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Time to celebrate – Ecosilk Bags turns 25!

By Emily Hay | 1st February 2026
Ecosilk Bags turns 25! From humble beginnings on a kitchen table to helping eliminate more than 614 million plastic bags, Emily Hay reflects on the journey, the wonderful and often funny customer stories and the community that helped build one of Australia’s original reusable bag businesses.

Humpback Highway to Hell

By Emily Hay | 5th September 2025
Humpback whales have made an extraordinary recovery since the end of commercial whaling, but new threats are emerging in the Southern Ocean. Industrial krill fishing is placing increasing pressure on the fragile Antarctic ecosystem that whales depend on for survival.

Gas has got to Go!

By Emily Hay | 18th April 2025
Australia is facing escalating climate disasters, and the role of gas can no longer be ignored. Emily Hay explores the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels but gas in particular.

The hard truth about recycling plastics in Australia & globally

By Emily Hay | 9th November 2024
For years, many of us believed recycling was the solution to our growing plastic waste crisis. But as landfill pressures mount and plastic consumption rapidly increases worldwide, it is becoming clear that recycling alone cannot keep up.

Shining a light on…Seahorses

By Emily Hay | 30th August 2024
Seahorses are among the world’s most threatened marine species, facing growing pressure from habitat destruction, pollution and destructive fishing practices such as bottom trawling. Protecting them could also help safeguard thousands of other marine species.

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