Another day, another composter
Got home tonight to find this lovely email: Hi Michael, I’ve seen you today giving a presentation to Canon employees. It was a very good one and it certainly made people think about the energy and water being wasted in our everyday lives. Many thanks! I would like to let you know my thoughts on coffee grounds composting. Many small, local cafes do not produce enough coffee grounds to make farmers interested in reusing them (as in your... Read More
Genghis Khan in Sydney
Up early this cool Autumn morning. Showered in water hot from yesterday’s sun, savoured the simple animal pleasure of the steam of it on the windows. Walked about 40 minutes to the centre of the city. Along the edge of Darling Harbour, beside the water all lovely, asparkle, ashowing off in the clear, gods-given sunny, cloudless day. Then finally to the top floor of the new renovation of the Museum of Modern Art at Circular Quay,... Read More
The bees knees – do they have them?
Perhaps the main reason I keep providing tours of the house is the information, energy, questions and pleasure I obtain from meeting those who visit. Here’s a follow up question I’ve received from last Saturday’s tour: Hi Michael, Thank you for your tour yesterday. We got a lot out of it and have already recommended it to friends who will hopefully attend your next tour on the 26th May. We live in a unit complex in Maroubra so... Read More
Great new vid about how to make Chippo Plan real for us all
Mikey Leung tells stories on video. He’s just made a beaut vid about our plan to make Chippo sustainable and the people who love it so much they’ve spent hours and hours putting it on a new web page for anyone to use to make the place where they live and work sustainable, too: youtu.be/SHkMh8wwlXY… Thank you, Mikey – you’re terrific and so’s your vid. Join with us to make the Plan happen and watch the vid... Read More
Sale at our best gardening bookshop
Imagine a bookshop you can walk to where the staff know all the writers and have most of the books you have heard of and much more you never have – all about gardening, plants and Earth’s growing world. I reckon it’s Australia’s best specialist gardening bookshop and it’s just off Glebe Pt Road, Glebe. I’ve received this promo from Gil, the owner, for their annual sale: We open the... Read More
