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ECO WARRIORS

WITHOUT DOUBT, green is the new black. The green movement has swollen from a trickle to a veritable flood, prompting a new wave of planet-friendly initiatives from companies, both big and small, to create products that won’t cost the earth.

“Australia is one of the world’s 17 mega-diverse countries,” says The Wilderness Society’s nature campaign manager, Suzanne Milthorpe. “We have around 10 per cent of all the world’s species, most of which live only here. Our magnificent native animals and plants have cultural value and

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