May 2011
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October 2010
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August 2010
5 posts
Boston's Urban Garden
fromme-toyou:
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.”
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Watchsmartercities:
surp:
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...
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Phone book opt out
digitaleskimo:
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!
July 2010
5 posts
Sydney GreenUps →
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. There’s Green Drinks in more than 500 cities round the world. We’re part of the Green Drinks International network.
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Freecycle - save the planet and get free stuff →
The Freecycle Network (tm) is made up of 4,834 groups with 7,341,000 members across the globe.
It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns.
It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills.
Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them’s good people).
Membership is free.
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June 2010
5 posts
Plants: They Don’t Complain and They Die Quietly →
Plants don’t Google. They don’t Twitter. They don’t have follower counts and they don’t care how many followers you have.
May 2010
9 posts
City of Sydney's Live Green Workshop Series →
A really great, informative, practical and FREE series of workshops to green-up your life. Run by City of Sydney, and teaching people everyday skills (natural cleaning and worm farming) as well as larger sustainability projects, like how to install solar panels and rainwater tanks.
More info.
April 2010
6 posts
The Food Diary of a Brocavore~
fromme-toyou:
The Food Diary of a Brocavore is an ongoing collaboration project with words & recipes by Mike of whats up stairs and photography by me. Please do enjoy other entries from The Food Diary of a Brocavore!
the lesson we can take from the volcano debacle →
There are some great green benefits to the huge inconvenience of the volcano ash debacle. Sarah Wilson’s blog (www.sarahwilson.com.au) gives us these stats:
According to this article in The Times
The grounding of 63,000 flights over the past four days has saved 1.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, more than the annual emissions of many developing countries.
The total environmental ...
If bees were masters of the skies →
bobulate:
Alain de Botton describes a world without planes:
In a future world without aeroplanes, children would gather at the feet of old men, and hear extraordinary tales of a mythic time when vast and complicated machines the size of several houses used to take to the skies and fly high over the Himalayas and the Tasman Sea. The wise elders would explain that inside the aircraft, passengers,...
We are in the New York Times! →
Our CarriageWorks Kitchen Garden Project, and other Aussie sustainability projects, make news in the New York Times.
An excerpt:
‘…the creative arts center CarriageWorks started the Kitchen Garden Project last year as a way to encourage communities to grow their own sustainable gardens. Jamie Dawson, the program’s executive producer, said, “The aim is to educate people, so they...
March 2010
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