A six star evening
I was sitting watching the light fall less in my garden. Evening coming on. It’s slower, isn’t it, than the sun rising? Lingers. And I thought of all the shadows soon to be complete. My neighbours in full dark night. And out of all this, the seven billionth human being born somewhere. But left all that, and with cold, soft red wine, just stopped thinking. Listening and watching with my body’s senses all. “You... Read More
Waverley Council’s free movie and talk
On Friday 11 November from 630 to 8 pm at Waverley Library, Denison St, Bondi Junction, the Council will provide a free screening of the 28 minute doco, Waste not, and I’ll be talking about sustainable design and food. Details in the Council’s flier which you can download here: Library Recycling Week A5 flyer OCT11 page 1 Press See you there, Michael Read More
Chinese delegation investigates Chippendale’s Sustainable Streets Plan
On 25 October a delegation of 21 government and industry representatives visited Chippendale to discuss the Sustainable Streets and Community Plan (Chippendale). The delegation from Hangzhou in coastal China included representative from the city’s Construction Committee, Training Centre, Illegal Construction Inspection Office, Centre of Demolition and Relocation Housing Construction, Real Estate Management Bureau, Public Utilities Supervision... Read More
Port Phillip Composting
Just in: email update from the Port Phillip composting trial: Dawkins Reserve Pilot Status Month 3 ish Dane and I headed down to the compost bins on Sunday to see how they were doing. Bin 3 was in a bad way, so with gloves, buckets and shovels we undertook a bit of a compost intervention: localcomposting.wordpress.com… This includes some tips on better working compost. We’ve also been really pleased to see the numbers of users of the... Read More
Someone burnt two compost bins last night
Two burnt, melted bins and compost Area cleaned and mulched after bins removed Two burnt, melted compost bins awaiting Council collection The two bins in Myrtle, near the corner of Rose, were burnt last night. The fire was so hot the plastic was melted to bits. James and I cleaned it up and we put the compost around the plants with some new mulch over the top so that compost has gone to a good home. I just... Read More
