Tag Archive | "resilient cities"

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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Good topic but presentation distracting

Sunday, April 11, 2010

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Good topic but presentation distracting

It was a seminar on the security and sustainability of Sydney's food supply, but bad Powerpoints and lacklustre presentation failed to engage an informed audience and distracted some of those there...

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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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Apartment lawn to food in Maroubra

Saturday, February 27, 2010

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Apartment lawn to food in Maroubra

In Maroubra, Kimberley has turned her apartment block's lawn into food...

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Dilemma: Two community food systems — which to choose?

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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Dilemma: Two community food systems — which to choose?

Here's the dilemma for Sydney City East good food eaters: which food system do you choose? Organic Buyers Group Randwick of Food Connect Sydney?

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Why is Food Connect taking off?

Monday, February 22, 2010

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Why is Food Connect taking off?

What is it that lies behind the rapid replication of Food Connect? Is it just good food, shorter links between farmer and eater... or is it something a little bit stickier?

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In Adelaide and Sydney, a tasty future beckons

Monday, February 22, 2010

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In Adelaide and Sydney, a tasty future beckons

Food Connect has made a start in Adelaide and Sydney...

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Organic buyers group offers a good crop

Thursday, December 24, 2009

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Organic buyers group offers a good crop

IT’S MONDAY EVENING and we’re at a School in Randwick to collect our first box of vegetables from Sydney Organic Buyers Group, Randwick. We walk into a busy scene. People are taking fruit and vegetables from boxes and counting them into large shopping baskets arrayed across the floor. These contain the foods that make up the [...]

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Pedapods a new transport mode in Sydney city

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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Pedapods a new transport mode in Sydney city

Traveling through Sydney city? Then why not Pedapod it?

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Depot roof becomes power station in Randwick

Friday, November 27, 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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