Trierra Gift Guide - 2023 Easter Edition

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Sustainable. Ethical. Responsible.

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Eco Holiday Gift Guide / 2022

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Easter Treats

Easter Goodies

28 Team Picks

Features 10

Chocolate on Purpose: Creating Solutions with Real Impact

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Ellie Travica

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Food Sovereignty and Tasty Treats with Living Koko

Ellie Travica

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Ellie Travica

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Our Top Tips for an Eco-Friendly Easter!

Eloise Bunnett

Plastic with a Purpose: Precious Plastic Melbourne Hop to It! Getting Crafty This Easter with Eco Arts and Crafts Ellie Travica

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Create an Easter Egg Hunt for your Pup! Ellie Travica

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While we may not think of Easter in the same way as Christmas, spending is on the rise. Last year, research undertaken by Roy Morgan and the Australian Retailers Association found 73% of Australians said they planned on buying easter food like hot cross buns, chocolates and easter eggs, spending an average of $100 on these items with nearly $1.5 billion to be spent in total.

Additionally, over 4 million Australians planned a trip away over Easter in 2022. We can only expect those figures to grow this year with less travel restrictions in place.

It’s easy to condemn the consumerism around our holiday periods. But the reality is, we get just as much, if not more joy in giving gifts to our loved ones as we do receiving them.

While many of us may do the typical chocolate exchange, if we take a minute to consider our actions, we may be surprised. It’s not just ‘giving’ Easter eggs. It’s creating and embracing memories and traditions. It’s spending time with our loved ones, and it may be something as simple as taking time out of our busy schedules to take a minute and invest in self-care.

With this in mind, we’ve created our first annual Ethical Easter Gift Guide. It’s a curation of incredible vegan and ethically created quality chocolate treats and a few other select Easter goodies to share and enjoy with loved ones.

Don’t feel guilty if you want to indulge in some treats this Easter but remember that you can make plenty of ethical choices as a consumer.

Hop to it, and have a happy Easter!

Jessica Humphreys & Leanne Nicholson Co-Founders of Oraco and Trierra

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ECO LEGEND E C O G I V E AWAY S Eco-Friendly*

Plant-based or Vegan*

Cruelty Free*

Organic*

Egg-cellent Easter Giveaways We’ve been fortunate to receive some incredible prizes from the wonderful businesses featured within this guide.

If you’re keen to win some Easter goodies, please keep an eye on our Instagram @trierraaus Prizes have kindly been donated by:

Fair Trade*

@living_koko @chocolateonpurpose

Zero Waste*

@organictimes @bennettonaturalfoods @pog_balls

Biodegradable or Compostable*

@melbournebushfood @santosorganics @wemightbetiny @teros.eco

Carbon Neutral*

@veganchocolateco Soulfresh

Sustainable or No Palm Oil*

Non-GMO*

*Please note this is a guide only.

Check the individual brand’s website for certification or confirmation of each claim to ensure their values align with your own.

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Chocolate comes from cocoa, which is a tree.

That makes it a plant.

Chocolate is salad.

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Easter Treats

We are the specialists in dark organic chocolate.

Our range consists of eleven bar varieties in 100g size. We exist to bring the cleanest and most delicious chocolate to the masses at value, and in the most fun and engaging way.

bennetto.co.nz

Gingerbread Folk bakes traditional, chocolate and gluten-free gingerbread with a hint of ginger and a delicate balance of sweet spice.

An ethical and sustainable philosophy is the foundation of our family-owned business.

We use simple ingredients – Nothing unnecessary, nothing unknown. All products are vegan, and our cookies and gingerbread house kits are thoughtfully packaged in compostable wrappers. For the planet and the creatures upon it, all Gingerbread Folk products are vegan. gingerbreadfolk.com.au

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We support an Organic farming future by baking our daily bread using only Certified Organic and Biodynamic ingredients grown in healthy biologically active soils.

We honour the connection between regenerative agriculture and healthy nourishing food. Organic certification guarantees the provenance and quality of every ingredient, ensuring freedom from artificial fertilizers, chemical pesticides and weedicides as well as GMOs. We wholeheartedly committed to this endeavour on day one, founding Zeally Bay Sourdough in 2007 as Victoria’s first independently audited Certified Organic bakery based in our hometown, Torquay. Our leaven established in 1981 at Wholefoods Kitchen has been nurtured by our family for over forty years. We use expert hand skills and long fermentation to make genuine sourdough baked on a stone hearth – Bread of enduring quality, wonderful depth of flavour and environmental integrity. Good Bread from the Ground Up!

zeallybaysourdough.com.au

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Chocolate on Purpose: Creating Solutions with Real Impact

BY E L L I E T R AV I C A

Sometimes, the food we eat has a much deeper meaning than we realise. While it’s fun to eat chocolate for breakfast without being judged this Easter, plenty of businesses are putting in the hard yards to ensure that we start to understand the stories behind the food.

Chocolate on Purpose was founded

by Fiona - a proud Wiradyuri woman of the Bila Bula (Belubula River) – with a vision to share culture through storytelling with chocolate, educating on the traditional use of the botanicals by our First Nations People, to deepen respect for their wisdom and culture.

After studying aromatic medicine, Fiona had a greater understanding of the healing power of plants. Plenty of people see naturopaths or traditional Chinese medicine professionals, but once money gets tight, they stop investing it in these areas. Fiona saw this as a challenge and wanted to find a more mainstream way to share the healing powers plants possessed.

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It wasn’t until after attending a chocolate-making course and discovering that one of the ingredients was an essential oil that the idea for Chocolate On Purpose was born.

After exploring more ingredients, Fiona decided to use ‘bush food’ as it’s something her ancestors have used for over sixty thousand years.

Chocolate on Purpose is more than just chocolate. It is a vehicle to create something bigger. What started out as a way to share the healing power of botanicals gradually increased to discussing significant Indigenous issues with the wider community. Chocolate on Purpose became a small ‘cog’ in the reconciliation wheel, which has slowly begun to turn and promote awareness and appreciation for the ancient Indigenous wisdom and culture.

In their products, Chocolate on Purpose only uses sustainable chocolate grown by a supplier that builds diversity for the cacao farmers, including fair prices, no reliance on forced labour, avoiding palm oil, and supporting the women and children in the village. Fiona also sources Australian native botanicals from Indigenous growers wherever possible.

Although this comes at additional cost to Fiona, she knows that it’s part of the impact she wants to build.

If you want to learn more about Fiona and grab some tasty treats, check out Chocolate on Purpose’s offering.

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Chocolate On Purpose is Australia’s first Indigenous Chocolate business, blending premium, gourmet chocolate with Australian native botanicals to create our ‘Bush Food Chocolate’ range. Through the deliciousness of these flavours, we share the traditional use of botanicals to deepen respect for ancient Indigenous wisdom and culture.

Chocolate On Purpose is a disruptor in the artisan specialty chocolate market, delivering real industry impact by empowering Indigenous Australian native botanical producers, and World Cacao Farmers, to greater participation in supply chains; disrupting the harm to our climate & endangered species by sourcing palm-oil free chocolate, and contributing to Reconciliation in Australia through storytelling with chocolate. Our legacy will be Chocolate for Good™.

chocolateonpurpose.com.au

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Organic Times is an Australian owned family business established in 1999.

15% OFF

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Our mission is to provide the conscious consumer delicious organic alternatives to everyone’s favourite treats and staples. This includes chocolates, cookies, pantry ingredients and dairy products. *Discount is available on any full-priced item

organictimes.com.au

Mother Earth and humanity thriving in harmony.

Santos Organics is a little shop with a big heart and has been pioneering the organic health and bulk food movement since 1978. Santos Organics is not just a health food store. We are a community hub and 100% Not-For-Profit Environmental Social Enterprise, which means every time you shop with us, you are shopping for the good of people and planet. *Offer available until 30.4.23

santosorganics.com.au

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We’re on a social mission to put Aussie natives into bellies across the world whilst supporting our First Nations and Small Aussie Farmer allies.

We believe native foods can revolutionise agriculture in Australia by offering climate-adaptable species that require less water and chemical inputs whilst providing economic opportunities to Aboriginal People in some of the most remote parts of the continent. We sell a range of food products using native ingredients, and a range of native edible plants to grow at home.

15% OFF

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melbournebushfood.com.au

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We empower our communities here and in the Pacific Islands through fair, ethical trade and bring the best cacao in the world to you.

We support ecologically sound and sustainable methods of farming. We create opportunities for the Pacific Island domestic plot farming communities.

At Living Koko, we create small batch guilt-free indulgence with our bespoke cacao products, made of the richest cacao beans from the Samoan Islands.

Each of our vegan, allergy safe and gluten free products is created and lovingly wrapped in Melbourne. We are grounded in tradition and proud to bring you the purist form of cacao from our villages to yours.

livingkoko.com

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Food Sovereignty and Tasty Treats with Living Koko

BY E L L I E T R AV I C A

You may have tried their delicious chocolate or cacao skin care, but Living Koko has a broader purpose.

This woman-and-veteran-founded social enterprise is championing the way for positive social change by pushing the notion of food sovereignty.

With deep cultural ties to the Pacific Islands, co-founder Phoebe Preuss wanted to create a business that honoured the land’s Indigenous people and ensured the farmers were earning well-above-average wage.

While mainstream organisations dominate the market, Phoebe is working to slow down this consumption and make a change at the top, stating,

If we honour the farmer, in turn, the farmer will honour the earth Rather than providing ‘aid’ to the Pacific Islands, Living Koko seeks to support and empower the growers and suppliers by creating markets that otherwise may not be available for their produce. They want to ensure the cacao growers at the beginning of the supply chain are being considered.

Food sovereignty is another crucial aspect of Living Koko’s mission.

According to La Via Campesina, food sovereignty refers to “the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.”

Phoebe also expresses how Indigenous people’s in-depth knowledge of the climate system should be respected and acknowledged.

Aside from all of this, Living Koko is constantly looking for ways to reduce their environmental impact. Everything that they don’t use is repurposed for other uses. This includes skin care products, drinking cacao and tea – they even used leftover parts of the cacao bean in an alcohol-free beer collaboration!

Living Koko does much more than provide some of the best cacao in the world. As a business, they want to empower local and international communities through fair, ethical trade while supporting ecologically sound and sustainable farming methods.

This Easter, treat yourself (or your family!) with a gift from Living Koko and support ethical farming.

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We are a small batch producer of artisan handcrafted chocolates called PogBalls (Plant of Goodness Balls).

Made from simple quality ingredients.

PogBalls are an inclusive treat that can be shared and enjoyed by everyone.

www.pogballs.com.au

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Koko Black is one of Australia’s most loved, home-grown chocolate brands, renowned for its carefully handcrafted product and delicious artisanal quality.

Koko Black’s story of chocolate innovation began in 2003 when it first opened its doors in Melbourne’s Royal Arcade.

Driven by its adventurous Australian spirit, the brand has since continued to break the mould and revolutionise the world of chocolate from Down Under, changing the way people consume one of life’s greatest pleasures. kokoblack.com

At Pico we live and breathe the art of chocolate. It’s the blending of craft and ingredients with skill and balance, imagination, and know-how.

Always authentic, like fine art should be, Pico is the bringing together of art and incredible chocolate like you’ve never tasted before – vegan, certified organic and ethically sourced.

picochocolate.com

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“Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want.”

-ANNA LAPPE

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Our Vegan chocolates are truly distinctive.

And for good reason. They’re unique; not only due to the locally sourced ingredients and their 100% vegan certification. But they’re also exceptional chocolates because of our master chocolatier’s passion for handmade artisan products.

All these things, coupled with a restive dream of a higher social conscience makes up the core of why we do what we do here at the Vegan Chocolate Co. Our mission is to bring you decadent goodness that’s guilt-free for your body, mind and soul. veganchocolateco.com.au

Pana Organic is a renowned producer of vegan, organic chocolate, and more delicious treats.

Beginning with handmade chocolate delivered around Melbourne via Vespa, the company has become a globally beloved brand.

This year, chocolate lovers will be introduced to Pana Organic’s first flat chocolate egg. Exciting new flavours and fan favourites will join the egg range!

pana-organic.com

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20% OFF

First Online Order

Vegan Perfection offers delicious vegan food delivered direct to your door. Vegan Cheese, vegan chocolate, vegan mock meat, vegan cheese and vegan creams.

20% OFF

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Bonvita: Bonvita believes in the quality of organic food. We offer a large selection of organic, vegan and gluten free chocolate products. To make our chocolate vegan, we use rice milk.

Booja Booja: A wonderful range of multi award-winning Booja-Booja vegan chocolate truffles for every occasion. All deliciously vegan and organic, as well as dairy-free, gluten-free, and soya-free: each with its own delightfully independent character.

What we also find very important is that no chemicals are used to produce our products, and we use fair trade ingredients wherever possible.

By focusing on what’s best for you and the environment, we want to create a better world with more sustainable products for everyone.

Booja Booja has been winning awards for ground-breaking vegan chocolate truffles since 1999. A total of 94 so far and counting!

veganperfection.com.au

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Chuckie Egg:

So Free Chocs:

Mummy Meagz presents the Chuckie Egg. chocolate egg, filled with a gooey fondant centre. It is a vegan and ethical Crème Egg!

Plamil Foods are proud to have pioneered and paved the way for plant based food so many years ago, and are the longestrunning plant-based business in the UK. Our products are made in the UK, to the highest Vegan standards, production is BRCGS Start accredited, and we are also certified by organisations such as Rainforest Alliance, Soil Association, and Kosher. Plamil chocolate is almost ‘guilt free indulgence’. With our range including dairy free, organic, and no added sugar chocolate bars, and scrumptious chocolate spread, there’s truly something for everyone’s taste.

Our chocolate is vegan, slavery free and sustainable. We work with an ethical supplier that crafts at origin in Colombia, whilst guaranteeing farmer income and investing to build sustainable communities.

We dream of a world where all our favourite chocolates contain no animal ingredients.

With the help of our dreamy oat milk chocolate, we are confident that no-one has to compromise. Let’s give the cows a rest!

We’ve got this! We stand up for the issues we care about. Being kind to animals, humans, and the planet guides everything we do. We simply make the chocolate you love totally vegan, slavery free and sustainable.

Plamil Foods passionately believes in producing food that is made to the highest standards possible. We are more than a ‘brand’, as we actually make products in our own factory, giving us control over every aspect of production resulting in tasty food for all, supplying consumers, retailers, wholesalers and food catering / manufacturing facilities worldwide. We think our customers should be able to enjoy food, knowing that every care is taken whilst in production, but also have complete assurance about both the purity of ingredients that goes in to making a product, as well as assurance that no other ingredient is present as well.

And this year Plamil Foods have launched their ‘So Free’ brand of Easter Eggs in worldfirst eco-pouch packaging. By removing all plastic and foil packaging from their Easter Egg range, Plamil Foods are once again at the forefront of environmentally friendly products and practices. *Discount is applicable for first time online orders

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Our Top Tips for an Eco-Friendly Easter!

BY ELOISE BUNNETT

The Easter weekend often looks very different for everyone. Whether you are providing school holiday entertainment, spending time with family and friends or simply taking the weekend to rest and recharge, we are here to provide tips for an eco-friendly Easter weekend, regardless of your plans!

Make sustainable swaps If we regularly make small, sustainable swaps, we can make a significant impact.

We’ve put together some of our favourite Easter swaps below:

Chocolate Rather than buying an abundance of cheap chocolate that may go to waste, opt for some ethically-made, quality chocolate. You can find some incredible chocolate suggestions throughout this guide. Not only will it taste better, but good quality chocolate helps to support ethical businesses.

Easter baskets Instead of disposable baskets and bags, why not try to make one that’ll last year after year? This in itself can be a fun, creative activity. There are heaps of YouTube videos to guide you on your way.

Otherwise, We Might Be Tiny has super cute reusable baskets made out of 100% food-grade silicone. They also have their own recycling program. You can learn more here.

Decorative pieces These days the shops are filled with cheap, plastic decor for Easter. One, in particular, is plastic grass basket filling.

Why not swap this for other materials like old fabric scraps or pull out the paper shredder?

Get creative Are you looking to get creative and upcycle at the same time? We have a win-win solution. Below are three simple DIYs you can do either yourself or with the kids.

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Decorate an old jar to give it a new life.

Make toilet paper roll bunnies for decorations.

Create a new toy or pillow from old fabric and old cushion stuffing.

Another way to keep the kids busy this Easter is to create a veggie patch or start a compost bin for your leftover food scraps. This is great for the environment but can act as a new ongoing hobby too.

Recycle where possible Did you know that chocolate Easter egg foil is recyclable? All you have to do is collect all the wrappers and scrunch them into a golf ball-sized ball before popping them in your recycling bin. When binning other items, a quick Google search of your local council’s waste management can ensure you are recycling when possible and correctly too!

What are your favourite eco-friendly Easter tips? Share them with us via Instagram DM @oracoagency!

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Easter Goodies

Our family-owned small business playfully makes early learning and play resources that are: •

Ethically made from recycled and plant-based materials.

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Eco-friendly and non-toxic.

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Nature-inspired.

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Packaged using only compostable and recycled materials.

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Australian made and small batch produced.

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kinfolkandcomanufacturing.com.au

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Enabling micro-recycling right here in Australia!

We empower and assist businesses, community groups and schools to move from our resource-draining ‘take, make, waste’ linear system, to a progressive circular economy! We’re creating disruptive design to positively impact the planet, striving for better outcomes for traditionally non-recyclable products, and providing accessible, local manufacturing solutions Australia-wide. plastic.org.au

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Plastic with a Purpose: Precious Plastic Melbourne

BY E L L I E T R AV I C A

One of the significant challenges we face when it comes to recycling is knowing what can and can’t be recycled, what needs to go in a specific bin and what can be recycled at specialist recycling companies.

Unfortunately, smaller hard plastics – like plastic bottle caps – often must be separated before being put in the bin.

These little things fall through the cracks at recycling centres and can cause all sorts of issues in the recycling process. Enter Precious Plastic Melbourne – a company finding creative ways to create a second life for plastics.

Inspired by the Precious Plastic movement circulating in the Netherlands, Founders Piers and Kayla started Precious Plastic Melbourne with a vision to create a circular, waste-free future for plastic waste.

A key part of their mission is to empower the community to recycle plastic themselves by facilitating the set-up of micro-recycling workspaces.

The company’s Australian-made machines are helping them give plastics a second life. Aside from creating awesome products like plant pots,

games of Jenga and egg cups (just in time for Easter!), they sell everything they use so that you can create your own masterpieces from the comfort of your very own home or workplace.

While not everyone will be able to purchase their own set-up, their website is jam-packed full of tips on how to reduce micro-plastic and where to recycle your plastic bottle caps. This Easter, Precious Plastic Melbourne is generously offering 20% off on their Recycled Egg Cups. You can find their offer here.

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Making Mealtimes Less Messy for Busy Parents We Might Be Tiny is a carefully road-tested kids tableware range adored by clever families in 40+ countries. Every We Might Be Tiny product delivers on a promise. A promise of style. Style that ticks the box for both the young and young-at-heart.

A promise of functionality. Functionality that makes your life that little bit easier.

A promise of eco-conscious living. A way of life that chooses silicone as the natural alternative to plastics. A promise of confident self-feeding skills.

Skills that nurture tiny munchkins into confident little kids.

wemightbetiny.com.au

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Dindi Naturals luxurious skincare and body products harness the power of rare native botanicals.

Australian plant oils and pure essential oils soothe, nourish and revitalise the skin. Dindi Naturals products are produced by hand in small batches in Murrindindi Shire and are palm oil free, cruelty free and gentle on both the earth and you.

dindinaturals.com.au

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Hop to It! Getting Crafty This Easter with Eco Art and Craft

BY E L L I E T R AV I C A

Easter egg hunts are – arguably – one of the best parts of Easter for kids and big kids alike! However, playing the role of the Easter Bunny can come with its own challenges. Days that are too hot can cause hidden chocolate to melt and leave less than ideal stains on your new carpet. Nosy animals can help themselves to harmful chocolate thinking that it was meant for them, turning Easter morning into a very expensive outing to the vet.

It’s time to reimagine the traditional Easter egg hunt!

Chocolate is a crucial part of Easter – we wouldn’t dare take that away from you! – however, there are some other fantastic ways to have an egg-citing Easter that gets everyone involved.

Eco Art and Craft Founder, Naomi Parsons, founded her business with the vision for 100% plant-based crayons and art mediums, so that kids can “colour the rainbow naturally”. We spoke with Naomi about activities that parents can engage their children in this Easter.

• Wooden egg crafting kits allow children to paint and colour eggs that can be used for years to come. These eggs aren’t only for Easter hunts though. They can be used in things like kitchen play, role play or farm play, making a special appearance each Easter.

•Avoid single use or mass-produced basket for Easter egg hunts. Instead, Naomi suggests upcycling one from a thrift store or downloading her DIY template here.

•Try your hand at an Easter egg dying activity using ingredients from your kitchen. You can find out more here.

If you’re looking for more inspiration on sustainable Easter activities, take a look at Eco Art and Craft . They are kindly offering 20% off storewide, simply use the oracoeco code at checkout.

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The Eco Art and Craft range is 100% plant based making the mediums nontoxic, vegan and biodegradable Handmade from natural ingredients, waxes, butters, flours, gums and colour pigments derived from plants, roots, seeds and flowers so you can colour the rainbow naturally™.

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The Eco Art and Craft difference: No paraffin, no palm oil, no beeswax, no mined micas or clays, no synthetic colours, 100% gluten free and vegan.

ecoartandcraft.com

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Terra translates to earth, and eros to love. Combine the two, and you get our name: Teros, and our purpose: to love the earth.

We are incredibly passionate about making our world a healthier, happier, and kinder place to live. We sell an abundance of local Tassie, ecoconscious and fair-trade wares ranging from reusable coffee cups, through to electric bicycles, and plenty of other goodies in between.

10% OFF

Use code: ORACOECO

*discount is only on Easter items.

teros.eco

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Create an Easter Egg Hunt for your Pup

BY E L L I E T R AV I C A

We’re almost certain that your dog would enjoy an Easter treat hunt of their own just as much (if not more) than the kids! Not only is it a fun activity, it’s also great for your dog’s mental stimulation.

Here are some tips on how to create a dog-friendly Easter hunt.

1. Choose your treats Instead of hiding chocolate eggs (poison to pups), opt for something your dog will enjoy. As your dog relies on their nose to find rewards, choose strongly scented treats you know they love.

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2. Safety first If your hunt is taking place in a park or public space, you’ll need to keep your pup on a leash. Monitor your dog – especially in a group setting – as some are prone to behaviours such as resource guarding or feel anxious around other dogs.

3. Tailor it to your pup If your dog prefers their toy collection over their treats, consider how you can incorporate their favourite toys into the game. Also, consider the size of your dog a dachshund won’t be able to get onto the couch without help!

We’d love to see pictures or videos from your pup’s Easter hunt! Be sure to send us a DM and let us know how it went.

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Oraco’s Picks for Easter Autumn is upon us and with that comes the coveted Easter long weekend! As we know, Easter is a time for friends, family, and lots and lots of chocolate.

We get it, we’ve shared so many incredible businesses to shop for Easter goodies you probably don’t know where to start. But never fear, we’ve asked our team to spill on their favourite picks from our Easter Gift Guide to make your decision a little easier.

Plus, we’ll be sharing our own plans for the Easter long weekend, from quality family time to eating copious amounts of chocolate. So, whether you’re looking for the perfect gift or some inspiration for your holiday plans, we’ve got you covered!

Jessica: “I don’t know how to pick just one product from the Guide. They all look incredible.

Chocolate on Purpose is incredible, and their Gulalung finger lime chocolate is mouth-watering. I am also really excited about We Might Be Tiny’s Easter collection.”

“My favourite thing to do on Easter is simply to unwind, spend time with my family and eat chocolate for breakfast.”

Leanne: “My pick would be Gingerbread Folk. I absolutely love gingerbread, and their chocolate gingerbread bunnies are the cutest!”

“My fave thing to do at Easter time is go camping or road trip to Bluesfest for the long weekend!”

Lara: “While I do love chocolate, my pick would have to be Eco Art & Craft. My son and I love doing crafty activities together, and I especially like that their crayons and paints are ecofriendly and non-toxic.”

“My favourite thing to do at Easter is to hide a bunch of easter eggs around the house and garden for my son to find on Easter morning. His face lights up knowing that the Easter Bunny has visited!”

E: “My pick would be Koko Black!

Their vegan chocolate range is so delicious and so aesthetic, especially the easter eggs.”

“My favourite thing about Easter is having a family barbecue on Easter Sunday.”

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Sophie: “My pick is Dindi Naturals, I love love, love all their products and soap easter eggs are adorable.”

“I highly recommend melting your easter eggs inside a hot cross bun. It’s my breakfast for Easter every year and it never fails me.”

My favourite thing to do at Easter is to go away for the long weekend!

Ty: “My favourite product from the list would be Zeally Bay Sourdough because bread and baked goods are absolutely delicious.”

Eloise: “My favourite is Pana Organic. They have so many delicious treats, a lot of which are GF too!”

“My favourite thing about Easter is wearing matching Easter bunny PJs with my sister.”

Ellie: “My favourite is Living Koko - after speaking with Phoebe, I just love everything they’re doing and everything they stand for.”

“My favourite thing to do on Easter is eating hot cross buns and chocolate without judgement for the day!”

Ella: “My favourite pick from the gift guide would be Melbourne Bushfood’s Indigenous chocolates, they are so unique and delicious!”

“My favourite thing to do on Easter weekend is to spend time with family and indulge in yummy treats.”

Maisie: “For a gift that’s not Chocolate, I love Dindi Naturals.

They have beautiful Australianmade body products that are all-natural and smell delicious!”

“I don’t really have any easter traditions anymore, but as a kid I would always do water sports at the Murray River on Easter every year!”

Steph: “My pick would be Pico, their chocolate is delicious!

Fave thing to do on Easter weekend is catch up with family and have chocolate for breakfast!”

Amy: “My pick is Dindi Naturals, chocolate is my favourite easter gift but not everyone enjoys it, so having Dindi supply a beautiful alternative makes Easter feel more inclusive.”

My favourite thing to do on Easter is spend the weekend relaxing with my family, filling up on chocolate!”

As we inch closer and closer to a weekend full of delicious treats, the Oraco team’s favourite picks are the perfect way to show your loved ones that you care about them and the planet. And remember, Easter can still be sweet without sacrificing sustainability - gift eco-friendly treats and enjoy guilt-free indulgence!

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Thank you to you for coming on this journey with us.

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