For those based in, and around Canberra you might be interested in joining one of the Winter Workshops being run by the Canberra Environment Centre. Workshops are run throughout the year and cover a ...
Are environmental sustainability and climate change issues getting a bit tired? Have we stopped listening and increasingly just want to get on with our lives?
Another climate change cartoon to add to the collection. This one was used to illustrate a Sydney Morning Herald article about a proposal from Oxford and New York University philosophers that humans ...
Before Christmas I had a chat to my friend Alison, who had organised her wedding with the explicit purpose of reducing the carbon footprint of her wedding. Here are some of her ideas on making your w...
Chook lovers or wanna-be chook owners can find out all the answers on chicken ownership in the ‘Chooks in the City’ book by Alyson Hill. Even better if you would like to go and discuss with Alyson in...
I have noticed that there have been a lot of hits on Joel Pett’s brilliant cartoon, asking what if climate change is a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing. In the same vein is thi...
Over the past 50 years, human beings have altered ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history. This is due to growing demands for food, fresh water,...
Finally something to write about! After five months of watching our chickens grow, from new hatchlings through to adolescent chooks and after weeks of expectant waiting, my son discovered the first e...
The Canberra Discovery Garden at the National Arboretum Canberra opened last Sunday and provides planting ideas for those dealing with dry climate gardens, such as found in Canberra (although this ye...
Sunflowers! Don’t they make you smile, my memories of the French countryside are of endless fields of sunflowers. Our small tribute, has been four sunflowers that my son planted along our side ...
Thank you to my secret Santa from work who gave me this lovely gift! The present had to be under $10 in value and they did a great job fitting a lot into this box, including: 3 packets of seeds Zucch...
As another Christmas lurks around the corner, I have been drawn to the thought of why do we need more stuff? In recent conversations I have heard people complain about what to buy for those who have ...
I have grown to appreciate our local Southside Farmer’s Markets. Initially the clash with our lazy Sunday schedule did not appeal. But now with kids waking us up at the crack of dawn, we have ...
I have recently discovered the joys of second hand shopping, also known as "op shopping". Previously, the impatient, younger version of me would skim in and out of these stores as fast as I c...
Today was a historic day for Australia as the Senate approved a price on carbon pollution with the approval of the Clean Energy Future package. For the first time, Australia will have a price on carb...
A few photos from Green Savvy Sunday… Recycled and reused furniture anyone? Nothing here to fit in our itsy bitsy recyling bin! A sneeky purchase by my better half, don’t you love it! I a...
On a recent QANTAS flight I had the fortune to catch a short documentary called Waste Not produced by the Total Environment Centre in Sydney. Waste Not looks at a range of people who are looking to t...
One of our more recent adventures has been the purchase of a worm farm (prior to buy nothing new month!). I was really keen to give it a try – just to see how it worked. Here’s what we di...
Well what a thrill; yesterday the ‘Hatching Chicks’ arrived – the incubator contained 10 eggs. One or two of the eggs already had a slight crack and within two hours of arriving the first egg h...
Despite my pledge to “buy nothing new” for the month of October, I am really looking forward to the upcoming ‘Green Savvy Sunday’ on Sunday 9 October at our local Old Bus Depot Markets. As the focus ...
This October is ‘Buy Nothing New Month’. Buy Nothing New is a great campaign being promoted by the Salvos Stores, One Million Women and the Brotherhood of St Laurence, to name a few. The campaign pr...
Coming soon - Canberra City Farm! A group in Canberra is cooking up plans to develop a Canberra City Farm. No, this is not a petting zoo for children, or a demonstration farm. It is intended to be a ...
While we were in Sydney I came across these planter boxes planted out with herbs, small fruit trees and flowers. They were edging a farmer’s market being held at The Rocks and added some colour, inte...
Obviously we haven’t paid enough attention to An Inconvenient Truth! Coming soon is the Climate Reality Project - a day long worldwide event on Thursday 15 September with the aim of generating ...
Yesterday we planted a tree with our children and extended family – a fun activity. We are now all looking forward to seeing it 10 years from now, thriving and big enough to climb! Hopefully we...
Well the much anticipated convoy of no confidence barrelled into Canberra today, to protest against the current government…or about any minority government…or about the carbon tax…o...
Well it’s amazing the things I get excited about! My latest discovery is EnviroLove a business focused on the collection and recycling of organic waste. Image: Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net ...
Source: Simon Howden / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Backyard chooks appear to be making a comeback in Australia. Certainly suburban Canberra lends itself to this pursuit, with the average backyard still big...
I just came across this cartoon by Joel Pett recently and think it sums things up nicely! I’ll let it speak for itself. Filed under: Climate Change
My knowledge of community gardening has been rapidly expanding over the past weeks and months. It turns out community gardeners are an increasingly active group motivated by fresh produce and a sunny...
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