ve just clocked your fastest km to date, and you’re rounding out your morning run with an epic view of the sunrise. Feels good, doesn’t it? 

Lined with the latest collections from hard-to-find labels to the bigger international houses, these are Australia’s best online fashion rental sites—so you can own-it without owning it.

If you’re keen to step up your sustainability game and keep the momentum going you've already achieved through this crisis, then look no further than this practical guide to going plastic-free. 

Ethique's new range of conscious and concentrated beauty and household cleaning bars are guaranteed to be a game-changer in the sustainable space.

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. 

More than one billion people in 192 countries participate in Earth Day activities each  year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. 

We sat down with Western Sydney artist Bianca Beers to chat about growing up in a Paris Hilton-inspired style era (we’re talking over-glossed lips, huge hoops and quilted handbags) and how her art has led her to embrace her colourful and confident style today. 

To put it simply, the theory behind the CE is about transforming our current linear consumption model (Take-Make-Waste) into a circular one that keeps products and services in use for longer (well, forever) to reduce environmental impact and protect precious natural resources. 

We’re shining the spotlight on climate activists, First Nations rights advocates, eco innovators, sustainable fashion designers, disability rights champions, body positivity campaigners—anyone who is taking the leap to be the change they want to see. And now we want you to be part of the search to find our 30th face shaping the next decade. 

Check out our favourite sustainable bedding from Sheridan. 

Each year, countries all around the world unite together for Earth Hour, one of the largest global movements where millions of people pledge to become more earth-conscious by partaking in an electricity-free hour. On 26 March at 8:30pm AEST we’re turning off the lights, the electricity and even our phones (you can do it!) for one hour all in the name of sustainability. 

Skincare is getting a sustainable glow up. There’s new energy bubbling in 2022 with customers making conscious choices and brands who are transforming our skincare routines and beauty cabinets for the better. 

Clean Up Australia Day is Sunday 6 March and it’s more important than ever that we all get involved. Among the regular garbage we unfortunately find littering our beaches, parklands and streets, COVID-19 has resulted in a drastic increase of masks and disposable gloves clogging up our waterways and threatening marine life. 

Textile waste is a huge problem in Australia, with every Aussie contributing an average of 23 kilograms to landfill annually

Born in 2019, Australian-based sneaker brand BLAC needs to be on your radar if you’re looking to take positive, planet-saving steps when it comes to style.

Huge.

Clean beauty refers to beauty brands who have dropped the harsher, harmful chemicals in their recipes and packaging in favour of cleaner, more sustainable beauty. These are the clean beauty brands you need to know right now. 

Plan for summer's swim-filled days—these are the best sustainable swimwear brands to shop now. 

If there’s one thing we love about summer, it’s the stacked social cal. And after this year, throwing on your party threads never felt so good. Whether it’s balmy beachside picnics, classy evening soirées or just a good old festive dinner—summer is where the socialising is at.   

We’ve wrapped up seven easy ways you can pay it forward to those who need it most. 

The world of natural deodorant can be a difficult one to manage, opting for organic ingredients is a good move for your body and health but can sometimes not be up to scratch in keeping you smelling fresh for the entirety of the day. Exposed Naturals is stepping in to put an end to this vicious cycle with a sustainably-focused natural deodorant that will go the distance. 

If there’s one thing we all need, no matter the time of the year, it’s a fully stocked drinks cabinet. Instead of opting for your usual booze delivery, why not do the planet (and potentially your liver) a solid and try sustainable, organic tipples instead? 

The term zero waste has been on the upward trend for a while now, but it’s one that we hope will stick around for the long haul. When you consider that one million plastic bottles are purchased around the world each minuteand that 91% of plastic is never recycled, well it’s enough to make your head hurt. Most people are aware by now of what you need to do to reduce your waste at home, and it’s not all that different when you’re travelling, but we’re going to break it down for you so there are no excuses.

There are plenty of ways to live a greener, more eco-conscious lifestyle. Ditching single-use plastic helps, as does eating less or no meat, and taking public transport over hopping in your car is, of course, an obvious one. One lesser-known method to doing our part for the planet, and one that has the potential to improve our carbon footprint by 27 times, is to join the clean money revolution.

When it comes to more sustainable party season dressing—rental is the answer and we’ve just discovered a sweet new platform dishing out looks from some of our favourite Australian labels.

On a journey to live a greener life? Technology is proving itself as the key to protecting Mother Earth. Innovative products are making sustainable living more viable and, ultimately, making the world a better place.