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  • Sept. 3, 2019

    Interest-free loans for solar and batteries

    Looking at getting solar or batteries for your home, but don't have the cash upfront to pay for it? Interest-free loans could be the option for you. The NSW Govt has a new scheme - Empowering Homes Program - to support the installation of up to 300,000 ...

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  • Sept. 3, 2019

    Why buy when you can borrow

    Keen to try surfing but don’t own a board? Need to drill a hole in a wall or trim a hedge but don’t own the necessary power tools?

    Imagine being able to borrow these items for tasks you only do now and then, rather than splash some cash ...

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  • Oct. 7, 2015

    Going Green Education Award winner for 2015

    Keep Australia Beautiful's (KAB) Blue Star Sustainability Metro Awards was good news this year for Randwick Sustainability Hub, the community education component of Randwick Community Centre.

    The sustainability unit of Randwick City Council 2015 was awarded:

    • Winner — Going Green Education Award for Randwick’s Sustainability Education Hub ...
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  • Oct. 7, 2015

    Workshop introduces renovating the permaculture way

    Education for community resilience… 

    CITIES are unfinished places. With old buildings being demolished and new ones being built they are in a constant state of rebuilding. It can be the same with the homes in those cities. As generations replace each other in those homes they modify them ...

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  • Oct. 7, 2015

    Living Smart facilitator training

     A NEW BATCH of qualified Living Smart educators has graduated from a two and a half day course at Randwick Sustainability Hub, the educational component of Randwick Community Centre.

    Living Smart is a community course in resilient living devised by Murdoch University's Faculty of Behavioural Psychology ...

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  • Jan. 8, 2015

    Top Ten Ways to Create a Sustainable Home

    Check out some great tips to make every room in your house more sustainable.  

     

    Source: http://www.energyaustralia.com.au/8-ways-to-create-a-sustainable-home

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  • Sept. 9, 2014

    Sustainable House Day 2014 @ Barrett House

    Regardless of whether you buy or rent, moving into a property can be a daunting experience - finding a place for all you treasured possessions, the unfamiliar sounds in the night and often some strange design features you might have not noticed beforehand.  

    Having recently moved into a small ...

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  • July 11, 2014

    Have you ever been to Barrett House?

    Barrett House is a sustainable demonstration project that follows the permaculture design principles both inside and out - often showing two or three different approaches to retrofitting for sustainability to suit every size and shape of house and of course every budget - all to help you make your place ...

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  • April 30, 2014

    Earth Hour Starlight Picnic - Wrap Up

     

    This year’s Earth Hour was more than just about turning the lights off and promoting climate change solutions - it was also about showing our commitment to protecting one of the world’s most iconic places, the Great Barrier Reef.

     

    And judging by the estimated crowd of a ...

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  • June 25, 2013

    Practical solutionists shine at food waste forum

    THINK.EAT.SAVE was the name of the UNSW World Environment Day seminar that attempted to draw attention to food waste. This it achieved to some extent but having representatives of the three main political parties on the panel turned it into something of a recitation of known ...

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