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Opening of Sustainability Hub: Costa to talk water

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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Opening of Sustainability Hub: Costa to talk water

You are invited to the official opening of the Randwick Community Centre Sustainability Hub… TELEVISION GARDENING PROGRAM HOST, Costa from SBS’s Costa’s Garden Odyssey, will join Randwick City Council’s Team Eco, the Mayor of Randwick and guests for the Official Opening of Randwick City Council’s Water Wise Trail and the Sustainability Makeover retrofit of energy/water systems [...]

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Council to trial small-scale wind turbine

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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A Sydney council is to trial wind as local energy source...

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In Sydney’s east, another group graduates from sustainable living courses

Sunday, March 14, 2010

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In Sydney’s east, another group graduates from sustainable living courses

I led a session on the global challenges that we face at the Living Smart course in Randwick and found participants receptive and interested. The course is now in its pilot phase and provides, uniquely among local government in Sydney, a comprehensive and integrated approach to living sustainably...

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Plains To Plate signals arrival of food as sustainability issue

Monday, February 22, 2010

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Plains To Plate signals arrival of food as sustainability issue

Adelaide's Plains To Plate Food Convergence signals that food has arrived as a social, community and sustainability issue...

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Simple solutions encourage locals to leave their car at home

Wednesday, November 25, 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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Composting claims the footpath in Chippendale

Friday, October 2, 2009

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Composting claims the footpath in Chippendale

There's compost bins along Myrtle Street, and they're not in people's gardens. Instead, they're on the footpath in an assessment of community composting...

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