Kitchen Garden Project at CarriageWorks
Open Day at Michael Mobbs’ Sustainable House
To celebrate the publication of the second edition of the book, Sustainable House, and to make the information about it more widely available, I’m offering a special tour of the house on two Saturdays, 16 and 23 October 2010.
Tours commence at 11 am and finish at 12 noon.
The tours will show what’s happened after 14 years of living in a sustainable house. The tours will explain some of the data which is in the book. The book will be provided on the tour as part of the tour.
- What’s happened after 1.5 million litres of sewage has gone into the garden?
- How have the solar panels lasted after 14 years?
- What’s worked and what hasn’t?
- How has the house saved over $30,000 in water and energy bills?
- We’ll also look at how we’re growing food in the road gardens and how the compost bins and other gardening is coming along as Spring growth takes hold.
Cost is $55 for the tour and the book (which retails at $45).
Bookings essential by email to: info@sustainablehouse.com.au
Cameras welcome!
See you there, at the little house that could … and yours can, too …
Oh, and check out this terrific video of the splitting of the beehive here a few weeks ago by Peter Clarke.More info about Sustainable House at sustainablehouse.com.au
Michael
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CarriageWorks is extremely lucky to be working with Michael Mobbs on all aspects of our Sustainable Works Project.
Michael Mobbs is a Sustainability Coach, former Environment Lawyer and author of Sustainable House. Michael provided invaluable advice and insight at the early stages of the Sustainable Works project and has continued working with CarriageWorks as the coordinator of the Kitchen Garden Project and as an ongoing consultant with long term renewable energy projects. Michael’s imagination, humour, wide range of experience and his willingness to take risks, really shaped the direction of the Sustainable Works Project and lead to goals and benchmarks that may otherwise seemed impossible; such as the Edible Office Garden. More info here.
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Chef takes a fresh approach with his 10-mile buy club
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Photograph by Stefano Unterthiner
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Boston’s Urban Garden
At the height of summer, a community garden oasis in Boston’s South End bursts at the seams with the season’s fruit & vegetables in lined pathways of herbs & flowers.
“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Urban Farms Sprouting on New York City Rooftop
Huffington Post describes the video above:
… Reuters takes a look at the initiatives of an ambitious organic farming business, Brooklyn Grange, looking to transform NYC’s vast expanse of empty rooftops into lush forests of food.
Brooklyn Grange’s first farm is a 40,000-square-foot warehouse rooftop that grows hundreds of thousands of plants without the use of pesticides or other chemicals. According to its website, tomatoes are one of its biggest crops with over 40 varietals planted.
Head Farmer Ben Flanner is no stranger to the task; after quitting his finance job, he founded Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in 2009 — a 6,000-square-foot farm in Brooklyn that was the first rooftop soil farm in New York.
Flanner tells Reuters that the farm is not only a way to provide fresh and healthy food directly to the local community, but does its part in greening the city by absorbing storm-water runoff and also cooling the building underneath.
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Phone book opt out
To opt out of phone book delivery call Sensis on 1800 810 211. Absurdly, you will need to remember to do this again in 5 years when Sensis automatically opt you back in. Maybe by then you will have gotten over that idealistic youthful zeal of environmental responsibility!
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The 2nd edition of Michael Mobb’s book Sustainable House will be released shortly. It’s been updated to include the most current information for Sustainable House builders as well as Michael’s experience of living in a sustainable house over the last 15 years. You can pre-order here.
A series of informal “meet-ups” aimed at inspiring people with an interest in the environment and sustainability. Connect, learn, share, inspire and conspire with other like minded peeps.
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