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Illawarra Businesses

Kiama Sustainability Expo 2011

June 7, 2011 by Darren

Lots of photos from the Kiama Sustainability Expo and Kiama Community Garden Open Day, held on Sunday. There were lots of local organisations and businesses present, as well as celebrity gardener Costa from SBS. What a top day!

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Permaculture Tagged: backyard aquaponics, community gardens, Costa's Garden Odyssey, electric motorbike, Fresh By Nature, gardening, Green Box, hydroponic, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, john burgess, Kiama, Kiama Council, Kiama FutureCare, local food, solar hot water, solar power, sustainability, transition towns, workshops, world environment day

The Cost Of Raising Your Own Pigs For Meat

February 16, 2011 by Darren

A complete summary of the costs for our first foray into raising our own pigs for meat, from piglet purchase right through to slaughter and butchering.

Posted in: Frugality, Gleaning, Illawarra Businesses, Keeping Animals Tagged: abattoir, butcher, butchering, electric fence, feral fruit, freezer, fruit trees, meat, pigs, pork, vegetable garden, Waste, weeds

NSW Government Revamps Solar Feed In Tariff Scheme

October 27, 2010 by Darren

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.

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Businesses Tagged: Australia, Electricity, ETS, nsw government, SHCP, solar feed-in tariff, solar grid-connect, solar installations, solar panels

Shellharbour Solar Expo A Huge Success

October 19, 2010 by Darren

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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Events, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Science and Technology Tagged: Electricity, government rebates, hot water system, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, Shellharbour, solar hot water, solar panels, solar power, solar power system, solar rebate, wind generators

Dapto Markets

July 13, 2010 by Darren

We went to the Dapto Markets on Sunday morning to try to buy a few things we need around the yard. What an awesome place! The markets are a great place to buy second hand clothes, toys, tools, etc for very good prices. Or if you’ve accumulated a whole bunch of that sort of stuff … [Read more…]

Posted in: Frugality, Illawarra Businesses Tagged: dapto, markets, meat chickens, second hand, seedlings, vegies

Jamberoo Dairy Farmers on ABC’s Landline

March 3, 2010 by Darren

There was a very good segment on ABC TV’s Landline show last Sunday, How Green Was My Valley, on the challenges faced by dairy farmers as our climate slowly changes. You can watch it online. The first 10 minutes or so focuses on a Victorian dairy famer, and the problems he faces when water allocations … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Businesses, Keeping Animals, Media Coverage, Water Tagged: climate change, dairy cows, dairy farmers, jamberoo

Drum Master – Illawarra Drum Supplier

June 2, 2009 by Darren

My friend [DiscoPig](http://discopig.com/) is getting a new vegetable garden started on the common area in the block of flats where he lives, along with a few of the other residents. He liked my [DIY tumbling compost bin](http://green-change.com/2009/05/05/diy-tumbling-compost-bin/), so we set out to find some suitable plastic barrels. This proved to be harder than I expected. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Illawarra Businesses Tagged: barrels, Drum Master, drums, recycling, tumbling compost bin, Woonona

Local Green Business – Eco Manifesto

March 16, 2009 by Darren

I love discovering new local green businesses. Today for some reason I checked out the public noticeboard in the Kiama View shopping center, and noticed a business card for [Eco Manifesto](http://ecomanifesto.com.au). It didn’t have much information on it, but the name intrigued me so I looked them up when I got home to see what … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Businesses Tagged: allergies, beeswax candles, eczema, Gerringong, green cleaning, green products, natural alternatives, personal care products, sustainable businesses, sustainable products

Magnet Mart Albion Park Rail – Closing Down Sale

January 9, 2009 by Darren

If you need some hardware supplies for your green projects and you live in the Illawarra, you might be able to pick up some good bargains at Magnet Mart’s Albion Park Rail store from tomorrow. They’re closing down, and ALL STOCK MUST GO! (Sorry, that has to be in all-capitals because that’s how it’s always … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Businesses Tagged: hardware, Magnet Mart, sale

Cheap Grid-Connected Solar Power: $2500 for 1 kW System

December 11, 2008 by Darren

If you’re in Australia and have been thinking about getting a grid-connected solar power system, there’s a really good deal right now with Earth Utility. If you order before 15 December 2008, it’ll cost $2,500 installed (after rebates, RECs, etc and excluding utility connection costs). **WARNING:** Earth Utility appears to be in trouble (updated 28-04-2010) … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: Australia, Earth Utility, government rebates, illawarra, pv, SHCP, solar array, solar power, solar power system, solar systems, Sustainable Illawarra
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