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Jan. 23, 2012
But what can one person do?
Read moreSo, you already do everything you can to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions, right?
Perhaps most of your friends do too, but have you stopped to think that most of those actions are largely invisible to the wider public? How many people would know if you take short ...
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Dec. 23, 2011
It's Summerama!
Read moreJanuary – the days are long, the sun is shining and it’s time to get outside and play!
Summerama will reacquaint you and your family with our marine and coastal treasures all across the east from Watsons Bay to Little Bay throughout the month of January.
From Dr ...
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Dec. 9, 2011
Twelve Green Days...
Read moreA New Song For Xcessmas (or XSmas )
On the first day of Christmas,
my planet said to me,
a cloth bag is so waste free!On the second day of Christmas,
my planet said to me,
buy green power,
and a cloth bag is so waste free!On ...
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Oct. 7, 2011
Earth Overshoot Day - 2011
Read moreIt sounds like a film title, and if it was, the voiceover would be something like this .. "Humanity has exhausted the budget of what nature can provide this year - September 27th, 2011 is Earth Overshoot Day."
New research from the Global Footprint Network, an international research organisation with ...
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Sept. 7, 2011
Skills equip graduates to revitalise communities
Read moreFor participants, the third day of Spring 2011 was an auspicious start to the season of growth and abundance as they stepped forward to receive their certificates for completing the latest Living Smart course and the first of a new course in sustainability leadership. Awarding the certificates were ...
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Aug. 17, 2011
Local Sustainability Leaders course attracts the numbers
Read moreIt started with a sociograph. Stand close to people you know was the instruction from Grahame Collier As people did this a cluster diagram started to form. There was one large clump, a smaller clump, a two-person cluster and two unassociated individuals.
This was activity one of day ...
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July 6, 2011
Tubers, WIRES and Wetland in second Hub MeetUp
Read moreAbove, the blades of the wind turbine spun slowly in the light breeze. A mild and sunny winter day, it couldn’t have been better for the second Sustainability Hub MeetUp at the Randwick Sustainability Education Centre. The first MeetUp had been this year's National Permaculture Day ...
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July 4, 2011
Waste Not
Read moreShould product companies have to pay for clean-up or be fined if their product or its packaging is found as litter? Should councils support monthly Clean Out days or Garage Sale Trails?
These were some of the questions raised at the Waste Not film screening and community discussion ...
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June 27, 2011
Cultivating Community - Hannah Moloney
Read moreWhat sort of woman makes a livelihood out of creating places where people can grow food in the city, teaching permaculture and small-scale organics and working as a Community Food Systems Officer with Cultivating Community in Melbourne, where she co-manages a number of community gardens?
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June 7, 2011
Cooper Creek Residents Digging for Sustainability
Read moreResidents in the Cooper Creek catchment have started a no- dig garden in the first of four sustainable landscapes. The gardens have been generously offered by residents to provide real life projects for locals to actively learn how to build a sustainable garden from start to finish.
Under ...
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March 4, 2012
Clean Up Australia Day 2012
Read moreBe a good sport and join the team to Clean Up Australia on Sunday 4 March!
Clean Up Australia Day 2012
Every year the event encourages and inspires thousands of Australians to take to their local park, beach, bushland and streets and really help make a difference to ...
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Barrett House
Read moreThe 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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Garage Sale Trail
Read moreThere 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 ...
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Backyard Educators
Read moreBackyard 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!!!
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Sustainability Street
Read moreSustainability 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 ...
