The establishment of Barrett House as a sustainability demonstration house provides the opportunity to see working examples of practical sustainability measures in action. The retrofit incorporates energy and water efficiency, the use of sustainable building materials, waste avoidance, minimisation and recovery, together with a working Permaculture garden.

Whether ...

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Helping business save money and reduce their impact on the environment. Businesses that register will receive on-site assistance by qualified assessors who will provide;

• A water use assessment & free water efficient products.
• A energy use assessment & assistance accessing generous financial incentives.

Who ...

Try out our new online Compost and Wormfarming Tutorial and do the quiz to get your free compost bin or wormfarm.

The Compost Revolution is spreading across the eastern suburbs and beyond with more and more people armed with bins, worms and garden waste tackling the food waste ...

There are 7.4 million garages in Australia. What if every one of them had a garage sale on the same day?    
 
Thousands of garage sales all over Australia on one huge day, that's the idea behind the Garage Sale Trail.   

On Saturday 5 May 2012, in ...

Backyard Educators are helping your neighbours to become green!

Who can you ask when you need a hand setting up your compost bin?

Who can help convince your neighbours that a compost bin or wormfarm is a good thing to set up?

Backyard Educators to the rescue!!!

The ...

Sustainability Street puts the idea of thinking global while acting local into practice, bringing friends and neighbours together to reduce household waste, water and energy use, as well as work on local sustainability projects. Are you interested in turning your street into a Sustainability Street?

Sustainability Street: Clovelly ...

The Eastern Suburbs embraces solar…

According to Energy Australia figures, over 650 Eastern Suburbs households have made the switch to solar power and a further 570 have submitted applications to switch as at December 2010. Congratulations to those GO SOLAR participants who are already reaping the rewards of ...

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Welcome to another great year!

We have our first ESSSN meeting for 2012 on Thursday 23 February from 3:45pm - 5:15pm at Waverley Public School.

This term we will be focusing on how to write a convincing grant application and identifying opportunities for funding in ...

State of the art water-saving technology recently installed at Rose Bay Promenade by Woollahra Council is proving to make a substantial contribution to reducing our community-wide ecological footprint and improving water quality.

Incorporating ‘water sensitive urban design’, the technology features a porus paving infiltration system that treats polluted ...