Australian Vegan Business

The new forum, which is more smoothly integrated into the site and offers a simpler, complementary front end, came to life here on the weekend.

The old forum will remain floating in cyberspace for a while – though not attached to this site – before finally meeting its end.

Like all things web, the success of the forum depends on people using it. So if you want to see a humming centre for vegan work and business and think you have something to say, don’t balk – go ahead and say it!

Here’s where you can visit:

• Australian Vegan Business Forum

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Contact: Sheryl Adkins

Info: EnviroSmile provides environmentally conscious cleaning services to Ormond, Frankston and surrounding suburbs. They use plant based cleaners instead of harsh, chemically based ones. These include Natures Organics and Tri Nature as well as simpler ones like bicarb of soda and tea tree oil in water. Vacuuming is done with bagless cleaners and plastic cleaning bottles are reused or recycled.

Service Area: South East Melbourne

Phone: 0415 249 491

Email: Website contact form

Click on the image to go to the EnviroSmile website.

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The old Australian Vegan Business forum is out of date and a bit clunky.

A new simple yet sleek forum’s arriving soon. It should be running by the end of the month.

Stay tuned…

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Last year the University of Queensland ran a survey on Impressions of Vegetarians.

Over 700 people completed it, 90% of them vegetarian. Last month, intial results of the survey were released.

More vegans than vegetarians participated, with vegans making 55% of respondents, vegetarians 35%.

The environment and health played second fiddle – actually second and third fiddle, in that order – to concern for other animals as the main reason for taking up a flesh-free diet.

The results also confirm that most vegans started as vegetarians.

Click on this link to download and read the initial report

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On Monday, the business magazine Australian Anthill opened applications for its 30under30 entrepreneur awards.

Thirty winners under 30 years old get to be featured in the July to September edition of Anthill. People can nominate contenders, or if you think you’ve got what it takes yourself, you don’t have to be shy – you can nominate yourself.

This is a chance for vegan hotshots to make a showing! Being featured in a national magazine will bring considerable publicity for winners, put vegan business in the spotlight, and maybe even bring it some good standing.

So if you know a vegan that you think should be in the top 30 – even if it’s you! – go ahead and apply!

To find out more and submit an online application, visit Anthill’s 30under30 page.

Applications close Monday 13 May.

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