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Media Coverage

Illawarra Climate Challenge Wrap-Up

July 6, 2012 by Darren

I won the major prize in the Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s Illawarra Climate Challenge!

Posted in: Household, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Media Coverage Tagged: Climate Challenge, illawarra, illawarra mercury, interview

Podcast Interview With Gavin From “The Greening of Gavin”

May 25, 2011 by Darren

I was interviewed by Gavin Webber from The Greening Of Gavin as part of a series of podcasts he’s done with sustainable bloggers from around Australia. Let me know what you think!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: Australia, chicken tractor, chooks, David Holmgren, fox, garden beds, illawarra, interview, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, land, meat, pigs, podcast, pork, Shellharbour, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong

Videos of Jamberoo Floods

March 23, 2011 by Darren

Photos and videos of Monday’s flooding around Jamberoo.

Posted in: Media Coverage, Water Tagged: dam, flood, illawarra mercury, jamberoo, swales

Home Journeys: The Documentary

October 13, 2010 by Darren

We’re making a documentary! One of the community groups I belong to, Jamberoo FutureCare, recently teamed up with local documentary filmmaker Russell Hawkins to apply for a cultural grant from Kiama Council. Our proposal was to make a documentary about local people trying to live more sustainably. Lucky for us, Council liked the idea and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Organisations, Media Coverage Tagged: Home Journeys, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama Council

Kiamasphere Web Site Launch

June 26, 2010 by Darren

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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: illawarra, Kiama, Kiama Council, Shellharbour, Super Challenge, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong, workshops

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

My Podcast Interview Is Live!

August 24, 2009 by Darren

A little while ago [I mentioned that I was interviewed](http://green-change.com/2009/04/23/my-first-podcast-interview/) 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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: Australia, interview, podcast, sustainability

I’m A Living Book!

June 12, 2009 by Darren

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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Councils, Media Coverage Tagged: abc radio, Kiama, living books, slow food movement, Super Challenge, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, voluntary conservation agreement, world environment day

My First Podcast Interview

April 23, 2009 by Darren

Yesterday I met up with Tim Denshire-Key at Wollongong University, and he interviewed me about our participation in the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge and our efforts to become more sustainable in an ordinary suburban house. He’ll use the audio in an upcoming podcast. Tim is studying Industrial Design at RMIT in Melbourne, and is currently … [Read more…]

Posted in: Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: 100 mile diet, Australia, illawarra, interview, jamberoo, Kiama, rmit, Super Challenge, sustainability, sustainable design, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong

My Interview In The Illawarra Mercury

March 19, 2009 by Darren

I’m now officially a suburban eco-warrior – the newspaper said so, so it must be true! I finally got a chance to scan the [Illawarra Mercury](http://www.illawarramercury.com.au) article I was interviewed for last week. Click on the small image to see the full-sized one (be warned – it’s about 750 KB). You might have to zoom … [Read more…]

Posted in: Media Coverage Tagged: eco warrior, illawarra mercury, interview, stimulus package, The Australian Greens
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