The how and where of sustainable streets
Come and hear four speakers tomorrow night at 99 York St, Sydney, where they’ll talk about the how and where of sustainable streets they are creating – see you there! It’s a gig by a group called Think, Act, Change. M Read More
Waverley Council to put an ecopops at Bondi Beach
Courtesy of Waverley Council, Australia’s iconic Bondi Beach will soon see an ecopops pop up. According to Council’s website, the beach will see “ the installation of its first temporary ecoPOPS in Bondi in August 2013″. With the Steel Stewardship Forum sponsoring an ecopops, the Sydney University’s electrical engineering experts partnering ecopops to create a simple, affordable solar pumping system, and strong local... Read More
Steel Stewardship Forum sponsors an ecopops
The Steel Stewardship Forum has sponsored an ecopops. The Forum represents all those involved in the steel industry in Australia, from mining through to fabrication of such things as rain tanks, steel rods and steel mesh. The Forum’s website notes that the recovery rate for steels at the end of life in Australia exceeds 90 per cent. The Forum sees the ecopops as a billboard for sustainability in our cities. I’m delighted... Read More
When a black kelpie rounds up the chooks
Helen, Jeni, Amanda’s mum and Amanda at some of the road garden Yesterday, Sunday 4 August, I went to look at a verge garden that Amanda Townsend and her family have built at Maroubra. Beautiful and inspiring. Then Amanda took us out the back of the house and I saw the funniest, most tender thing; a beautiful, so smart, black kelpie herding some chooks. Both dog and chooks are on good terms. It’s hard to photograph a black kelpie so... Read More
