Bronte sunrise today, Chippendale pollution yesterday
Bronte sunrise, Friday 14 June 2013 Last Friday morning I swam in Bronte pool. At 19 degrees the pool was clear amidst a clear sky, the light and the moment exactly like the moment Leonard Cohen sings of . . . ” There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in . . . ” (Anthem). Diving in, there was just silence in my monkey brain and pure sensual pleasure at being alive. But after the gifted moments I got... Read More
George Monbiot, words and ideas . . . and passion
George Monbiot – whom I regard as one of Earth’s great journalists and hearts – has written a book about ‘rewilding’. Look now at this cartoon about rewilding and feel your heart beat in your flesh with hope, M Read More
How we save 4 million litres of rain each year for less than $300
Cutting leaky drain to size Each year in Chippendale we save over 4 million litres of water to irrigate our road gardens. We built the drains for this ourselves at a once-off cost of $300. The story is here. Read More
See Josh Byrne’s video about the Fremantle ecopops and his house
Josh Byrne, Michael Mobbs and Mayor Brad Pettit As Josh Byrne, the Western Australia presenter for ABC TV Gardening Australia‘s show, builds his ten star houses in Fremantle he is documenting it and making the plans, costs, data and details available for all to see. In the latest video Josh covers the ecopops as they were being built in Fremantle then takes the viewer to his houses. It’s a useful summary of both projects and you can see... Read More
New catering business part of food revolution
A new Sydney catering business, Conscious Catering, is part of the new food revolution. The founder, Bronwyn Coleman, places her business in the centre of this revolution when she says on her website: “Conscious catering is a boutique catering company, grown from the intention to do what we can to support sustainability and harmlessness.” To get a sense of what’s happening with food in our culture I’ve been looking at the... Read More
