[ May 15, 2009; 7:30 am to 2:30 pm. ] **Venue:** Wollongong Botanic Gardens Nursery, Northfields Ave, Keiraville Plants are available to Wollongong City Council ratepayer only at a minimum cost. This activity is run by Wollongong Council and is available to Wollongong ratepayers only. For more information please phone 4225 2636.

[ May 14, 2009; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. ] FREE Bushcare Training One, Environmental Weed Control and Safe Use of Herbicide. This free introductory bush regeneration course is open to all over the age of 15. Bookings are essential – please phone Lynne on 4227 3859.

[ May 13, 2009; 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] **Venue:** Discovery Centre, Wollongong Botanic Gardens, Keiraville Come along and share knowledge on advanced composting. Discuss compost activators, compost creatures and their importance to your compost, temperatures, pros and cons as well as composting styles such as biodynamic composts, Bokashi, and anaerobic compost systems. This activity is open to residents of Wollongong Council only. Bookings are essential [...]

[ May 13, 2009; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] **Venue:** Discovery Centre, Wollongong Botanic Gardens, Keiraville Learn the basics of how to set up and look after a healthy active compost heap. Find out the best system for you to use in your home environment and how to solve common compost problems. This activity is open to residents of Wollongong Council only. Bookings are essential – please [...]

[ May 8, 2009; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] **Venue:** Wollongong Markets, lower Crown Street Mall In Celebration of International Composting Week, come and see our composting and worm farming displays, ask questions, and get some advice on how to turn your food scraps and garden wastes into fantastic fertilisers that you can use on your garden. This activity is open to residents of Wollongong [...]

[ May 7, 2009; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] **Venue:** Westfield Figtree outside Gloria Jean’s In Celebration of International Composting Week, come and see our composting and worm farming displays, ask questions, and get some advice on how to turn your food scraps and garden wastes into fantastic fertilisers that you can use on your garden. This activity is open to residents of Wollongong Council only.

[ May 22, 2009 to May 23, 2009. ] **Venue:** Albion Park Showground The Camp Kitchen Committee has all but ? nished its organizing for this years event. This will be the third Out Door Kitchen Challenge, and it is shaping up to be the best. It is important for the good residents of Albion Park to get behind this fun day. As mentioned in previous [...]

[ May 24, 2009; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] In association with Illawarra Folk Club and It.So.Wel., the Albion Park Outdoor Camp Kitchen Challenge is holding this special event on Sunday 24 May 2009 at the Albion Park Showground. The Slow Italian Feast will feature 6 courses of authentic Italian country cooking: antipasto, minestrone, pasta, carne, salada, dolce, condiments, and coffee served over 3 hours, [...]

The Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge, the program that started us working on being more sustainable (and which led to the creation of this blog!), is calling for 50 new participants for Round 2 (scroll down a little on that page and you’ll see a photo of us!).

Although the name sounds like an eco version of [...]

Don’t spend hundreds of dollars on a store-bought tumbling compost bin – you can make one yourself for $25!