Last month we looked at how composting food waste reduces the amount of methane in the atmosphere. An astute reader corrected my quote that methane is 25% more potent than…
Food waste in your bin goes to landfill where it decomposes producing methane, a greenhouse gas which is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. In 2016-2017 3.2 million tonnes…
Readers will recall our June Blog where we announced the arrival of our new car – a Nissan Leaf, and how pleased we were with it. We thought that I…
Often our celebrations at Christmas have a negative effect on the planet because of the amount of waste we create. There are many things we can do to make Christmas…
As mentioned in previous blogs Sustainable House Day this year – September 20th, will be a virtual event due to Covid 19 restrictions. We were asked to prepare a video…
This is the great title of an article in our local council’s seasonal newsletter! www.onkaparinganow.com The article is about our involvement in Sustainable House Day and describes the some of…
Renew organisation has decided to take the Sustainable House Day online. This is sad for us as we do enjoy the personal interaction that we have with visitors to our…
How life has changed in just over a month! One of the advantages of having to stay home most of the time is reconnecting with the pleasures of slow and…
What a summer this has been; first drought then disastrous bushfires then floods. We really feel sad for those who have lost their homes or livelihoods. However these feelings should…
A few years ago I read a great book called One Magic Square by local Adelaide Hills author Lolo Houbein. She wrote about growing vegetables on one square metre of…