Author: Darren
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NSW Government Revamps Solar Feed In Tariff Scheme
Effective midnight tonight, the NSW Government has announced a revamping of the Solar Bonus Scheme – the gross feed-in tariff for solar electricity has been reduced from 60c per kWh to 20c per kWh.
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Support The Green Box Regional Food Cooperative!
The new Green Box Regional Food Cooperative Ltd needs your help to show Matt Brown’s office that they have broad support from within the Kiama community. Please help!
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Pig Information From NSW DPI
The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) has a lot of really good pig keeping information available for free. Here’s my collection of links to their resources.
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Shellharbour Solar Expo A Huge Success
I spent most of Sunday helping to staff the Jamberoo FutureCare table at the Shellharbour Solar Expo, at Shellharbour Workers’ Club (who actually have 22 kW of solar panels installed themselves – see photo). The expo was organised by Jamberoo FutureCare, in conjunction with Shellharbour and Kiama Councils. There were a number of solar power…
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Shoalhaven Poultry Auction – Berry
Venue: Berry Poultry Pavilion located at the Berry Showground, Alexandra Street, Berry NSW. Date: Sunday 21 November 2010 Time: Poultry Shed will open from 9am to view the birds. The Auction will commence at 10.30am. All buyers must register prior to bidding and payments are by cash only. All birds will have informational cage labels with…
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An Alternative Broody Hen Solution
If you’ve got a broody hen, rather than trying to “break her” why not let her raise a clutch of eggs? It requires almost no effort on your part, and is a lot of fun.
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Feeding Swill To Pigs
There was a little bit of discussion about feeding scraps to pigs on my original entry about our pig project. There are quite strict laws around the feeding of scraps and waste to pigs in Australia (and many other countries), and you really need to make sure you’re doing the right thing. The NSW Department…
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New Scientist Asks: Is Kangaroo The Kindest Meat?
New Scientist magazine has just published an article about the sustainability of kangaroo meat for human consumption. If you’re interested read it now, as I think free access to the full article is removed at some period after publication. The article looks at issues like methane production, water use, feed conversion efficiency, orphaned joeys, humane…
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Kiama Sustainability Summit – Jamberoo
Kiama FutureCare is pleased to invite you to attend a “Sustainability Summit” from 2 pm on Sunday 14th November at Jamberoo School of Arts, 28 – 30 Allowrie St, Jamberoo (opposite the Bowling Club). The aim of this event is to: Gauge whether there is interest from local environmental/sustainability groups to work towards a coordinated…
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E-Cycle Electronic Waste Collection – Kiama
“Do you have old, unwanted TVs, monitors and mobile phones that you no longer want or need? If you are a Kiama Municipality resident, you can recycle them by dropping them off at our first ever e-waste recycling event “e-cycle”. When: Monday, 8 November – Saturday, 13 November Where: Minnamurra Waste and Recycling Depot, 466…