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It was Costa with lettuce and corn at Waterloo

It was Costa with lettuce and corn at Waterloo

Costa the telegardener does a lot to popularise growing food in our cities. He was at it again when he led an afternoon workshop at Waterloo Library…

Celebration marks end of year one for the James Street garden

Celebration marks end of year one for the James Street garden

A night to remember… the first birthday of the James Street Reserve Community Garden which was attended by City of Sydney CEO, Monica Barone…

Rain gardens filter stormwater before it enters natural systems

Rain gardens filter stormwater before it enters natural systems

Rain gardens… a technology to filter pollution from rainwater…

Sun shines on National permaculture Day 2011 at Hub

Sun shines on National permaculture Day 2011 at Hub

The sun shone from a blue sky onto visitors at National Permaculture Day 2011 at Randwick Sustainability Education Hub…

Meeting proposes Sustainability Hub as base for outreach program

Meeting proposes Sustainability Hub as base for outreach program

A meeting at the Randwick Sustainability Education Hub has outlined ideas for a sustainability outreach program…

Mayor and Costa celebrate successful council courses

Mayor and Costa celebrate successful council courses

If enthusiasm to do something positive in the world is anything to go by, then the last Living Smart cohort to graduate from the ten-topic, 24-hour Saturday afternoon course marks it as a success…

From energy glutton to energy efficiency… a new centre for learning in Randwick

From energy glutton to energy efficiency… a new centre for learning in Randwick

In Randwick, a humble and environmentally inefficient community centre has been turned into an innovative sustainability hub—a learning and demonstration centre imagined around the sustainable use of our water, energy and food…