Every year, each Australian throws away 145 kg of food. As a nation, that is over $5 billion worth of food items. For every 5 bags of groceries a person buys a week, 1 of those goes straight in the rubbish bin. That’s almost 20% of the food Australians purchase. In Victoria and South Australia, [...]
If you’re interested in heading along to sustainability focused events in your region then head over to the Sustainable Living Calendar website. The Sustainable Living Calendar highlights events and activities across Australia which inspire, promote and celebrate sustainable living. Click on a link below to see view the events in your state: Victroria New South [...]
PDF documents are a great way to save paper, save trees and also save water, but only if you don’t print them. The GreenPDF.com website has been setup to “educate the public on the environmental impact of printing PDF documents.” To help save trees, save water and in turn help reduce greenhouse gasses, the website [...]
Good to see that there’s organisations out there dedicated to educating young and old about the importance of sustainability. The Gould Group conduct environmental education and sustainability programs and projects for schools, businesses and the community. Check out The Gould Group website for details.
A recent article in The Age outlines how one family has discovered a novel way to save water and electricity in the home, bribe the kids! If the electricity and water usage in GREEN challenge entrant Jill Forwards household decreases, the kids get a pocket money bonus. What a great way to make children more [...]
Now I haven’t checked the validity of the manual at the end of the following link, so download at your own peril. This manual apparently shows you how to build a simplistic, and affordable hydrogen fuel system for your car. It will show you how to convert you existing vehicle to hydrogen fuel cell power [...]
If you’re anywhere near as scared as I am about the future of our planet then you may have given up the usual Sunday night movie to tune into Ten’s Cool Aid – the national carbon test program. Now I may be a little cynical about Ten cashing in on the whole Inconvenient Truth bandwagon, [...]
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