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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

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

Cleaning Up Broken CFLs

October 3, 2010 by Darren

Not long ago I dropped and broke a compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL) in the garage. D’oh! I had a vague recollection that there’s a procedure you should follow to safely clean up broken CFLs, due to the small amount of mercury inside them. So, geek that I am, I jumped on the computer to look … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Science and Technology, Waste Tagged: CFL downlights, CFLs, compact fluorescent lights, energy efficient lighting, illawarra mercury, recycling, Waste

Square Foot Gardening Interview – Illawarra Mercury

August 26, 2009 by Darren

I was recently interviewed for another gardening article in the [Illawarra Mercury](http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/). My [last interview](http://green-change.com/2009/03/19/my-interview-in-the-illawarra-mercury/) was back in March, on the subject of lunar planting. Unfortunately they don’t put these articles online, so you’ll have to make do with this dodgy scan – click on the image to make it bigger (be warned, it’s a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: illawarra mercury, interview, sfg, square foot gardening, vegetable garden

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

Welcome Illawarra Mercury Readers!

March 18, 2009 by Darren

If you’re visiting this site for the first time thanks to the link in the lunar planting article in today’s [Illawarra Mercury](http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/), here are a few articles that will give you further information: – [What Is Lunar Planting?](http://green-change.com/2008/12/11/what-is-lunar-planting/) – [Phases Of The Moon](http://green-change.com/2008/12/10/phases-of-the-moon/) Also check out the Upcoming Events in the left sidebar to see … [Read more…]

Posted in: Media Coverage Tagged: bloggers, illawarra mercury, lunar planting

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