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Month: May 2009

  • Sustainable Housing Forum – Nowra

    **Nowra Anglican College, Princes Highway, Bomaderry** For full information check out their web site [Sustainable Housing Forums](http://www.sustainablehousingforums.com).

  • Sustainable Housing Forum – Berry

    **Berry School of Arts** Corner of Princess and Alexandra St. Berry NSW More information will be provided closer to the date, and you can also check out their web site [Sustainable Housing Forums](http://www.sustainablehousingforums.com).

  • Kiama FutureCare Launch

    Things are gearing up for the launch of Kiama FutureCare on World Environment Day – Friday 5 June 2009. The Sebel Harbourside (the old infants’ school) has been generous enough to provide us with the venue free of charge, and we’ve lined up Kiama Mayor Sandra McCarthy to officiate the actual launch. We’ve also lined…

  • Kiama FutureCare Launch

    **Mayor to launch Kiama Future Care on World Environment Day** Kiama’s only non-political, grassroots, not-for-profit local climate care group – Kiama Future Care – is being launched on World Environment Day – Friday June 5th. Formed by a group of local teachers, community workers, students, artists, doctors, engineers and business people, the group’s aim is…

  • Converting Halogen Downlights To CFL Downlights

    My experience with changing halogen downlights over to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), and the electricity savings I measured.

  • My Chest Fridge Conversion

    I finally got the chance to set up my chest freezer as a fridge a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been testing it out so I could write up this post. You may recall I mentioned that we had an old fridge/freezer running in our garage as a second fridge. With three young kids…

  • Hand-Pollinating Zucchini Flowers

    Hand-pollinating zucchini flowers helps to ensure the maximum possible harvest – this photo tutorial shows you how to do it.

  • Vegie Swap – North Wollongong PCYC

    **The Swap is on! Saturday 30th of May 2009.** Late Autumn/Early Winter greetings from the Garden. Winter is creeping in but we are pushing back! Still producing the veg and ready to swap. The 2nd Waste Not! [Fruit and Veg Swap](http://thegardennorthgong.blogspot.com/) will happen at the Garden @ North Wollongong PCYC on Saturday May 30th from…

  • We Now Have Solar Power!

    OK, our solar power system actually got installed a week ago, but I wanted some photos so I had to wait until the weekend. Anyway, we now have solar power! We got a 1 kW grid-connected solar power system from Earth Utility. Once again (we previously got solar hot water from them), their service was…

  • Kiama FutureCare Update

    We had another meeting of the [Kiama FutureCare](http://kiamafuturecare.org) group last night – a big thanks to Edwin from [Little Blowhole Computers](http://www.ironstone.com.au/) for once again offering up his home as a meeting place. Kiama FutureCare is a grass-roots group of motivated community members interesting in promoting the concept of sustainability in the Kiama area. We are…