The NSW Government has been trialling their Fridge Buyback Scheme in Sydney for a while now, and starting next month the scheme will be broadened to include the Illawarra. At this stage it will only encompass the Wollongong and Shellharbour Council areas, but hopefully it will extend to Kiama in the near future.

The scheme aims [...]

[ April 1, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Jamberoo FutureCare will be hosting a home solar power information session, in association with Solar Shop Australia. JFC will be organising a discounted group purchase through Solar Shop, and you can register your interest either on the night or at a later time. Even if you are not interested in the group purchase, you are encouraged [...]

[ March 31, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Jamberoo FutureCare will be hosting a home solar power information session, in association with Solar Shop Australia. JFC will be organising a discounted group purchase through Solar Shop, and you can register your interest either on the night or at a later time. Even if you are not interested in the group purchase, you are encouraged [...]

Are you interested in learning more about getting grid-connected solar power for your home?

You may be able to take advantage of the $8000 means-tested Government rebate which ends 30th June 2009, or the new non-means-tested solar credit scheme starting from 1st July 2009!

Jamberoo FutureCare will be hosting two information sessions, in association with Solar Shop [...]

[ March 30, 2009; 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Learn about: - Creating an attractive, low maintenance area in your garden that will support local wildlife - Identifying and removing common weeds - Selecting plants to attract local wildlife You will be guided by experienced bush regenerators through the creation [...]

[ March 25, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] We will walk through dunes south to Lower Coast Rd and then north along beach and up along Hargraves Creek to The Drive. Estimated distance 2.5km of flat terrain. Wear strong shoes, long pants and long sleeves and a hat and bring water and a gold coin donation for Coastcare. Children under 15 must be [...]

Earth Hour 2009 is now less than a week away (Saturday 28 March 2009, 8:30-9:30 pm). I’m proud to see that Kiama Council is once again on the list of supporting councils. Poor old Gav over at The Greening of Gavin is still trying to get his council involved!

I’m not sure yet what we’ll do. [...]

We had our solar hot water system installed about 4 weeks ago now. I wanted to wait a little while for it to settle in before writing up our experiences.

We got a Chromagen system – they’ve been around for a long time, and seem pretty well-made and reliable. We bought through Earth Utility, one of [...]

[ April 26, 2009; 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. ] Computer recycling collection, in conjunction with the Sustainable Illawarra Project. - Date: 26 April 2009 - Venue : Kembla Grange Racecourse - Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm - Domestic quantities accepted Dispose of your e-waste responsibly by bringing domestic quantities of electronic waste for recycling. Electrical wastes that will be accepted include televisions, monitors, projectors, desktops, electronic games, laptops, joysticks, all [...]

I’m now officially a suburban eco-warrior – the newspaper said so, so it must be true!

I finally got a chance to scan the Illawarra Mercury article I was interviewed for last week. Click on the small image to see the full-sized one (be warned – it’s about 750 KB). You might have to zoom in [...]