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We offer a range of education and engagement services to suit a variety of

clients, venues and functions. Through these services we aim to teach, inspire
and empower Australians so that together we can make a positive difference to
our food system and our environment, animals, farmers and communities.

Lunchtime Corporate Engagement Events

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Bring MasterChef to your workplace with our Give a Fork! corporate

engagement program, a joint initiative from Sustainable Table and our friends
at Pot & Pan Culinary Tailoring, Sam and Celeste Gant (you might remember
Sam from the 2014 MasterChef series).

We believe that the best way to encourage people to buy into a more sustainable
food system is to lead by example and present them with a menu that is too
damn delicious to ignore. Thats why were offering three dining packages
designed to be shared amongst colleagues. All ingredients are from organic and
small-scale, local producers and the dining experience will be complemented
with an engaging and educational presentation from the Sustainable Table team.
Staff will receive aFREE EBOOK following the event to help them embrace a
more sustainable lifestyle at home.

For details on packages and prices click here.

Speaking Engagements

Sustainable Table team members are available to speak and present at a wide
range of events and venues including council and community events,
schools and corporate functions. We will always tailor our presentations
around topics that are of specific interest to you. Topics we have covered in the
past include:

How create a waste free kitchen

How to create a sustainable table
Why we should Give a Fork! about waste
Mindful meat eating
The state of the planet
Practical things you can do to reduce your environmental impact through the
food you eat
Sustainable Seafood.

To find out more or to talk to us about your speaking engagement opportunity,

contact info@sustainabletable.org.au or call03 8644 4050.

Film Nights

Our short documentary, Waste Deep, is available online for free viewing. It has
already been viewed by over 12,000 people across different venues and
functions including community events and in schools.

The 20-minute documentary shows how food and plastic waste can be avoided,
drawing attention to much of the unnecessary packaging that is choking our
lives, oceans and animals. It also gives an insight into the environmental and
social impacts of our wasteful ways.

The film features some pretty rad people such as environmentalist and keen
surfer Tim Silverwood, blogger, author and TV presenter Sarah Wilson and
exuberant host of ABC's Gardening Australia, Costa Georgiadis.

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Hungry For Info

Hungry for info

We always try to present the benefits of creating a sustainable table in a fun and
light-hearted way, however there is a serious side to what we do informing you
about the massive environmental and ethical issues that underpin our food
system.

A system where 1 billion people go to bed hungry and 1 billion

people are suffering from obesity

A system where we throw out up to half of what we grow

A system that has already destroyed 24% of global farmland, with

a further 1% loss each year

A system that is sucking our fresh water sources dry

A system that sees 500 million animals housed in factory farms each
year, in Australia alone

A system that has caused the near collapse of every major fishery in
the world

A system powered by oil, which results in the well-off consumer gobbling

up the equivalent of 66 barrels of oil each year

A system where our farmers are being pushed to the brink, there is
an above average suicide rate and the average age of a farmer is

now 60 years old.

In this section we present you with the issues, as well as equip you with
the tools that allow you to change our food system from the bottom up.

Satisfy your hunger by navigating through Hungry for Info using

the menu below or tothe right of this page.

You can also find all of the Hungry for Info information in our book The
Sustainable Table.

Simply by changing the way you shop you can help to overcome today's
environmental issues, one meal at a time.

The Coming
Famine

Meet your
Meat

Seasonal
Produce Guide
Fishy
Business

Seafood
Suppliers

Free range

Organic
Sceptics

Ethical Meat
Suppliers

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Guide

What You Can

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Love

Waste Deep

The coming famine

Seasonal produce guide

Dairy Diaries

Fishy business

Seafood Suppliers

Meet your meat

Free range egg and chicken guide

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Organic sceptics

What you can do

Our resources

Sites We Love

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Funded Projects

Projects

Sustainable Table supports projects, both locally and abroad, that help to build a
fair and more environmentally-sound food system for all.

Our projects are supported by funding we source from government and nongovernment bodies, philanthropic organisations and individual donations from
the community. We also direct income from our cookbook sales to our local and
international projects. In fact, profits from cookbook sales have enabled us to
support our Compost Toilet Project in Kenya and the Local Harvest Project in
Australia.

Our Local Projects

Our local projects aim to:

engage people in learning about sustainable food production and how they
can help to shape a fair and sustainable food system for all
reconnect people with where their food comes from, and encourage them to
use their consumer dollar to influence change
encourage food outlets to stock with local, seasonal and ethically-farmed
produce
benefit the environment by encouraging food purchasing patterns that
reduce our personal eco-footprint
support local food producers who are doing the right thing by the
environment.

Our International Projects Developing Communities

Our international projects work with developing communities to restore the

natural environment to ensure the safe and ongoing provision of food.

In developing countries, extreme poverty often leaves people struggling to meet

their basic needs. Much of their day is often dedicated to collecting food, water
and firewood just to keep their families alive. Yet, despite all of this, there are still
people wanting to dedicate themselves to preserving the natural environment
and educating community members about the need to care for the earth. At
Sustainable Table, we seek these people out and work with them to turn their
ambition into positive outcomes for their community and the environment.

See summaries below or use the navigation pane on your right to learn
more about our current projects in Australia and abroad, and please
consider donating or fundraising to support our work and the work of
our partners.

Local Projects

Our Books - Seasonal Regional and The Sustainable Table

Our books form part of our educational and awareness raising activities. They're
books that appeal to a wide range of people, from food lovers with no clue about
the impact their plate has on the planet right through to the most diligent
environmentalists. Find out more.

Local Harvest
Local Harvest is a national initiative aiming to help people find local sources of
food and grow their own. Local Harvest is a website resource featuring a national
directory of farmers markets, co-ops, food box systems and more. Simply enter
your post code to locate good food near you. Find out more.

Events
We run a series of events throughout the year that engage the community in
issues surrounding food and sustainability in a creative, relaxed and fun way. We
aim to bring to life many of the themes explored within our books and
website. Find out more.

Research & Resources

We are building a comprehensive and accurate knowledge-base to keep you
informed and up-to-date with the issues affecting our environment today. Visit
our Hungry for Information pages and subscribe to our blog and seasonal enewsletter, Table Talk, to receive quality information and practical tips to help
you make real changes for the better.

International Projects

Giving Gardens
The Giving Gardens project increases the food security of communities in rural
Kampot in southern Cambodia, where 50-75% of families are poor, by providing
the lost skills and tools needed to grow their own nutritious food using
sustainable growing methods. Giving Gardens reduces the communities reliance
on imported food from Vietnam and Thailand and increases their food security.
The project helps communities become self-sufficient, saves money and provides
community members with a healthier and more diverse diet. Read more.
Solar Cookers Project
In partnership with local Tibetan organisation the Pentok Institute, we distributed
over 700 solar cookers to rural Tibetan communities in the Qinghai Province of
China between 2009 and 2011. The solar cookers convert sunlight into heat to

cook food or boil water for purification. They not only benefit the environment by
providing a cleaner and greener means of cooking, they help women and
children who are traditional gatherers of dung and other resources used for
fuel. Read more.

Community Savings & Loans (Natural Resource Management)

In partnership with Tembea Youth Centre for Sustainable Development, an
indigenous community-based development organisation based in Kenya, we are
building the capacity of communities in the Ugenya district to reverse the
environmental degradation caused by human activity along the river Nzoia by
providing communities with alternative, more sustainable sources of
income. Read more.

Compost Toilets
In partnership with Ecofinder Kenya, we are supporting the installation of
ecological sanitation toilets (compost toilets) for communities in the Lake Victoria
Basin, Kenya. The compost toilets provide valuable organic fertiliser that can be
used to improve local, small-scale farming, as well as providing basic sanitation
in a region where water borne diseases from lack of sanitation are rife. Read
more.

OrphFund, Acquisition of farm land to feed an orphanage in Uganda

OrphFund is a volunteer-based organisation that runs a Childrens Village in
Kasese, Western Uganda, only a few kilometres from the Democratic Republic of
Congo. The Childrens Village provides residential care for 60 vulnerable orphans
and street children. We are supporting OrphFund to acquire a farm in a nearby
town where food can be grown to feed the Villages children, making the
Childrens Village self-sustaining and less dependent on donations.Read more.

Giving Gardens

Solar Cookers

Natural Resource Management

Compost Toilets

OrphFund

STAR

Local Harvest

Events

Our Books

Waste Deep

The coming famine

Seasonal produce guide

Dairy Diaries

Fishy business

Seafood Suppliers

Meet your meat

Free range egg and chicken guide

Ethical meat suppliers

Organic sceptics

What you can do

Our resources

Sites We Love

Producers We Love

First Name

Last Name

Facebook

Twitter

Facebook

Youtube

Youtube

Email Address Postcode

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Sustainable Table (through the Yaubula Fund) are tax deductible.

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Project benefits
Need for basic sanitation

It is estimated that 40% of the

worlds population do not have
access to a toilet or basic
sanitation.

Lack of basic sanitation causes

contamination of water sources,
which leads to water borne
diseases.

Children under the age of five are

the most vulnerable to poor
hygiene and inadequate
sanitation, two of the major
causes of diarrhoea. According to
UNICEF, the disease kills at least
1.2 million children under the age of five each year.

Generation of natural fertiliser

Ecosan Toilets convert human waste into nutrient-rich fertiliser over a

period of six months. This reduces the cost burden of purchasing chemical
fertilisers, improves soil fertility and enables community members to
return to organic farming and have access to fresh, local food.

Protection of the local wetlands

Soil quality has been severely

depleted due to inefficient
farming techniques. Farmers are
now being forced to encroach on
the wetlands in search of soil
they can grow things in. This is
not only degrading the local
environment but is also causing
human-wildlife conflicts, in
particular with hippos.

It is important to protect the

wetlands as they provide
important eco-system services
including the provision of fresh water and fish for consumption, which is
important for the communitys long-term sustainability.

Project update
We are proud to be continuing our support for this project into 2012. We will be
providing Ecofinder with funds to help them scale up their work by 350% and
build 35 new compost toilets. Ecofinder will also train more community members
in organic farming methods, purchase small-scale equipment to support small
scale irrigation for subsistence farms and install four biogas digesters as a means
of trialling their benefits to the community.

Click here to read the blog that Hayley wrote after returning from a
project visit in October 2011, and here to read the most up to date post
about the outcomes of the project so far.