Author: Darren
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NSW Food Summit – Wollongong
**FREE Hungry for Change, NSW Food Summit, Illawarra Regional Forum.** **Venue:** Main foyer, Building 41, University of Wollongong On 22-23 October this year, the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance will hold the NSW Food Summit. This summit will be the culmination of events across the Greater Metropolitan Sydney area, including the Illawarra. This is your opportunity…
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Kiama Council World Environment Day Info Tent
**Venue:** School Flat, Black Beach, Kiama Kiama Council will be celebrating World Environment Day on Saturday, 27th June in conjunction with the Kiama Produce Markets. Residents will be able to not only pick up some great produce, but will also be able to visit the Council Information Tent where they can get updated on the…
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Cheese Making Workshop – Wollongong
In this hands-on, practical workshop you’ll learn how to make Haloumi cheese, Quarg and Yoghurt. Please note this full day course has a charge of $30 per person (this is subsidised from a retail cost of $90 per person). This activity is open to residents of Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama Council areas only. Bookings are…
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Kev’s Patch Update
The “Kev’s Patch” campaign is gaining momentum! I’ve teamed up with a couple of other bloggers (Gavin from [The Greening of Gavin](http://greeningofgavin.blogspot.com) and Julie from [Go Greener Australia](http://www.gogreeneraustralia.com/blog)) to set up a new site promoting the initiative – the [Kev’s Patch](http://kevspatch.wordpress.com/) blog. I love that header image above that Julie did for us! If you…
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Generating Electricity vs Saving Electricity
While putting together notes for [my talks over the weekend](http://green-change.com/2009/06/14/welcome-super-challengers/), I noticed something interesting. The amount of electricity we saved each day by [converting 10 halogen downlights to CFLs](http://green-change.com/2009/05/25/converting-halogen-downlights-to-cfls/) (4 kWh) is about equal to the amount of electricity we are generating each day (on average) since [installing a 1 kW grid-connect solar power system](http://green-change.com/2009/05/18/we-now-have-solar-power/).…
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Welcome Super Challengers!
I spoke at the launch of the [Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge](http://www.sustainableillawarra.com.au/The-SuperChallenge.html) Round 2 today at the Dapto Ribbonwood Center. Sorry guys if I rambled too much :-). It was a great session, with beautiful food and lots of local families to meet. I was pleased to see a nice strong Kiama contingent! It was great…
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Frog Pond Workshop – Shellharbour
Free workshop in Shellharbour on how to create frog ponds in your backyard. Give a frog a home! Help install a frog pond, and learn how simple it is to create a space for frogs to shelter, feed and breed in your backyard, at this interactive, practical workshop. Facilitated by local wildlife guru Peter Nolan…
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I’m A Living Book!
Tomorrow morning, Kiama Library will be holding a [Living Books session](http://green-change.com/2009/06/12/kiama-living-library-world-environment-day/) with World Environment Day as the theme, and I’m going to be one of the “books”! You may have heard me on ABC radio this morning promoting the event :-). >This is an exciting new project which provides the opportunity for you to meet…
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Kiama Living Library – World Environment Day
This Living Library session at Kiama Library will have a World Environment Day theme, with 12 living books available for “reading”. Details of the Living Library, how it works, and the living books who will be available on the day are at the [Kiama Library web site](http://kiama.nsw.gov.au/community-services/library/living-library.html). Oh, and I’m going to be one of…
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Kiama FutureCare Is Launched!
What a great night Friday night was, with the official launch of [Kiama FutureCare](http://KiamaFutureCare.org). A little over 60 people attended as the Mayor of Kiama, Sandra McCarthy, spoke about climate change, about what the Council has done and continues to do, and about the role that grass-roots community groups like Jamberoo FutureCare and Kiama FutureCare…