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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

Joel Salatin Workshops In Kiama!

February 14, 2013 by Darren

I’m super excited – I’ll be going to Joel Salatin’s “You Can Farm” workshop in Kiama on Sunday (Feb 17). Only three sleeps to go!

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Organisations, Keeping Animals, Permaculture Tagged: farmers, jamberoo, Joel Salatin, Kiama, Milkwood, pork, workshops

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

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

Backyard Veggie Patch Workshop in Jamberoo

June 15, 2010 by Darren

A few weeks ago I attended another Sustainable Illawarra workshop – “Starting a Backyard Veggie Patch” at Jamberoo Primary School. Megan then attended the repeat of the workshop a week later. It was great that we were both able to do effectively the same workshop without need to organise child care! The workshop was delivered … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Permaculture Tagged: chicken manure, chooks, compost, ducks, garden beds, gardening, home gardening, jamberoo, lucerne, organic gardening, Permaculture, seedlings, Sustainable Illawarra, vegetable garden, vegies, workshops

Joel Salatin in Australia

June 3, 2010 by Darren

I’m a big fan of US farmer Joel Salatin. He’s the man behind Polyface Farm, “a family owned, multi-generational, pasture-based, beyond organic, local-market farm and informational outreach in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley”. You might recognise him from the recent films Food, Inc and Fresh, and from Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma. One of my favourite articles … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Permaculture Tagged: abc radio, Australia, farmers, interview, Joel Salatin, Permaculture, workshops

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

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

Backyard Chook Keeping Workshop – Wollongong

November 19, 2008 by Darren

This is one workshop I would really like to attend, but unfortunately we’ve got something else on that day! If you go, I’d love it if you could leave a comment below and let us know how it went. – Date: **Saturday 22 November 2008** – Time: **10:00am – 3:00pm** Learn how you can keep … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, chickens, chooks, illawarra, organic gardening, Permaculture, Sustainable Illawarra, workshops

Sustainable Illawarra Nov 2008 Event Calendar Available

November 5, 2008 by Darren

The [Sustainable Illawarra event calendar for November 2008](http://www.sustainableillawarra.com.au/pdf/SustainIllawarra_ActivitiesTableNOV08.pdf) is now available. There are some very cool sounding workshops, including cheesemaking, gardening, backyard chook-keeping and water wise gardening. Hopefully I’ll be able to get to a few!

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: Sustainable Illawarra, workshops
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