Soul Economy

Rise Up Productions manufactures and designs ethical and sustainable products with profits directed to registered environmental, humanitarian, medical research and aid organisations. Their product range includes fashion, school uniforms, linen and promotional apparel. All products are carbon neutral with the most popular being recycled thongs, caps and school uniforms. Soul Economy was very pleased [...]

I am very pleased that both individuals and companies can now purchase fair trade, eco-friendly hampers from The Hamper Hut – what a great idea! This is no surprise considering the owner of The Hamper Hut, Carinda, achieved being printed in the latest edition of Anthill as one of the impressive entrepreneurial minds that entered [...]

Soul Economy had the pleasure in speaking to Lisa about her business Global Conduct recently. This “little shop of fair trade for the conscious shopper” offers a range of gorgeous handcrafted products that are sourced from fair trade producer co-operatives and artisan groups from around the world including beautiful bags, silk & woollen scarves, silk [...]

Soul Economy had the absolute pleasure asking Mihiri some questions about her company Generation Wonder. Their range of products is for “little citizens of the world” from 0-12 years and include clothes, shoes, bags, accessories, bedding, toys, games & puzzles, baby food, books (including the gorgeous Wonder Year Journal) & magazines and more. Mihiri’s reason [...]

It was a great pleasure for Soul Economy to have the opportunity to ask Tracey from ibuTrade some questions recently. ibuTrade is an online gift shop for fairtrade and eco-friendly products with the added bonus of free extra gift services such as postage, gift wrapping and even writing on the gift tags.
1/ What inspired you [...]

While I have restricted myself from indulging in chocolate in more recent times, my partner arrived home the other night from the Fairtrade Fiesta (as part of Fairtrade Fortnight 08) with a gift of 3 blocks of fairtrade, organic chocolate. One was from Cocolo – the Dark Mint Crisp flavour – and the other 2 [...]

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 [...]