Too many people, too little oil, too little soil . . .
Does this story sound like us: ” . . . Iran’s population in 1979 when the Islamic Revolution occurred was 37 million; today it’s 75 million. Egypt’s was 40 million; today it’s 85 million. The stresses from more people, climate change and decades of environmental abuse in both countries can no longer be ignored or bought off. On July 9, Iran’s former agriculture minister, Issa Kalantari, an adviser to Iran’s new president, Hassan... Read More
Solitary bee nesting hives appear in Chippendale street
Solitary bee hive, Myrtle St, Chippendale, NSW Last night two solitary bee hives appeared outside my house on the little pergola built to train up the native raspberry bushes there. One has a cute metal roof and the other is also cute – a bundle of sticks. Bundle of sticks hive Solitary bee nesting box The sign beside it intrigues me, “Solitary bee nesting box”. And, “Please do not move or disturb. Babies are (hopefully)... Read More
Anyone can see how much electricity we use in Sydney’s Sustainable House
If anyone wishes to see how much electricity is used and how much is made from the sun each day at my house they can now do that any time, anywhere. This website has a menu heading called, “My electricity“. If you use it you can see the amount of electricity used and generated by the solar power system each day, month or year at Sydney’s Sustainable House. By making energy data available to anyone I hope it may be... Read More
Join a small class and talk with leaders building cool roads and neighbourhoods
I’m blogging to invite you to join us and work with leaders in their fields in the new short course at Sydney’s UTS - How to build a sustainable neighbourhood. Leading speakers who will present costs, design, politics and industry experience about small and large projects include: a Council Mayor, a NSW government Parliamentary Secretary, a Chief of Staff in the NSW government, a Council Manager of Sustainability, a Council General... Read More
Sydney study into native bee health
Leafcutter bee A research project is underway in Sydney, led by Tanya Latty, into the health of native bees. In their new facebook page Tanya Latty says:. The goal of the Urban Bees project is to study the ecology of native bees in community gardens within greater Sydney metropolitan area. Specifically, we will address four main questions: 1) Which species of native bee are present in community gardens and in what numbers? 2) Which plant species/flowers... Read More
