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[20 Mar 2012 | 3 Comments | ]
Illawarra Climate Challenge Launch

The Nature Conservation Council of NSW is bringing the Climate Challenge program to the Illawarra – and it’s free!

Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Permaculture »

[17 Nov 2011 | 4 Comments | ]
Kiama Primary School Permaculture Garden Tour

A tour around the Kiama Primary School permaculture garden, with lots of photos.

Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Permaculture »

[13 Nov 2011 | 5 Comments | ]
Kiama Primary School Garden Opening

Kiama Primary School had the official opening of their permaculture garden on Friday, and I was fortunate enough to be able to attend. What an awesome garden they’ve built!

Illawarra Councils, Permaculture »

[1 Jul 2011 | 12 Comments | ]
Permaculture Design Certificate Scholarship!

I applied for, and was awarded, a Council scholarship to do a Permaculture Design Course. I can’t wait to get started!

Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Permaculture »

[7 Jun 2011 | 3 Comments | ]
Kiama Sustainability Expo 2011

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!

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[19 Oct 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
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 and [...]

Events, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Media Coverage, Super Challenge »

[26 Jun 2010 | 3 Comments | ]
Kiamasphere Web Site Launch

I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the launch of Kiama Council’s new Kiamasphere web site on Thursday.

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll probably know that our sustainability journey really got going when my family joined the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge. It gave us the impetus to stop [...]

Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Preparing Food »

[23 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Kiama Council Focus Group Workshop – Food

Kiama Council has been putting on a series of focus group workshops this week, on topics such as health, community, waste, and environment. Last night I participated in the Food workshop.

What an awesome experience!

The room at the Harbourside Brighton was packed with people passionate about all aspects of food – there was a chef, someone [...]

Illawarra Councils, Waste »

[9 Jul 2009 | 14 Comments | ]

We had another meeting of the Kiama Council Sustainability Advisory Committee tonight, and as always it was a fascinating and stimulating discussion.

One of the topics that came up was the question of whether Kiama could ditch plastic bags. There was a newspaper article in October last year where the Council announced its intention to do [...]

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[12 Jun 2009 | 8 Comments | ]

Tomorrow morning, Kiama Library will be holding a Living Books session 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 [...]