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Kiama Council

Backyard Chook Keeping Workshop – Kiama

June 22, 2013 by Darren

A workshop on keeping healthy and happy chickens in your backyard.

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Councils, Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, chooks, eggs, health, Kiama, Kiama Council, PDC, Permaculture, permaculture design

Kiama Primary School Permaculture Garden Tour

November 17, 2011 by Darren

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

Posted in: Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Permaculture Tagged: comfrey, compost, composting, construction, fruit trees, kale, Kiama, Kiama Council, mulch, Permaculture, permaculture design, seedlings, swales

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

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

Sustaining The Library

May 5, 2010 by Darren

I attended an event at the Kiama Library last night, “Sustaining The Library”, put on by the Kiama Greens. Ten years ago, The Greens donated about $1200 worth of books and CDs about the environment and sustainability to the Kiama Library. Last night they did it again. There are some great books in the collection … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: community farm, Green Box, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, Kiama Council, Kiama FutureCare, sustainability

Kiama Council Focus Group Workshop – Food

April 23, 2010 by Darren

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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Preparing Food Tagged: Food And Biodiversity, food gardens, food miles, Kiama, Kiama Council, seeds, workshops

So What Can We Do With Old TVs Today?

March 4, 2010 by Darren

Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/h2oalchemist/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The proper disposal of ewaste (electronic waste – old TVs, stereos, computers, faxes, printers, etc) is becoming a significant issue. These products contain toxic materials such as lead, cadmium, beryllium and brominated flame retardents. People are upgrading to flat-screen TVs in record numbers, leaving them with huge unwanted … [Read more…]

Posted in: Waste Tagged: Australia, e-waste, electronics, ewaste, Kiama Council, recycling, Waste

Kiama Show 2010

February 2, 2010 by Darren

I spent the day on Saturday manning a sustainability stall at the Kiama Show, and really enjoyed getting to talk to the many people that stopped by. I was wearing a few hats on the day – representing Jamberoo Community Growers, Kiama FutureCare and Jamberoo FutureCare. The three groups pooled our resources and had information … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: electric motorbike, government rebates, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, Kiama Council, Kiama FutureCare, sustainability, wind generators

Kiama FutureCare Is Launched!

June 8, 2009 by Darren

What a great night Friday night was, with the official launch of Kiama FutureCare. A little over 60 people attended as the Mayor of Kiama, Sandra McCarthy, spoke about climate change, about what the Council has done and continues to do, and about the role that grass-roots community groups like Jamberoo FutureCare and Kiama FutureCare … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Organisations Tagged: Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, Kiama Council, Kiama FutureCare
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