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Introducing Living Culture

November 26, 2020

SunButter couldn't be more stoked to be working with local not-for-profit Living Culture. Based on Boon Wurrung/Bunurong country (the Mornington Peninsula), Living Culture does amazing work teaching kids and adults in the community about bush tucker, bush medicine and First Nations culture.

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How to recycle old mattresses, textiles, cables and more

October 28, 2020

What do we do with mattresses we no longer need? How do we dispose of old batteries? Phones? Electrical cables? Mattresses? Textile scraps? How can these things we re-used?

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The benefits of seaweed for skin (and everything else)

September 29, 2020

Seaweed — by which we mean countless species of marine algae — boasts a pretty impressive resume. So impressive, in fact, that we’ve included seaweed in our forthcoming skincare range (more on that soon). Let’s dive into some of the benefits of seaweed (excuse the pun).

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The trouble with palm oil

September 18, 2020

 You may be aware that there are issues around the palm oil industry and that it poses a threat to orangutans, in particular, but what is exactly palm oil and why is it such a problem? Let’s take a deeper look together. 

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Ayurveda for skincare: Give yourself an Ayurvedic facial based on your doshic skin type

September 05, 2020

The lovely Jemima Kerr, Ayurvedic practitioner extraordinaire, has kindly put together a guide to some beautiful Ayurvedic skincare practices and recipes that you can make yourself at home from ingredients that won’t harm you or the earth (our favourite kind of ingredients!).

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How Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine) is useful in modern life

August 30, 2020

This month we're focusing on the 5,000-year-old Indian medicine system known as Ayurveda. Ayurveda is often referred to as a "sister science" of yoga, but it's not just a science — it's a life philosophy. 

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Is surfboard wax toxic? The truth about wax

August 20, 2020

95 per cent of surf wax contains harmful petrochemicals. So, while surf wax might smell good enough to eat, the reality is that most surf waxes are the last thing we want near our bodies — or our oceans. The good news is that we don’t need to stop using surf wax altogether: there are eco-friendly alternatives that work just as well!

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Pranayama: A practice for our times

August 07, 2020

If you’ve practiced yoga before, you’ve probably come across this ancient practice. In Sanskrit, “prana” means “life force”, or in simple terms, “energy” (similar to the Chinese concept of “qi”). “Aayama” means “expansion”. So the word “pranayama” literally means to expand one’s life force, though often it’s translated simply as “breath control”. In yoga, your prana is said to flow through energetic pathways called nadis. Pranayama is about clearing blockages in these pathways. 

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Why shopping local is important

July 24, 2020

Shopping local might be something that some of us were doing, some of the time, before the pandemic swept across the world. Now, more people are starting to realise how important it is to support local businesses — but shopping local has a long list of other benefits, too. 

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Microfiber pollution, the ocean and you

July 10, 2020

Microfibers are the teeny, tiny fibres that are released by synthetic fabrics. When clothing items are being washed, these fibres escape into the waterways. In fact, microfibers from synthetic clothes represent 35 per cent of microplastics found in the ocean. 

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Our favourite plastic-free alternatives

July 10, 2020

To celebrate Plastic Free July, we've pulled together some of our favourite brands and plastic-free products to help you swap out your plastic items for more sustainable alternatives.

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How we became plastic-free: our journey to creating a plastic-free life (and sunscreen)

June 30, 2020

Our plastic-free journey began before SunButter was even born. As ocean lovers working, playing and relaxing on coastlines, we watched the tide of plastic slowly creep into the ocean both from street litter and from far-away places. 

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