Sustainaroo Travels Podcast

In part 3 of our interview with Marion Vigot, we dive into her work with Responsible Cafes and the growing sustainable cafes movement reshaping cafe culture across Australia. As the organisation’s General Manager, Marion is helping cafes, communities, and everyday coffee lovers rethink single use waste and embrace sustainable habits. In this part of our conversation, she shares why it matters, how Responsible Cafes as a website and an organisation is creating impact. Responsible Cafes is an Australian not-for-profit initiative helping cafes reduce waste and embrace more sustainable practices, and a hub for helping people find sustainable cafes and see what cafes are doing to promote sustainability. The idea is to “connect eco conscious Aussies with sustainable cafes”.

In Part 2 of our conversation with sustainability trailblazer Marion Vigot, we dive deeper into what drives her mission. She shares why impact entrepreneurship is at the heart of her work, her passion for developing compostable packaging, and why she believes composting is one of the most important pillars of sustainability.

Marion and her partner Alexis are “Regentrepreneurs on the road leading the Compost Revolution”. Regentrepreneurs are entrepreneurs that care about regenerative development and regenerative sustainability, also known as impact entrepreneurs.

They are travelling Australia in a converted bus, meeting with cafes and sharing their story, their certified home compostable packaging solutions, and advocating for reuse via Responsible Cafes. Marion’s dedication shines through as she explains how small changes, like rethinking packaging and embracing composting, can make a big difference for the planet.

We spoke to composting goddess Marion Vigot, as part of our series about sustainable businesses - and we talked about all things composting. Marion runs two sustainable businesses, Compostable Alternatives and Responsible Cafes. She also travels Australia in a converted van, spreading her message as a real life sustainability superhero, with her partner Alexis Branlard.Marion is the co-founder and CEO of Compostable Alternatives, and together with her partner and co-founder Alexis, has made a brand that is 100% Australian owned, certified home compostable, and a certified social enterprise - and it’s all about home compostable packaging solutions.Compostable Alternatives is a regenerative packaging brand specialising in certified home compostable packaging for cafes. And when they say regenerative, they mean it - their vision is to turn packaging (usually seen as something single use that becomes waste) into compost, and then it will regenerate the earth, instead of polluting it. “If it’s not good for the worms, it’s not good enough.” is their motto for their packaging products.Webiste: https://www.compostablealternatives.com.au/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/compostablealt

We spoke to the gorgeous Carolyn Cardinet, a visual artist who works with waste. She makes stunning installations, wearables, necklaces, earrings and sculpture made of single waste plastics she sources.

In this episode we spoke to Deb, the owner and creator behind L’ada Soaps and Scents. It is a family business, Deb runs it with her husband Andrew and their two sons, Liam and Adam, also help out. All of their products are home made locally and are natural and sustainable.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Sustainaroo Travels Podcast! In this episode, owner of Into Coffee & Intro Carry in Collingwood Luke Phillips delves into the exciting opportunities for positive change in sustainability. Discover how his initial frustrations with traditional industrial design materials, like neoprene, sparked a journey into sustainable innovation. Luke shares his transformative experience of seeing the vast potential for redesigning products and to create a space to help promote a conversation around sustainability and change through various forms.

In this episode of the Sustainaroo Travels Podcast, Lana and Flossy from Earthcare St Kilda share their insights on protecting the local penguin colony and managing the nightly view experience. Learn about the challenges and joys of managing penguin tourism, the exciting new pier redevelopment, and the proposal for a ticketing system with St Kilda Sea Baths.

Join Maddie and Andreas, owners of Providence Foods Bulk Foods Store, in part two of their interview, as they share practical insights on sustainable living in this episode of the Sustainaroo Travels Podcast.

00:00- Chapter 1: Preview

00:25- Chapter 2: Intro

00:37- Chapter 3: Sustainable Swaps

04:01- Chapter 4: Small Sustainable Changes

06:49- Chapter 5: Sustainable Travel Tips

10:54- Chapter 6: BYO While You're Out

14:22- Chapter 7: Outro

Maddie & Andreas are the proud owners of Providence Foods. A bulk food store in Ferntree Gully, Victoria Australia. Helping you work towards zero waste, selling bulk food and eco-friendly products.

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