Drawing lessons from National Tree Day
National Tree Day shows what is needed to attract continues public participation in events…
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Visitors tour sustainability hubs and community gardens
Visitors from the Philippines and Canada get acquainted with Sydney’s community gardens and sustainability centres…
Rain gardens filter stormwater before it enters natural systems
Rain gardens… a technology to filter pollution from rainwater…
Celebration recognises Sydney Food Connect’s first year
Amid an over-abundance of food, conviviality and good ideas, Sydney Food Connect has celebrated its birthday. Sydney Food Connect is a social enterprise—a business that has social goals—and that gives it a value that run-of-the-mill food businesses don’t have. Obtaining your food through Food Connect is a substantially more rewarding experience than tramping back and forth along the long aisles of the supermarket…
Permaculture—time to scale up?
Is the mindset of permaculture practitioners the biggest barrier to the further penetration of their ideas into society?
Urban heat island devices installed
TWO URBAN HEAT ISLAND monitoring devices have been installed in the Myrtle Street precinct in Chippendale…
Locals take paint to boring community compost bins
COMPOST BIN too dull? Unexciting? Uninviting to fill with food and garden waste? Brighten them with a little imagination and paint….
