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International Repair Day!
https://openrepair.org/international-repair-day/ This year the spotlight is clearly on its beneficial impact on emissions. Two things are definitely true : if you look after what you already have better you will extend the life of your goods and reduce emissions generated to meet your demands. Secondly, as a society our efforts to find and engage repairers…
FFPA Winner: Living in an off-grid cabin
“During COVID we lived in an offish-grid cabin, surrounded by excess eucalyptus wood our landlady deemed a fire hazard. To be active managers of our woodlands inspired our cob-rocket-stove-thermosiphon-bathtub-water-heater design! “
Annett Welss – Byron
For the last three years, we have been transforming our food and toilet waste into cooking gas and liquid fertiliser concentrate (see Living tiny and green) The whole setup is carbon-neutral because biomaterial which was created through photosynthesis pulls carbon out of the atmosphere, and once burned as energy will go back as CO2. The…
Spotlight on Bikes – So good for the planet!
by Sasha Mainsbridge ZEB Community Engagement Officer, founder of Mullum Cares Inc and mother of two almost teenage boys.? Thinking about getting yourself or the kids a new bike (either new or second hand)? That’s a carbon busting idea! Bikes are an awesome, low carbon transport option and a great way to get exercise into…
FFPA Winner: Cycling to weekly exercise class
“This is my friend and I deciding to cycle to our weekly exercise class, instead of using the car for the 5-minute drive. We just leave 20 minutes extra time on either side and get extra exercise into the bargain. The matching t-shirts was just a co-incidence but illustrates our point beautifully.”
Sustainable House Day this Sunday
If you can’t make it to Mullum this Sunday you can still get a lot out of Sustainable House Day this year as their website hosts information including ‘walk through’ videos of many of the Flood Resilient Open Homes AND there is an all day program of free online sessions with panels that consist of…