If you’re in Australia, make sure you catch Costa’s Garden Odyssey on SBS tonight at 8:00 pm.

You can catch a preview at the show’s page on sbs.com.au.

Costa is a landscape architect with a passion for sustainable living. In SBS’s words:

Costa’s Garden Odyssey is a groundbreaking magazine style series that allows this unique Greek [...]

[ August 30, 2009; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The **Flame Tree Community Food Co-op** is hosting a spectacular **Soup and Film night** in Thirroul on Sunday August 30. The event aims to raise funds, which will go directly towards launching the much-anticipated local food co-op. The steering committee intend on opening the co-op as soon as possible, providing bulk, organic and local whole [...]

I was recently interviewed for another gardening article in the Illawarra Mercury. My last interview was back in March, on the subject of lunar planting. Unfortunately they don’t put these articles online, so you’ll have to make do with this dodgy scan – click on the image to make it bigger (be warned, it’s a [...]

[ September 19, 2009; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] ##Seed Saving Workshop 10am – 3pm Saturday 19 September If you’re keen on growing food in your backyard, community garden, school or farm you’ll love this practical, hands-on workshop led by Jude and Michel Fanton of the Seed Savers Network. The workshop covers techniques in the selection, processing, drying, storage and conservation of useful [...]

[ September 18, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] ##Free Film Screening 6.30pm Friday 18 September **Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi** is a very special film that celebrates traditional food plants and the people who grow them. Filmed by Jude and Michel Fanton, founders of the Seed Savers Network, it features gardeners from all over the world including Spain, France, Italy, India, Sri Lanka, China, [...]

A little while ago I mentioned that I was interviewed for a podcast by Tim Denshire-Key.

Tim is a student from RMIT who has been travelling around Australia, checking out sustainability initiatives and interviewing people. He’s finally back home and working his way through the 50+ interviews he recorded. What a huge job!

Well, my turn has [...]

[ August 2, 2009; 11:30 am; ] Slow Food Saddleback invites you to a Pasta Workshop at the **Gerringong Town Hall** on Sunday 2 August at 11.30am. Fiorella Di Piramo was born and spent her infant years in Genoa, in the province of Liguria in Northern Italy. She came to Australia in 1973 with her husband, Renzo, and their four daughters. She cooks [...]

[ August 24, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] The Garden to Kitchen Network is an exciting new network operating out of the North Kiama Neighbourhood Centre aimed at providing interested community members with an information forum on sustainable food and related topics. The network meets on the fourth Monday of every month at the North Kiama Neighbourhood Centre between 10am and 12 Noon. This month’s [...]

[ August 28, 2009; 12:00 am; ] The Sustainable Illawarra project is inviting interested individuals to join our Gardening Australia Expo Bus Tour on 28th August 2009. This tour will be a great opportunity to socialise and meet with like minded individuals and provide a convenient and environmentally friendly way to attend the event. Bookings are essential and space is limited, so for [...]

[ August 1, 2009; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] **Venue: ** Thirroul Community Centre, 352 – 360 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul (Parking at building rear) Refresh your wardrobe, save money and reduce your ecological footprint at our first Sustainable Illawarra clothes swap event! - Bring along items you don’t wear that are in good condition and laundered (i.e. new or lightly used). You can bring [...]