Sustainable Design
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Sustainable Design

Sarah K, designer and author was our presenter at February’s guest dinner.  She spoke about her book How to Create Things for the World Sustainably. The book covers a comprehensive range of topics.  It can appeal to people from many angles: economics ~ the circular economy and degrowth + capitalism/market forces philosophy ~ time, connection…

LIFE IN THE LANEWAY/SLOW LANE
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LIFE IN THE LANEWAY/SLOW LANE

For four years we’ve been keeping a little laneway nearby looking good. It’s a spot where rubbish might otherwise be dumped, and is now full of a variety of plants including edibles, exotic climbers and indigenous plants. The laneway is the track to a local primary school so we catch families on their way, and…

RACHEL’S FARM – A BACKGROUND PERSPECTIVE
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RACHEL’S FARM – A BACKGROUND PERSPECTIVE

Rachel’s Farm, a film on regenerative agriculture. Showing at Randwick Ritz, Mon-Wed August 7 – 9 (daytime).  Special Screening with Q&A on Tue 22 August, 6.30pm.  By Chris Miliotis The main focus to reach net zero by 2050 is primarily to decarbonise a number of sectors which are currently heavy greenhouse gas emitters, through switching to renewables . While…

August News

August News

BE OUR DINNER GUEST | GARDEN COMP | ECO-FESTIVAL Head, heart and hands – that’s the mantra of the Transition Network, a positive, empowering movement that has spread organically via word of mouth and communities, both locally and throughout the world. Great conversations don’t happen by accident as we found out at our recent Guest…

July News

July News

PLASTIC FREE JULY  |  FIRST GUEST DINNER | BONDI FESTIVAL  |  NAIDOC  |  WINTER CROPS Plastic Free July (PFJ) is a big event on our sustainability calendar. ‘A world free of plastic waste’ was the ambition of Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, a waste expert from WA who challenged her local government colleagues to reuse single-use plastic items…

Food scraps to fertiliser

Food scraps to fertiliser

Many of us grow our own food and gardens— or even just houseplants— and we sometimes need to think about what we need to feed our plant friends, too. Instead of getting fancy expensive organic fertilisers….….did you know that the following common kitchen scraps and leftovers make excellent, safe, and easy-to-use natural fertilisers for your…

May News

May News

FRIENDSHIP | LIQUID GOLD | BONDI  CLEAN UP | GARDEN BEE | It was great to be back at the Bondi Markets (2nd & 4th Saturday of the month) interacting with the humming, colourful crowd and enjoying the gorgeous autumn weather.  You really could feel the energy in the air.  We chatted with what seemed…

April News

April News

REVOLUTION WITHIN | SOIL SCIENCE | FRIENDSHIP | GARDEN BEE | Now, more than ever we see the value of organisations like the Transition Towns movement, who work at the local level to bring people together to move towards a just and low-carbon future.  People on the east coast have been left reeling after another…