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Wollongong PCYC Permaculture Community Garden Tour

October 11, 2014 by Darren

A tour of the Wollongong PCYC permaculture community garden – very heavy on photos and detailed explanations.

Posted in: Featured, Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Permaculture Tagged: chickens, comfrey, compost, food forest, fruit trees, garden beds, herbs, mulch, Permaculture, permaculture principles, seedlings, sustainability, vegetable garden, wollongong

Sustainability Leadership Development Program – Illawarra 2014

July 25, 2014 by Darren

The Centre for Sustainability Leadership is running a free sustainability leadership course in the Illawarra in late 2014.

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: environment, illawarra, sustainability, wollongong, workshops

Two Illawarra Permaculture Courses

August 10, 2013 by Darren

Introduction to Permaculture courses in Berry, and a full PDC in Warrawong – some exciting local permaculture events coming up!

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Organisations, Permaculture Tagged: gardening, illawarra, Kiama, PDC, Permaculture, permaculture design, wollongong

National Tree Day 2012 – $100 Giveaway!

July 25, 2012 by Darren

Get involved in Planet Ark’s Schools Tree Day and National Tree Day this week! Plus, leave a comment and go in the draw to win a $100 Bunnings voucher.

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations, Nature Tagged: Australia, children, environment, health, illawarra, land, nature, Shellharbour, trees, wollongong

Permaculture Design Certificate Scholarship!

July 1, 2011 by Darren

I applied for, and was awarded, a Council scholarship to do a Permaculture Design Course. I can’t wait to get started!

Posted in: Illawarra Councils, Permaculture Tagged: Kiama, PDC, Permaculture, permaculture design, permaculture resources, Shellharbour, wollongong

Podcast Interview With Gavin From “The Greening of Gavin”

May 25, 2011 by Darren

I was interviewed by Gavin Webber from The Greening Of Gavin as part of a series of podcasts he’s done with sustainable bloggers from around Australia. Let me know what you think!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: Australia, chicken tractor, chooks, David Holmgren, fox, garden beds, illawarra, interview, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, land, meat, pigs, podcast, pork, Shellharbour, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong

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

My First Podcast Interview

April 23, 2009 by Darren

Yesterday I met up with Tim Denshire-Key at Wollongong University, and he interviewed me about our participation in the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge and our efforts to become more sustainable in an ordinary suburban house. He’ll use the audio in an upcoming podcast. Tim is studying Industrial Design at RMIT in Melbourne, and is currently … [Read more…]

Posted in: Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: 100 mile diet, Australia, illawarra, interview, jamberoo, Kiama, rmit, Super Challenge, sustainability, sustainable design, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong

Fridge Buyback Scheme Comes To The Illawarra

March 26, 2009 by Darren

The NSW Government has been trialling their [Fridge Buyback Scheme](http://fridgebuyback.com.au/) in Sydney for a while now, and starting next month the scheme will be broadened to include the Illawarra. At this stage it will only encompass the Wollongong and Shellharbour Council areas, but hopefully it will extend to Kiama in the near future. The scheme … [Read more…]

Posted in: Electricity Tagged: Climate Change Fund, fridge, fridge buyback scheme, Kiama, saving electricity, Shellharbour, wollongong

Chicken Sellers In The Illawarra

December 5, 2008 by Darren

It can be hard to find chickens for sale locally, especially if you’re after a particular breed. Here is a big list of all the places I found when I was looking: – [Illawarra Mercury Classifieds](http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/content/classifieds/) (look under pets, horses and livestock, and for sale categories) – Other local newspaper classifieds (Kiama Independent, Lake Times, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Organisations, Keeping Animals Tagged: albion park rail, australorp, backyard poultry, chicken breeders, chicken sellers, chickens, chickens for sale, chooks, dapto, illawarra, jamberoo, kembla grange, Kiama, pet shops, poultry clubs, pullets, shoalhaven, tahmoor, trading post, wollongong

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