Fejoia is fab
Banana and fejoia I’ve really developed a taste for fejoia; the one I photographed here I bought from Harris Farm, Broadway. The fejoia is the best performing of our street fruit trees; hardy, doesn’t need watering, easy to espalier, and, best of all, not one has been stolen. Try one – you may become a fejoia lover, too; it was a very strange taste the first time, part kiwi fruit, part something entirely new. To eat; cut in... Read More
Spectacular 2 min vid about water, muck and little critters
It’s by the wonderful film-maker Emma: www.bing.com… Wow; how good is that! Thanks, Emma. May the little critters be with you, M Read More
A hard rains a gonna fall
When madness become normal. Here’s a story about how forest land is being turned into sand as far as the eye can see – have a look at the photos with the article; it’s about strip-mining forests to extract oil from sand in the soil: “Over the course of three days spent visiting reserves, band offices and the vast sand dunes left behind by the bitumen-scrubbers surrounding Fort McMurray, the Achuar confronted a reality... Read More
Over 100 signatures and 19 cities have signed up . . .
? @sustaintheplan Luke has tweeted that over 100 people from over 19 cities around Earth have signed the petition to make the Plan for a sustainable suburb. That’s in the first week before we’ve widely publicised the petition and the new web site. Great to know, for example, that people in Copenhagen love the Plan and want it made – it applies to any city on Earth – if we can get it made here in Sydney anyone anywhere may... Read More
The Sustainable Communities Plan is on the web
Sydney City Council asked me to make a plan to make the whole suburb of Chippendale sustainable. It’s not just a plan for this suburb; it can be used to make any suburb sustainable – it’s free and you’re welcome to put it to work where you are. Now the Plan can be read on mobiles, kindles and is very easy to search, use and tweet. Get it here: theplan.sustainablehouse.com… Enjoy. You can see some of the folks who support... Read More
