[ June 27, 2009; 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] World Environment Day Event. **Venue:** Black Beach School Flat, Shoalhaven Street, Kiama You can trade, sell or giveaway second hand items, instead of sending them to landfill! Everyone is welcome to come along, grab a bargain and enjoy the atmosphere at this giant community car boot sale. If you are a Kiama Municipality resident, you can register a [...]

[ May 30, 2009; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] **Venue:** North Kiama Neighbourhoood Centre Come along to this informative workshop, which will take participants through the basics of installing and maintaining a frog pond in their backyard. The facilitator will also inform participants of the importance of habitat for attracting frogs to your backyard and ensuring they have a safe and healthy environment to live [...]

60 Minutes recently ran a story titled Backyard Revolution, about the growing (pardon the pun!) movement towards backyard vegie patches. Finally TV stations are joining us in the 21st century, so if you missed it you can watch the story here.

The story featured one of Australia’s most-loved TV gardening presenters, Peter Cundall, talking about the [...]

[ April 19, 2009; 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm. ] Friends of the Earth Illawarra are having their official launch party at the Corrimal Community Centre, Grev. Room 1. Come along for some good food, great conversation and to learn more about this exciting new group working in your community. Friends of the Earth is the world’s largest grassroots environmental organisation and FoE Illawarra is the [...]

Following on from my earlier post about gleaning lillypillies, here are the five recipes I made with the lillypillies (also known as riberries).

Lilly Pilly Bellinis: Give a cheap bottle of champagne some style and sophistication! A great summer drink. recipe Lillypillies On Horseback: A tasty little appetiser, and very quick and easy to prepare. Lillypilly Stuffed Chicken [...]

My mate Discopig and I have been talking for a while about picking some lillypillies (also known as riberries) from the trees around our workplace on campus at the University of Wollongong. We noticed this week that the lillypilly right outside our back door is dripping with fruit, so we thought it was time for [...]

[ April 20, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Presented by Futureworld Eco-Technology Centre and sponsored by Hatch as part of Sustainability Week 2009. Recycling Plastics and Rubber Tyres as a Resource for EAF Steelmaking Hundreds of thousands of used car tyres could be recycled every year and turned into steel, thanks to a discovery that rubber can be partially substituted for coke in electric arc [...]

[ April 16, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] School holiday fun at Futureworld! “Exploring Renewable Energy” Come and explore how the sun, wind and water can produce energy, learn how to make a solar oven to cook food, build a wind racer, test drive a solar car and lots more! - Wednesday 15th & Thurdsay 16th April 2009 - 10am – 12pm - Suitable [...]

[ April 15, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] School holiday fun at Futureworld! “Exploring Renewable Energy” Come and explore how the sun, wind and water can produce energy, learn how to make a solar oven to cook food, build a wind racer, test drive a solar car and lots more! - Wednesday 15th & Thurdsay 16th April 2009 - 10am – 12pm - Suitable for ages [...]

[ April 21, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Presented by Futureworld Eco-Technology Centre and sponsored by Hatch as part of Sustainability Week 2009. - **Date:** Tuesday 21 April 2009 - **Time:** 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm (light refreshments will be served at 6:30) - **Cost:** $20 per person, $15 per Futureworld member or concession, $10 per student, payable at the door by cash or cheque. Please [...]