Here’s a great guide that will help you create a sustainable living environment in your home. This book will teach you how to: Understanding why you should Go Green; Learning to adapt your lifestyle to benefit the planet; How and What to Recycle to save our resources; Reduce the amount of waste in landfills; Help [...]
The Age reports that water rates will double by 2011 due to increases is charges by Melbourne Water to water retailers. New water infrastructure programs such as a desalination plant and the north south pipline will significanty bump up water rates. The Age also reports that this week water storage levels in the state fell [...]
Dr Peter Fisher writes about desalination plant alternatives for Melbourne’s water woes in The Age today. The article title “Big solutions for our water needs will use more energy” explains the energy hungry nature of desalination plants and puts forward some innovative alternatives to water production. Read the full article at The Age.
The NSW Government has extended rebates for solar hot water systems rain water and tanks until 2011. You can now claim up to $2,800 solar hot water systems and $2,000 for rainwater tanks, through a combination of state and federal rebates. Check out the NSW Dep’t Environment & Climate Change website .
In this day and age of environmental awareness I find it difficult to swallow the Vicrtorian governments conviction that large scale desalination plants are the best solution to our water crisis. Converting salt water to fresh water by means of a desalination plant plant is a highly inefficient way of creating fresh water. High energy [...]
We recently launched Australia’s fist Rain Water Tanks Directory website. The Water Tanks Directory currently list water tank suppliers in most major Australian capital cities including Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. If you’re looking to install a rain water tank in your home, check out the water tank directory for your nearest rain water tank [...]
It’s good to see an Australian wesbsite hosting services catching on to green website hosting. Digital pacific is offering green website hosting in Australia (aff). Everything that Digital Pacific uses in the operations of our business, including servers, routers and air conditioners are eco powered so not only are you hosting your website on state [...]
Here’s a “smack your head it’s so simple” idea for reducing your water use at home. It’s as simple as this: Turn down your water meter tap. Yep, that’s it. Reducing your mains water pressure by turning it down at the meter will reduce the flow of water to all your taps and water outlets [...]
It’s true. Having plants – which you would think would use up a lot of water – can actually help you to conserve more water. If you have a huge expanse of yard it has to be watered a lot. All of that grass needs to stay green, and if it doesn’t get enough water, [...]
Looking to save money on energy bills and save the environment at the same time? Or perhaps you’re just wanting to be a little more self sufficient. This Homemade Wind Generator Guide will tell you how to build a wind turbine at home for as little as $100 in around 2 weeks. This 100+ page [...]
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