Directory
Green Living
- Recycle This - Creative ideas for reusing and recycling random stuff.
- Recycling Near You - Recycling Near You is your one stop shop for local recycling information.
- FreeCycle - The OzRecycle Community is an Australian Recyclers Community helping our environment by reducing landfill.
- Non-Tox Soapbox - Non-Tox Soapbox provides updates on current research and news reports about organic health and wellness, and reviews products that may help you make healthier consumer choices for you, your kids, family, and our environment.
- Living Greener - The starting point for Australians to find out about tips and inspiration on how to live more sustainably as well as information about government programs.
- Living Safe - LIVING SAFE provides the most current information and tools on finding safer alternatives to common products and produce we use apply & eat on a daily basis.
Parenting Support
- The Natural Child Project - Parenting and education that respects children.
- Alternative Baby - An Australian community dedicated to providing information about attachment parenting and instinctive, natural parenting philosophies.
- Australian Breastfeeding Association - Provides professional support, information, articles for mothers on breastfeeding and has a great supportive community forum.
- Ibreastfed - Aims to provide a safe place for women to share their breastfeeding success stories.
- Pinky Mckay - Is the author of five books, including 'Sleeping Like a baby', Toddler Tactics and '100 Ways to Calm the Crying'. She specialises in health, education and family issues and works ‘hands on’ with parents, teaching infant massage and solving breastfeeding p
- Natural Parenting - An Australian comprehensive guide to natural parenting including a directory and forum.
- Natural Parenting Melbourne - A network of families and professionals aiming to support, educate and celebrate the diversity of natural choices available to families.
- Dr Sears - Website offering parenting advice, parenting books, discussion forums, monthly newsletters and more.
- Raising Children Network - The Australian parenting website: comprehensive, practical, expert child health and parenting information and activities covering children aged 0-8 years.
- Natural Parenting in Sydney - A website to help parents find information and resources around natural parenting
Magazines / Media
- Barefoot - Barefoot is a quarterly magazine which focuses on conscious parenting, eco-living, education, health and wellbeing and relationships.
- G Magazine - Monthly environmental publication from a carbon-neutral company.
- Tribe Magazine - Tribe Magazine is high quality, informative articles about health, environment, parenting, social awareness, self - improvement, business, lifestyle & more
- Peppermint Magazine - Peppermint is a green fashion magazine, covering eco and ethical style with a fun, fresh, intelligent and positive spin
- Sustainable Insight - Your green living book store.
Pregnancy & Birth
- Sarah Buckley - Is a family physician/GP, writer and mother of four who is the author of Gentle Birth, Gentle mothering and provides information and stories that will inform, inspire, nourish and support you in your vital role as parents and parents-to-be.
- Home Birth Australia - Safety and Quality Framework guiding Midwifery Care provided by Privately Practising Midwives attending homebirths
- Maternity Coalition - Maternity Care for Women
- Joyous Birth - Is the Australian Home Birth Support Network, supporting women, babies and families. Come and visit our community forum.
- Natural Birth - Articles, forum and directory on natural birth and parenting.
Eco / Green Directories
- Ecoclues - A site you can find Clues, Hints for going green everyday.
- Eco Directory - Eco Directory is an Australian online directory for sustainable living.
- Use Nature - Natural Health & Lifestyle Classifieds.
- Green Times - Your online green journal and directory designed to create awareness of environmental issues and promote Australian green businesses.
- The Green Directory - The Green Directory is Australia's online resource for locating green business, products and services.
- Greenfinder - The Greenfinder Green Directory has the most comprehensive selection of green, eco, sustainable and environmentally friendly companies and products.
- The Green Pages - Green Directory & green news, eco friendly products, green hints and tips, green jobs, green events & community action.
Blogs we love….
- Green Parenting - Eco friendly parenting for an eco friendly future.
- My Green Australia - A fantastic blog about green living in Australia.
- Petit Eco KIDS - Petit Eco KIDS is a green lifestyle blog for stylish parents and kids
- Eco Child’s Play - Eco Child’s Play (ECP) is a blog devoted to informing and discussing “Green Parenting for Non-toxic, Healthy Homes”.
- Growing Up Green - Your daily green shot of cool eco gear for babies & kids :: featuring crafts, handmade, organic, recycled & vintage gear!
- Go Green Australia - Tips and hints on living an eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyle in Australia.
- Clean Life - CleanLife is an eco-ganic website aimed at helping individuals lighten their environmental footprint and chemical load.
- Non-Tox Soapbox - Non-Tox Soapbox provides updates on current research and news reports about organic health and wellness, and reviews products that may help you make healthier consumer choices for you, your kids, family, and our environment.
Food & Garden
- Ceres - Environmental park in Brunswick that has an organic market (Wed & Sat mornings), organic cafe and nursery.
- Organic Food Directory - A resource for organic businesses and for consumers.
- Community Garden - Community gardens provide access to fresh produce and plants as well as access to satisfying labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community.
- Organic Food - Home delivery service of organic food.
- Farmers Markets - Where to shop for the freshest produce and your nearest farmers’ market.
- Organic Farm Share - Organic Farm Share is a community-owned farm project and is the first of its kind.
Recommended Sites
- The Australian Nappy Network - The ANN is a not-for-profit organisation, the goal of which is to educate the Australian community on the health, environmental and financial benefits of using cloth nappies.
- WWF - Australia's largest and most experienced independent conservation organisation.
- Kindred Community - Natural parenting, authentic living, eco-parenting, green parenting, spirituality online community.
- Whitehat - A comprehensive website with listing of events and things to do in Melbourne.
If you have a relevant eco parenting or living site that you would to recommend then please contact us. We are only seeking community information and not businesses as these can be found on the directories.




