Archive | November, 2009

Open for business – Food Connect Sydney starts-up

27. November 2009

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Open for business – Food Connect Sydney starts-up

FOOD CONNECT SYDNEY is a new community food enterprise bringing fresh, tasty foods to city eaters. Its opening comes as an organisation is created to facilitate the spread of the Food Connect model Australia-wide...

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Depot roof becomes power station in Randwick

27. November 2009

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Depot roof becomes power station in Randwick

The new photovoltaic array on the roof of Randwick City Council's depot is just one of Council's sustainability initiatives...

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Participatory planning the theme of local group meeting

25. November 2009

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Participatory planning the theme of local group meeting

IN SYDNEY'S EASTERN SUBURBS, where plans are underway to develop a sustainability education hub at a community centre, a local permaculture group joined in a participatory process to develop ideas for a permaculture interpretive garden...

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Simple solutions encourage locals to leave their car at home

25. November 2009

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Simple solutions encourage locals to leave their car at home

Simple solutions are often all that is needed to encourage people to leave the car in the garage...

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One year later… and a community garden blooms

24. November 2009

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One year later… and a community garden blooms

IT'S GOOD TO SEE A PROJECT you have worked on come to fruition. That was the feeling as Kogarah City Council's Mayor, General Manager and other staff and gardeners officially opened the Carrs Park Community Garden. Faith Thomas and I started work on the project a little over a year ago...

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Saturdays at Salamanca

24. November 2009

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Saturdays at Salamanca

SATURDAYS AT SALAMANCA Place are crowded and busy... locals rub shoulders with visitors as they crowd the alleys of Salamanca Market to find local food, local arts and crafts, photography, seeds, fresh fruit and vegetables, soft and sweet Bruny Island fudge, Gillespie's fizzy ginger beer...

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Local a selling point at Evandale

24. November 2009

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Local a selling point at Evandale

FOOD GROWN LOCALLYseems to be something of a specialty at Evandale Market. A recent visit disclosed sign after sign on a number of stalls advertising the localism of fresh vegetables, herbs and fruit...

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Food Summit hands declaration on food futures to NSW Parliament

20. November 2009

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Food Summit hands declaration on food futures to NSW Parliament

AROUND A DOZEN PEOPLE are walking the long, straight footway through Hyde Park where the lines of overaching native figs form a vegetative tunnel. They enter Macquarie Street and make their way to an old sandstone building with a long verandah. Here, they are to hand over the state’s first Declaration on Food...

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Water harvesting – an idea catching on

15. November 2009

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Water harvesting – an idea catching on

Take a walk to Manly Art Gallery, then take a walk to some of Bunnings hardware stores. Now, ask yourself — what did you see that is the same?...

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Reserved parking aims to encourage car share, hybrids

15. November 2009

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Reserved parking aims to encourage car share, hybrids

When you park in Randwick, just watch out where you park...

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