This week was a milestone for wetlands across the world. February 2 marked the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Treaty, the global conservation agreement to protect wetlands of international significance. February 2 is thus World Wetlands Day. Iconic wetlands around Australia such as Kakadu, the Coorong in South Australia and Eighty Mile Beach near Broome […]
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Melbourne is famous for its multicultural cuisine and a fondness for Italian food. Melbourne is also the third most vegan-friendly city in the world. So it makes sense that Melbourne has a vegan Italian pizzeria. Red Sparrow Pizza is Melbourne’s first 100% vegan pizzeria, with locations in Prahran and Collingwood. Red Sparrow Pizza founders and
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It’s always a joy to see vegan news in the mainstream media. Though, it’s not very often that this type of news makes it to the most-read pages. So, I’ve decided to bring you a summary of the best vegan stories that made the cut in the mainstream each month, and bring you those stories
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This week marks Fire & Tea’s 10th Birthday. You may not know, but Fire & Tea started out as a travel story blog so I could share the stories I wrote while out on the road or when I returned home. I was moved by the people I encountered, experiencing different cultures to mine, and
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We live in a time when travel is as easy and as accessible as ever. We travel when we want, where we want, and at a budget that’s suited to each of us. I remember when I first started my travels – without my parents – back in 2000. I remember having to visit a
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Christmas memories of years past – for me – involve travelling from house to house to visit family and friends. As I got older, it was expected that I would bring a plate of food or make a meal to help with the Christmas preparations. This expectation ramped up even more when I became vegan,
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Melburnians are emerging from one of the strictest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world. As a result of the city’s hard work, Melbourne has now achieved 14 straight days of zero new COVID-19 cases. Melbourne is rejoicing with zero cases each day by referring to the humble doughnut. A doughnut is round, has a hole in
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As you may know, I’ve been vegan since late 2012. Since then, I’ve noticed a division among vegans. There is an expectation among vegans that to be vegan you must be a ‘perfect’ vegan. What if I told you that the perfect vegan doesn’t exist? I’ve given this a lot of thought since 2012, and
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The Never Forget Elephant Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that operates on the Northern Thailand/Myanmar border. NFEF returns endangered captive elephants home to their natural jungle habitat while providing service to the local Karen Hill Tribe population. Through their work, NFEF aims to inspire sustainable solutions for elephant and environmental health. In this part of
Plastic Free July is a global movement helping people be a part of the solution to plastic waste around the world, so that we can all benefit from cleaner streets, oceans and communities. A cleaner environment means the animals we share this earth with can also live in safe habitats that are free from plastic.
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