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Support Western Australian small business through tough times

Support Western Australian small business throu...

Western Australia is home to a vibrant range of small, planet friendly businesses, and we are thrilled to be able to bring you so many toxin free, palm oil free,...

Support Western Australian small business throu...

Western Australia is home to a vibrant range of small, planet friendly businesses, and we are thrilled to be able to bring you so many toxin free, palm oil free,...

Support South Australian small business through tough times

Support South Australian small business through...

[caption id="attachment_13324" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Winestains grazing board made from upcycled aged wine barrels in the Barossa Valley, SA.[/caption] Our aim at Biome is to provide a marketplace for the dreams...

Support South Australian small business through...

[caption id="attachment_13324" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Winestains grazing board made from upcycled aged wine barrels in the Barossa Valley, SA.[/caption] Our aim at Biome is to provide a marketplace for the dreams...

Earth Greetings

Earth Greetings

In 2003, Heide Hackworth decided to quit her dreary office job and start a business that ticked all the right eco boxes. Her dream was to produce greeting cards and...

Earth Greetings

In 2003, Heide Hackworth decided to quit her dreary office job and start a business that ticked all the right eco boxes. Her dream was to produce greeting cards and...

Making a difference through design

Making a difference through design

Shannon Sheedy knew by the end of her 20s that she wanted to do something that was meaningful and gave her a sense of purpose, but she didn't anticipate she...

Making a difference through design

Shannon Sheedy knew by the end of her 20s that she wanted to do something that was meaningful and gave her a sense of purpose, but she didn't anticipate she...

Honeybee Wraps

Honeybee Wraps

Honeybee Wraps originated in Sherrie Adams' kitchen eight years ago in the Northern Rivers near Byron Bay. Each day, Sherrie faced the same dilemma when packing her five kids school...

Honeybee Wraps

Honeybee Wraps originated in Sherrie Adams' kitchen eight years ago in the Northern Rivers near Byron Bay. Each day, Sherrie faced the same dilemma when packing her five kids school...

Urthly Organics

Urthly Organics

Julie Andrews has been passionate about soaps and natural skin care from a young age. She collected them, made soap balls from her mother's soaps, she even tried making rose...

Urthly Organics

Julie Andrews has been passionate about soaps and natural skin care from a young age. She collected them, made soap balls from her mother's soaps, she even tried making rose...

A small shed and a big dream

A small shed and a big dream

In a small shed located in one of Australia's most beautiful and remote landscapes, a group of Aboriginal women handmake skin care products enriched with native bush botanicals that are...

A small shed and a big dream

In a small shed located in one of Australia's most beautiful and remote landscapes, a group of Aboriginal women handmake skin care products enriched with native bush botanicals that are...

Conscious Step gives an ordinary purchase, extraordinary purpose

Conscious Step gives an ordinary purchase, extr...

Who knew a pair of socks could plant trees, provide clean drinking water or protect elephants? Conscious Step makes all of these social impacts possible through the purchase of their...

Conscious Step gives an ordinary purchase, extr...

Who knew a pair of socks could plant trees, provide clean drinking water or protect elephants? Conscious Step makes all of these social impacts possible through the purchase of their...

Illustrations inspired nature

Illustrations inspired nature

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...

Illustrations inspired nature

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...

Giving wine barrels a new lease on life

Giving wine barrels a new lease on life

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...

Giving wine barrels a new lease on life

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...

That Red House

That Red House

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...

That Red House

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...

Gillawarra Arts

Gillawarra Arts

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...

Gillawarra Arts

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...

Consciously formulated skin care changing the world

Consciously formulated skin care changing the w...

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...

Consciously formulated skin care changing the w...

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...

Sustainable frames made on a corner block

Sustainable frames made on a corner block

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...

Sustainable frames made on a corner block

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...

The accidental environmentalist

The accidental environmentalist

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 –...

The accidental environmentalist

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 –...

A sibling's promise changing children's lives

A sibling's promise changing children's lives

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...

A sibling's promise changing children's lives

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...

Natural Evolution Foods

Natural Evolution Foods

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...

Natural Evolution Foods

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...

Carving a sustainable solution with coconuts

Carving a sustainable solution with coconuts

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...

Carving a sustainable solution with coconuts

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...

Camphor laurel cutting boards: look stunning plus aid in rainforest restoration

Camphor laurel cutting boards: look stunning pl...

Our gorgeous range of camphor laurel cutting boards will make a statement on any table, but there is a lot more to love about them than the stunning grain. Read...

Camphor laurel cutting boards: look stunning pl...

Our gorgeous range of camphor laurel cutting boards will make a statement on any table, but there is a lot more to love about them than the stunning grain. Read...

What to do Melbourne? Sustainable Living, Environmental, Eco Events

What to do Melbourne? Sustainable Living, Envir...

[caption id="attachment_12817" align="aligncenter" width="624"] Beginners Guide to Growing Your Own Veggies by My Smart Garden[/caption] What's happening in Melbourne today, this weekend, this month to help you live more sustainably,...

What to do Melbourne? Sustainable Living, Envir...

[caption id="attachment_12817" align="aligncenter" width="624"] Beginners Guide to Growing Your Own Veggies by My Smart Garden[/caption] What's happening in Melbourne today, this weekend, this month to help you live more sustainably,...

What to do Brisbane? Sustainable Living, Environmental, Eco Events

What to do Brisbane? Sustainable Living, Enviro...

[caption id="attachment_12779" align="aligncenter" width="918"] Image: Brisbane City Council 'Night Adventures' event[/caption] What's on in Brisbane today to help you live more sustainably, with less impact, support locally grown and made,...

What to do Brisbane? Sustainable Living, Enviro...

[caption id="attachment_12779" align="aligncenter" width="918"] Image: Brisbane City Council 'Night Adventures' event[/caption] What's on in Brisbane today to help you live more sustainably, with less impact, support locally grown and made,...

Support Small Victorian Producers Through Lockdown!

Support Small Victorian Producers Through Lockd...

[caption id="attachment_12756" align="aligncenter" width="1494"] Olie & Olieve is handmade on the Mornington Peninsula[/caption] A big part of our mission at Biome is to provide a marketplace for the dreams of...

Support Small Victorian Producers Through Lockd...

[caption id="attachment_12756" align="aligncenter" width="1494"] Olie & Olieve is handmade on the Mornington Peninsula[/caption] A big part of our mission at Biome is to provide a marketplace for the dreams of...

8 Ways to Help Your Community Through Coronavirus

8 Ways to Help Your Community Through Coronavirus

Now more than ever we need to act with kindness, be considerate of others, and support our local community and businesses. Worried about the supermarket shelves being empty, or getting...

8 Ways to Help Your Community Through Coronavirus

Now more than ever we need to act with kindness, be considerate of others, and support our local community and businesses. Worried about the supermarket shelves being empty, or getting...

Rebuilding bushfire affected business and bush land

Rebuilding bushfire affected business and bush ...

From the ashes rises an indomitable force, human kindness. We feel so proud of the Australian and global community that is rallying to help the people and animals recover from...

Rebuilding bushfire affected business and bush ...

From the ashes rises an indomitable force, human kindness. We feel so proud of the Australian and global community that is rallying to help the people and animals recover from...

Resolutions To Live More Gently: How Our Grandparents' Lifestyles Inspires Us

Resolutions To Live More Gently: How Our Grandp...

The start of a new year has many of us setting goals to live more gently on our planet. There is much to learn from the way that our grandparents...

Resolutions To Live More Gently: How Our Grandp...

The start of a new year has many of us setting goals to live more gently on our planet. There is much to learn from the way that our grandparents...

10 Ways You Can Make A Stranger Smile

10 Ways You Can Make A Stranger Smile

Make a stranger smile with a random act of kindness, and inspire faith and foster hope and happiness within yourself and others. Here are 10 ways you can make a...

10 Ways You Can Make A Stranger Smile

Make a stranger smile with a random act of kindness, and inspire faith and foster hope and happiness within yourself and others. Here are 10 ways you can make a...

What we learned at Jane Milburn's ‘How To Be A Slow Fashion Practitioner'

What we learned at Jane Milburn's ‘How To Be A ...

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...

What we learned at Jane Milburn's ‘How To Be A ...

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...

Natural Escapes - Where You'll Find the Biome Team

Natural Escapes - Where You'll Find the Biome Team

With Spring now upon us, the Biome team are excited to get out in nature and explore some of our favourite local escapes to relax, rejuvenate and be inspired. Here...

Natural Escapes - Where You'll Find the Biome Team

With Spring now upon us, the Biome team are excited to get out in nature and explore some of our favourite local escapes to relax, rejuvenate and be inspired. Here...

Meet the Maker - Belinda Smith, Blue Jean Sisters Project

Meet the Maker - Belinda Smith, Blue Jean Siste...

Blue Jean Sisters' project is an art installation highlighting human rights in the fashion industry. Modern Slavery effects 40 million people globally and women and girls make up over 70%...

Meet the Maker - Belinda Smith, Blue Jean Siste...

Blue Jean Sisters' project is an art installation highlighting human rights in the fashion industry. Modern Slavery effects 40 million people globally and women and girls make up over 70%...

Women in our interconnected biome

Women in our interconnected biome

For International Women's Day 2019 I am honoured to write this celebration of some remarkable women who are part of the Biome community, and to acknowledge all that the Biome team...

Women in our interconnected biome

For International Women's Day 2019 I am honoured to write this celebration of some remarkable women who are part of the Biome community, and to acknowledge all that the Biome team...