What kind of sewage system?
Comes this question from yesterday’s tour: HI Michael Thanks for the tour yesterday, was great to see your systems in action! I have a quick question about the sewerage which I forgot to ask: What do you think about composting toilets v. your system for an innner city context such as yours? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Cheers Sarah My answer: Great question; thank you. A composting toilet was not an option on my small inner... Read More
Launch today of national Cool Streets Campaign
Blast off. The Total Environment Centre and Jeff Angel today launch their national Cool Streets Campaign, or as their news release puts it: MEDIA ALERT 2 August 2012 AUSTRALIA NEEDS COOL STREETS TEC’s new campaign to reclaim the streets will launch tomorrow, with the construction of NSW’s first ecoPOP. “A... Read More
Cool our cities by cooling our streets
In the summer the meat ant on the western plain of Sydney carts small reflective, silvery pebbles to it’s ants nest. These reflect the sun’s heat and cool their nest. In winter the meat ant replaces the pebbles with dark coloured ones. These absorb the sun’s heat and warm their nest. Here’s an invitation to our culture to match the meat ant: vimeo.com… Black is ‘cool’, but it’s... Read More
Luminous Chippendale
Luminous Chippendale Here’s a note to me by a designer and gardener, Chantelle Matthews, about the road art and gardening she’s doing in Chippendale. ‘Strengthening the identity and liveability of Chippendale using a lucent groundcover Luminous Chippendale is a street garden project which aims to develop latent luminosity into a recognizable characteristic of this often shaded inner city neighbourhood of Sydney. The impact... Read More
New bee hive coming to Chippo
Katie Oxenham, Manager Urban Ecology at the City of Sydney, has contacted us to say Chippo’s new bee hive will be coming around September. Shortly we’ll choose a location for it. The new hive will bring to two the number of hives here. These native, stingless bees will fly up to a kilometre and are better at pollinating than the larger, introduced stinging bees mainly due to the smaller bodies they have which allow them to get... Read More
