Green-Change.com

  • About
  • Green Directory
    • Illawarra Chickens
  • Australian Rebates
    • New South Wales Rebates
    • Queensland Rebates
    • South Australia Rebates
    • Tasmania Rebates
    • Victoria Rebates
    • Western Australia Rebates
  • Permaculture
    • Sample Permaculture Designs

An Australian family trying to go a little greener

Garden Planning

November 6, 2008 by Darren

I’ve always wanted to sit down and draw up a proper plan for our garden, but we never seem to find the time. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, like you’d expect from a professional landscaper. Just a quick sketch to help figure out what you can fit in, and where it’ll all go. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: garden plan, Super Challenge

Sustainable Illawarra Nov 2008 Event Calendar Available

November 5, 2008 by Darren

The Sustainable Illawarra event calendar for November 2008 is now available. There are some very cool sounding workshops, including cheesemaking, gardening, backyard chook-keeping and water wise gardening. Hopefully I’ll be able to get to a few!

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: Sustainable Illawarra, workshops

Triple J Hack – Waste

November 4, 2008 by Darren

While we were at the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge launch last night, Ally (one of the Super Challenge coordinators) and her partner Richard were simultaneously appearing on Triple J’s Hack Half Hour on ABC2. The topic of the show was Waste. You can find the episode here (it’s episode 7, 3 Nov 2008), or download … [Read more…]

Posted in: Media Coverage, Waste Tagged: sustainability, The Hack Half Hour, Triple J, Waste

Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge Launches!

November 4, 2008 by Darren

Last night was the official launch event of the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge, the programme that prompted the start of this blog. It was a great turnout, with most of the 120 or so families participating in the Challenge represented. I was excited to see a few familiar faces – people I hadn’t seen for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations, Super Challenge Tagged: Super Challenge, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, vegetable garden

Sydney Water “Love Your Garden” Review

November 1, 2008 by Darren

Yesterday we had our Sydney Water “Love Your Garden” session. For $33, a qualified horticulturalist comes and inspects your garden and gives you advice on its watering needs. Our horticulturalist (let’s call her Linda) arrived bang on time. She was very friendly and knowledgeable, and understood right away where we were coming from. I explained … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Illawarra Businesses, Water Tagged: bird's nest fern, chicken manure, citrus trees, clivia, compost, cow manure, fruit trees, garden watering, greywater, horticulturalist, Love Your Garden, lucerne, mulch, organic gardening, Permaculture, rain gauge, rainwater collection, soil test, square foot gardening, sugar cane mulch, Sydney Water, tap tags, tomato, vegetable garden, wicking boxes

Kiama Council Composting Workshop

October 25, 2008 by Darren

This afternoon I attended Kiama Council’s Composting Workshop, held at the Girl Guides’ Hall down in Hindmarsh Park. It was run by Josephine St John, council’s Waste Minimisation Officer. What a great event! I had really thought I wouldn’t learn much from this workshop, but I thought it was a good opportunity to meet some … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Waste Tagged: bokashi, comfrey, composting, Effective Microorganisms, Kiama Council, rhubarb, seaweed, tumbling compost bin, Waste, workshops, worm farms

Opportunities

October 24, 2008 by Darren

I didn’t realise it until we signed up for the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge, but our local councils and other organisations put on quite a lot of free and low-cost workshops, talks, demonstrations, tours and other events. Just have a look at Sustainable Illawarra’s What’s On page to get an idea. In the spirit of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Super Challenge, Water Tagged: composting, Kiama Council, saving water, Sustainable Illawarra, Sydney Water, workshops

First Post!

October 14, 2008 by Darren

This is the start of our new blog, documenting our efforts to make our household more sustainable. The Kiama, Shellharbour and Wollongong councils have joined together to create the Sustainable Illawarra project. This project has funding from the NSW State Government’s Environmental Trust, and aims to pool the three councils’ resources and knowledge to promote … [Read more…]

Posted in: Super Challenge Tagged: Super Challenge, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra
« Previous 1 … 61 62

Copyright © 2021 Green-Change.com.

Composer WordPress Theme by themehall.com