ibuTrade is an online retailer of Australian and international gifts and homewares that meet the highest possible environmental and ethical production standards. What a great gift idea, or if you are looking to add that special touch to your Pyrmont apartment.
Basically we scour the earth in search of high quality Fair Trade, eco-logical and locally [...]
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Ethical Gifts & Homewares: ibuTrade
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Art2Muse invites Pyrmont Art Lovers to an Exhibition at Tom Dunne
Here at Pyrmont Village, we feel very strongly about contributing in our tiny way to the growth and dissemination of art with the wider community. And thus it was with this in mind that we spoke to Katrina Hampton of specialist online art gallery Art2Muse.
Art2Muse is a vibrant online art gallery which showcases 50 [...]
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Rise Up Opens in Chippendale: Pyrmont People are you Up to the Challenge?
Pyrmont Village recently spoke to founder and director of Rise Up Productions, Bronwyn Darlington, to get the scoop. Rise Up Productions design and produce a range of sustainable and ethically manufactured products, with all profits going to registered aid, humanitarian, medical research and environmental organisations such as World Vision, Habitat for Humanity, Opportunity International and [...]
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10 Reasons to Buy Organic at Pyrmont Farmers: Can you Afford Not to?
1. Safe food, free from chemicals
Organic farmers, who you can find at the Pyrmont Grower’s Markets, don’t use synthetic chemicals on their farms, so organic food is naturally chemical free. Following an independent review of produce, Choice Magazine concludes that “If you want to minimise your family’s exposure to pesticides, organic is the way to [...]
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Enrique del Val: Painter, Printmaker, Art Teacher & Thinker
We here at Pyrmont Village, are very pleased to introduce Enrique del Val - painter, printmaker, art teacher and thinker and one of the most active and committed young artists in Sydney now. He is regarded as a major figure in the Australian avant-garde pictorial scene, alongside Aaron Matheson, for their collaborations in “The Pink-footed [...]
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Ethical and Sustainable Investing
Most Australians, and no doubt people in the Pyrmont Village, have money invested in managed funds or superannuation. Their fund manager will keep them up to date with account details and returns but don’t usually let them know what their money has been doing to generate that return. You could unwittingly be profiting from activities [...]
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Glebe Markets - A Bohemian Delight for Pyrmont Residents
Every Saturday, rain or shine, the grounds of Glebe Primary School, just a short stroll from Pyrmont Village, are transformed into a bohemian delight, and each week hundreds of Sydneysiders flock to socialise, shop, snack and absorb the atmosphere of Glebe Markets.
If you become a regular visitor to the Glebe Markets you will eventually find [...]
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25 Tips to Make Your Apartment an Eco Friendly, Sustainable, Green Paradise!
Renting an apartment should not make you feel exempt from doing your part for the environment and saving yourself some money while you are at it. It may seem like most of the world is talking about “Going Green” but they are talking about their own homes and their cars. What about the apartment dwellers [...]
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Pyrmont Restaurants: Flying Fish and the Growth of Pyrmont
The amount of quality Restaurants within the Pyrmont district is an indication of the quality of lifestyle enjoyed by both the residents and workers in our area.
Flying Fish was one of the first stand alone restaurants built in Pyrmont since the resurrection of the area. I clearly remember during the fit out stage wondering what [...]
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Pyrmont Cafes or Glebe Cafes and Funky Bookshops?
Winter - the perfect time for us in Pyrmont to snuggle up inside with a good book - an old favourite, a new bestseller, something to read to the kids, or even a beautiful antiquarian book. Whatever it is you’re after, chances are that you’ll find it at either of Gleebooks’ two stores on Glebe [...]
