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Global Climate Strike 2019 - Will You Join Us?
The climate crisis has reached a new unprecedented urgency, with increasing greenhouse gas pollution from the burning of oil, coal and gas, the world has already warmed by one degree.
Here at home, Australians are already seeing the effects, including more frequent, longer lasting and more intense heatwaves, harsher droughts, coastal flooding and longer, more dangerous bushfire seasons. There is an uprising of people who are no longer willing to continue with 'business as usual' and ignore our planet’s decline.
CAFESMART 2019 - HELPING YOUR HOOD!
CafeSmart takes place this Friday - uniting the community over our favourite brew to help fund local homeless services.On Friday the 9th August, the coffee industry will unite with StreetSmart Australia’s annual CafeSmart initiative to help combat homelessness, where participating cafes donate $1 from every coffee sold, directly supporting smaller grassroots homeless charities. CafeSmart strives to break the mould of prejudice surrounding homelessness, working to support those who are at risk or are currently homeless.StreetSmart Australia has raised $5 million since it's launch in 2003, funding 1823 projects for 605 organisations, operating at a local level to fund critical services. These smaller organisations are embedded within local...
Crema Joe is a 2019 AusMumpreneur bronze winner!
We are excited to announce that Kayla Mossuto of Crema Joe has been named the third pace recipient in 2019 AusMumpreneur Sustainability Awards!
The awards presented by AusMumpreneur and The Women’s Business School celebrate and recognise Australian Mums in business achieving outstanding success in areas such as business excellence, product development, customer service and digital innovation. The awards are designed to recognise the growing number of women balancing motherhood alongside their successful businesses...
8 Ways You Can Help Reduce Your Impact
Know someone who could do with a little encouragement switching from single-use to reusable? Help others to minimise plastic and waste with our Single-Use Swaps downloadable guide for use at home or work! This printable poster is FREE for you to use (print it or share it digitally)! We only ask you keep the original source credited - don't forget to tag Crema Joe! Download Crema Joe Resource Posters 1. Single-use coffee pods Coffee pods are a fast-growing contributor to Australian landfill. The energy output of manufacturing is so great, that no single-use item can compare to a reusable product - even if it’s recyclable, compostable,...
5 reasons NOT to use reusable coffee pods
We love coffee, but more importantly, we love our planet. That's why we feel that reusable coffee pods are an excellent option for coffee capsule machine owners! However, we've heard on the grapevine that there are some skeptics who would recommend biodegradable capsules over reusable. Even worse (according to us), there are some people who are totally cool using plastic single-use coffee pods!! You're once of them? Excellent - this article is for you!
Here are our top 5 reasons not to use reusable coffee pods.
