Soul Economy

As seen in The Sydney Morning Herald’s Sunday Life magazine, New York now has it’s first eco-luxury private car service on offer. In a city where the taxi-cab is ubiquitous if not emblematic, the OZOcar offers an environmentally responsible service where “luxury and responsibility co-exist.”
OZOcar is the first hybrid luxury car service for the beloved [...]

We know the benefits of organic produce for human health, but what about the health of our four-legged friends? Soul Economy gets the low-down on organic whole-food for pets from Baliz Woof Woof small-business owner, Annette.
How and why did the business start?
I have always had concerns feeding my own pets anything called ‘pet food’ - [...]

Tamburlaine - A range of reserve, gestalt, sparkling and dessert wines from The Hunter Valley and Orange regions of New South Wales. Australian Certified Organic.
Cape Jaffa - Mount Benson winery with a diverse range of award winning wines.
Captains Creek - “a small family owned vineyard producing premium handcrafted certified organic wines.” The adage of quality [...]

It’s a sunny morning when I meet Maree at her Marrickville home where she runs her own business selling the Bokashi Bucket, a system she describes as essentially, “an alternative composting system.” The Bokashi Bucket works by harnessing the power of micro organisms. As we take a seat on the couch, an aging maltese terrier [...]

Sydney 2008: Advertisements for British Petroleum (BP) in proud green and gold, boast the company’s investment in renewable energy. Apparently, Talk stopped long ago. A banner above a watering-hole on George Street makes it known that the establishment has now become ‘carbon-neutral’: a phrase that seems to have edged its way into the vernacular. In [...]

A top-level think tank of brand professionals, The Medinge Group, has released its
5th annual Brands with a Conscience list. The Group selects nominees on principles of humanity and ethics, rather than financial worth.
The evaluations are based on reputation, self-representation, history, direct experience, contact with individuals within the organizations, media and analysts, an assessment of the [...]

Soul Economy thoroughly enjoyed meeting with Jodie from Bholu recently. After living in India for a number of years, Jodie started Bholu - a fair trade and climate neutral company that combines contemporary western designs with traditional embroidery techniques by Gujarati women artisans to create a beautiful homewares and children’s range. In addition, part of [...]

It was great to meet with Sinead from ECOdirect recently. Soul Economy was interested to find out more about why she started the business and how they are giving back. Not only do they offer an environmentally friendly disposable nappy they have also developed a range of all natural baby and family care products. ECOdirect [...]

Soul Economy thoroughly enjoyed meeting Billie recently and finding out more about global sisters and moral fibre. They create exceptional quality products of moral fibre, that is, organic and Fairtrade cotton, and make every effort to ensure that the environment and all of the people involved in their supply chain are treated with respect and [...]

It was a pleasure for Soul Economy to speak to Michael recently and ask him some questions about The Enlightened Elephant. It is an Australian owned store and company, that is dedicated to importing and selling items that are made by community based groups and non-profit organisations. They are proud stockists of Monkeybiz beaded dolls [...]