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National Energy Performance Strategy
Maybe you know a little, maybe a lot about energy. How it’s generated in Australia and how well it gets used it in our homes and the broader built environment. ZEB Board Member, Seb Crangle, knows heaps and had this to say about the National Energy Performance Strategy (NEPS).”It it so heartening to see the…

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! “

Upcoming ZEB TALK: Professor Will Steffen. Wednesday 27 June 2018 6.30 – 8.30pm. Byron Theatre.
‘The Big U-Turn Ahead: Calling Australia to Action on Climate Change’
A provocative and insightful ZEB TALK with Earth System Scientist Professor Will Steffen from the Climate Council and the Stockholm Resilience Centre

CO2 Drawdown Series – Bush Regen with Ed Phillips from Eco-recharge
Wren McLean – ZEB’s Replant Co ordinator I caught up with Eco-Recharge bush regenerator Edward Phillips who was working with colleague Dom Trucillo in a riparian planting along Blindmouth Creek, Main Arm behind Mullumbimby. While discussing the project a vulnerable White-eared Monarch began vocalising loudly from the 15m canopy making sure its presence and its…

Megan Wynne-Jones – Byron
Sewing day at a friends place today : mending and re-purposing our clothes, bedding and cushions – good for our planet and fun for us ! We fixed up two cushions, including one made by my son when he was 5 ( a long time ago!) – mended three dresses and a shirt, made a…

Tiles instead of skirting boards
From the article in the Guardian below, Paddington (Brisbane) resident Rusty is quoted regarding the clean up after his flood adapted unit was inundated in the recent event: “Because of the way they’d tiled the place I was able to put a hose right through my unit,” he said. “Really there was no structural damage…