Archive for October, 2008

Paperless Household

We became an almost paperless household shortly after LTSH (Long Term Suffering Husband) listened to the audio “Faster than the Speed of Light” and fantasized about being Australia’s answer …

Organic Food Prices

Each Friday a box of Organic Produce is delivered to our door, and we execute a frenzied raid on it. In fact most of the goodies are gone before Saturday morning. Each week I pin the …

Bee Conservation

The quote:

“If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination… no more men!”

The message itself has merit …

Environmentally Friendly Clothes Washing Product

Ok, nuts it is! Soapnuts have won the official Sustainability Nut (no pun intended!) thumbs up for washing clothes.

Basically they are nuts – like real nuts that grow on trees – whose shells …

Nature Crisis Outweighs Financial Crisis

Pavan Sukhdev, the Deutsche Bank Economist leading a European study on ecosystems states that the loss of valuable ecosystem services caused by deforestation (absorption of carbon dioxide …

Certified Organic Produce

I caught up with an old friend on a Skype chat yesterday and discussed Organic Produce.

He mentioned that after becoming sustainable and growing his own fruit and vegetables without pesticides …

Home-made Salsa

Here’s a home-made Salsa recipe that’s a great alternative to buying commercial Salsa. It’s pretty heavy on the avocados, because we absolutely love them.

I made it about a week ago to …

Sustainability Nut Goes Nuts at GreenFest

I discovered at GreenFest who I want to be when I grow up… Dr Jane Goodall.

If her name sounds familiar, but you can’t quite place it, Dr Goodall is a leading Primatologist who made …

Eco Friendly and Good Lifestyles

Basically, my way of thinking is: we don’t have to give up our good lifestyles to minimise our impact on the planet. We simply need to make adjustments, ‘think outside the pollution box’ to …

Bat Conservation and Clothes

I recently read in the local newspaper that a resident of a Retirement Village that backs onto a swamp complained that a bat flew across her back yard and pooped on an item of clothing that was …