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Melbourne for Conscious Foodies Guide

A conscious food and travel guide to Melbourne with a difference

 

What is the Melbourne For Conscious Foodies guide?

The focus of our guide is to help city dwellers and travellers seek out eateries around Melbourne that are conscious to their very core. Some of the eateries featured include: Auction Rooms, Rudimentary, Streat, Tamil Feasts and so many more! Not to mention, tips, and places to volunteer and give back to in Melbourne’s food community. The slim 36-page guide has a minimal, black & white aesthetic and has been printed locally in Melbourne with vegetable-based inks and on paper using sustainable pulp resources, our printer also has FSC certification.

Eateries that we feature have been carefully selected based on the extent to which they successfully practice at least one of the following important criteria:

LOCAL
supporting local producers, and sourcing high quality local goods and ingredients (seasonal where possible)

SUSTAINABILITY/ENVIRONMENT
mindful practices that demonstrate a commitment to sustainability and environmental impact, and;

SOCIAL GOOD
contributing to the greater community or those less fortunate.

 

How We Give Back

The real essence of the guide is ‘giving back’, and with that in mind we will be donating 25% of the sales from each guide and tote, as well as a percentage of sales from Decisive Cravings events, to a local Melbourne initiative/cause. See our donation updates below.

 

INITIATIVES AND CAUSES DC HAS DONATED TO SINCE 2015:

 

DECEMBER 2015 – DECISIVE CRAVING’S FIRST GATHERING

PERCENTAGE OF TICKET SALES/ $70.12 DONATED TO SCARF COMMUNITY

 

DECEMBER 2017 – DECISIVE CRAVINGS COOKING CLASS

PERCENTAGE OF TICKET SALES/$181.39  USED TO PAY FOR INGREDIENTS AND A DONATION TO CULTIVATING COMMUNITY STAFF

 

FEBRUARY 2018 – DECISIVE CRAVINGS CHEESE MAKING CLASS

PERCENTAGE OF TICKET SALES/ $50.60 DONATED TO CULTIVATING COMMUNITY

 

JUNE 2019 – CONSCIOUS GUIDES AND TOTE BAG SALES DONATION

25% OF SALES FROM EOFY 16/17 – 18/19 / $270.40 DONATED TO ASRC AND ST KILDA MUMS

 

DECEMBER 2019 – DECISIVE CRAVINGS CHRISTMAS BAKING SWAP

COLLECTIVE REGISTRATION FEE+EXTRA DONATION/ $45 DONATED TO  NSW Rural Fire Service & MATCHED EXTRA DONATION OF $45 BY ME TO WIRES EMERGENCY FUND IN RESPONSE TO RECENT BUSH FIRES

 

APRIL 2020 – DECISIVE CRAVINGS EASTER BAKING SWAP

COLLECTIVE REGISTRATION FEE+EXTRA DONATION BY ME/ $35 TOTAL  DONATED TO FOOD BANK VICTORIA IN RESPONSE TO DEMANDS FROM COVID-19.

 

DECEMBER 2020 – DECISIVE CRAVINGS 2020 CHRISTMAS BAKING SWAP

ALL REGISTRATION FEES + EXTRA DONATION BY ME/ $100 TOTAL DONATED TO TWO GOOD CO.

 

MAY 2021 – DECISIVE CRAVINGS 2020 FESTIVE STATIONERY SALES

PERCENTAGE OF SALES/ $50 DONATED TO NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CULINARY INSTITUTE (NICI)

 

MARCH 2022 – DECISIVE CRAVINGS 2021 CHRISTMAS BAKING SWAP

50% OF REGISTRATION FEES + EXTRA DONATION BY ME/ $50 TOTAL DONATED TO FREE TO FEED.

 

DECEMBER 2022 – DECISIVE CRAVINGS MINI FESTIVE FETE AND BAKE SALE

100% OF SALES OF FIVE SPICE BISCUITS (DONATED BY MANDOLINE CAFE ELSTERNWICK) AND OUR YUM BALLS ON OUR BAKE TABLE, DONATED TO FAMILY LIFE AUSTRALIA/ $100 TOTAL

 

SO FAR WITH YOUR SUPPORT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO DONATE $997.51 WORTH OF SALES FROM OUR CHRISTMAS BAKINGS SWAPS, FESTIVE STATIONERY, MELBOURNE FOR CONSCIOUS FOODIES GUIDES, TOTES AND EVENTS TO SEVERAL AMAZING INITIATIVES. THANK YOU!

 

Limited copies of the Melbourne for Conscious Foodies food guide are still available for purchase now at $9.95 via our online shop (AUS only) or directly through me at info@decisivecravings.com.au for purchases outside of Australia.


STOCKISTS

Melbourne for Conscious Foodies is currently being stocked at the following locations:

MELBOURNE

The Boroughs Store – 345 Lygon St, East Brunswick

Safari Living – 579 High St, East Prahran

Shokuiku – 120 High St, Northcote

Auction Rooms – 103 – 107 Errol St, North Melbourne

Rudimentary – 16/20 Leeds St, Footscray

Candied Bakery – 81A Hudsons Rd, Spotswood

Ceres Permaculture and Bushfood Nursery – Corner Roberts & Stewart Streets, Brunswick East

Patricia Coffee Brewers – Cnr Little Bourke and Little Williams Streets, Melbourne

STREAT –  66 Cromwell Street, Collingwood,  5 McKillop Street, Melbourne, and ground floor of Melbourne Central next to the escalators to the trains.

The Melbourne Tomato Festival – March 19, 2017

JAKARTA

Kokken ID – Turning Point,  Jalan Ki Hajar Dewantara, Ruko Golden 8 Blok K no. 10, 3rd Floor

Turning Point Coffee –  Jalan Ki Hajar Dewantara, Ruko Golden 8 blok K no. 10

 

E-GUIDE

The e-version of Melbourne for Conscious Foodies is now available on iTunes, Amazon, Angus & Robertson, Barnes & Noble, Booktopia, Kobo and more. See the full list of e-retailers HERE.

 

Melbourne for Conscious Foodies food guide and totesOur Conscious tote bags

 

CONSCIOUS TOTE BAGS

To launch the Melbourne for Conscious Foodies food guide we have also run a very limited number of stunning Conscious tote bags in two colours: white and oatmeal (sold out). They have been designed, printed and sewn right here in Melbourne and are $55 each.  They are made with 55% Belgian Cotton and 45% Linen. The sizing is 45cm (H) x 40cm (W). 25% of the profits from each Conscious tote bag sold will be donated to a local Melbourne initiative/cause.

 

Melbourne for Conscious Foodies Guide

 

ONLINE PURCHASES

You can purchase the Melbourne for Conscious Foodies food guide at our online shop HERE (Australia only). For purchases outside Australia, please email me at info@decisivecravings.com.au.

Thank you so much for your support guys and stay tuned for more updates. Also, I must mention a very special thanks to all my dear friends and family who contributed directly and indirectly to the creation of this guide with their thoughts and feedback. Most importantly a huge thanks goes to our incredibly talented graphic designer and my personal friend Lauren Seeman. You can see more of her work here.

Jen Curcio