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Sustainability Books

November 25, 2013 by Darren

Here’s a bunch of recent books and eBooks that might be of interest to people trying to live more sustainably and explore the simple life.

Posted in: books, Growing Food, Household, Keeping Animals, Permaculture Tagged: Australia, books, cheese, ebook, hack, homestead, solar power, solar power system, sustainability

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

Shellharbour Solar Expo A Huge Success

October 19, 2010 by Darren

I spent most of Sunday helping to staff the Jamberoo FutureCare table at the Shellharbour Solar Expo, at Shellharbour Workers’ Club (who actually have 22 kW of solar panels installed themselves – see photo). The expo was organised by Jamberoo FutureCare, in conjunction with Shellharbour and Kiama Councils. There were a number of solar power … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Events, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Science and Technology Tagged: Electricity, government rebates, hot water system, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, Shellharbour, solar hot water, solar panels, solar power, solar power system, solar rebate, wind generators

Residential Solar Power: Is The Income Taxable?

May 14, 2010 by Darren

There has been a bit of a storm in a teacup lately in the Australian press, claiming that all those people who “bought into the hype” and installed solar panels on their homes will now have to pay tax on the income they receive for any electricity generated. Of course it’s very easy for the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Science and Technology Tagged: Australia, Electricity, pv, solar array, solar installations, solar panels, solar power, solar power system, solar systems

Generating Electricity vs Saving Electricity

June 15, 2009 by Darren

While putting together notes for [my talks over the weekend](http://green-change.com/2009/06/14/welcome-super-challengers/), I noticed something interesting. The amount of electricity we saved each day by [converting 10 halogen downlights to CFLs](http://green-change.com/2009/05/25/converting-halogen-downlights-to-cfls/) (4 kWh) is about equal to the amount of electricity we are generating each day (on average) since [installing a 1 kW grid-connect solar power system](http://green-change.com/2009/05/18/we-now-have-solar-power/). … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: chest fridge, government rebates, halogen downlights, power consumption, renewable energy, saving electricity, solar power, solar power system

Welcome Super Challengers!

June 14, 2009 by Darren

I spoke at the launch of the [Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge](http://www.sustainableillawarra.com.au/The-SuperChallenge.html) Round 2 today at the Dapto Ribbonwood Center. Sorry guys if I rambled too much :-). It was a great session, with beautiful food and lots of local families to meet. I was pleased to see a nice strong Kiama contingent! It was great … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Super Challenge Tagged: CFLs, chest fridge, halogen downlights, Kev's Patch, Kiama FutureCare, living library, solar power, Super Challenge, Sustainable Illawarra, Sydney Water, wicking boxes

We Now Have Solar Power!

May 18, 2009 by Darren

OK, our solar power system actually got installed a week ago, but I wanted some photos so I had to wait until the weekend. Anyway, we now have solar power! We got a 1 kW grid-connected solar power system from Earth Utility. Once again (we previously got solar hot water from them), their service was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: power inverters, pv, solar grid-connect, solar hot water system, solar panels, solar power, solar rebate

Solar Power Information Nights – Jamberoo and Kiama

March 23, 2009 by Darren

Are you interested in learning more about getting grid-connected solar power for your home? You may be able to take advantage of the $8000 means-tested Government rebate which ends 30th June 2009, or the new non-means-tested solar credit scheme starting from 1st July 2009! Jamberoo FutureCare will be hosting two information sessions, in association with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity, Events Tagged: government rebates, group purchase, information night, information session, jamberoo, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, solar grid-connect, solar power

Interview And Photos

January 11, 2009 by Darren

We did an interview and some photos with Paul from Wollongong Council for Sustainable Illawarra today. Paul is going around and gathering stories from about 25 different households, putting together some case studies and other materials for the Sustainable Illawarra project. Maybe we’ll end up on their web site, or possibly in a booklet or … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Councils, Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: chooks, interview, solar power, Super Challenge, Sustainable Illawarra

Solar Power On It’s Way!

December 18, 2008 by Darren

We received an email last night from Earth Utility confirming our order for a 1 kW solar power system. They also phoned today to make sure we were kept informed. I’m really happy with their service so far. **WARNING:** Earth Utility appears to be in trouble (updated 28-04-2010). Now it’s just a matter of waiting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: Australia, carbon emissions, Earth Utility, incentive schemes, micro hydro, renewable energy, solar feed-in tariff, solar grid-connect, solar installations, solar panels, solar power, solar power system, solar rebate
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