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Kiama Council

Free Energy Monitoring Trial For Kiama Residents

March 31, 2009 by Darren

If you want to reduce your energy bills, you need to know what it is in your house that’s using all the electricity. An Efergy energy meter is a great way to do that. The Efergy meter is installed inside your electricity meter box, and transmits real-time energy usage information to a display panel inside … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Councils Tagged: Efergy, electricity meter, energy consumption, energy monitoring, Kiama Council, nsw government, saving electricity

Kiama Sustainability Advisory Committee – First Meeting

February 4, 2009 by Darren

Tonight we had the first meeting of the Kiama Sustainability Advisory Committee at the Council Chambers in Kiama. This first meeting was basically for all the committee members to meet each other, to review our Terms Of Reference, to get a brief overview of current sustainability projects in our municipality, and to figure out what … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: Food And Biodiversity, Gerringong, jamberoo, Kiama, Kiama Council, resilient communities, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, Sustainable Kiama Communities, transition towns

I’m On The Kiama Sustainability Advisory Committee!

December 20, 2008 by Darren

I got a letter in the mail yesterday from Kiama Council – my application to be on the Kiama Sustainability Advisory Committee was accepted! I’ll be representing the Kiama-Kiama Heights area on the Committee. I was pretty surprised: although I’m interested in sustainability, I’m not a member of any sustainability groups or anything, except for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Councils Tagged: Illawarra Seedsavers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama Council, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra

Energy Around The Home Workshop – Kiama

November 20, 2008 by Darren

This is another workshop I’d have loved to attend, but unfortunately I can’t make it. It would be really useful, given our current efforts to [reduce our high electricity consumption](http://green-change.com/2008/11/14/reducing-electricity-consumption/)! – Date: **Saturday 22 November 2008** – Time: **9:30am – 12:30pm** – Venue: **Girl Guide Cottage, Hindmarsh Park, Kiama** ([map](http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=-34.668886,150.853647&spn=0.003521,0.004528&t=h&z=18)) Learn which parts of your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Events Tagged: electricity consumption, energy monitoring, home energy, Kiama, Kiama Council, workshops

Chicken Quest

November 13, 2008 by Darren

We have three silkies at the moment, just about to come into lay. They’re named Seraphina, Luciana and Ro (yep, we’re big Barbie movie fans around here!). We had a rooster named Molly as well (I know, my defense is that you can’t tell their gender as day-old chicks!), but we had to get rid … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Keeping Animals Tagged: australorp, backyard chickens, chicken ark, chicken tractor, eggs, farmyard animals, illawarra, Kiama Council, pullets, rooster, shoalhaven, silkies

Swap Lightbulbs For CFLs For Free

November 12, 2008 by Darren

If you live in the Kiama area, you have an opportunity tomorrow to swap up to 6 old lightbulbs or fluorescent tubes for brand new energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) for free. Just take your old bulbs to the Minnamurra Waste and Recycling Centre (the old Minnamurra tip) between 10am and 2pm tomorrow (Thursday 13 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils Tagged: albion park rail, CFLs, compact fluorescent lights, Cosmo Lighting, energy efficient lighting, fluorescent tubes, Kiama Council, lighting options, recycling, Sustainable Illawarra, Waste

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](http://www.sustainableillawarra.com.au/Whats-On.html) 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
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