Sustainable and unsustainable streets

Posted by on February 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

A flooded street For some reading about recent thinking about how our climate is changing, this is a useful article: www.economist.com… The photo above is from that article. It shows an unsustainable street, and it seems how we live here in Chippo, and Australia generally, is partly the reason there are streets like those.  Hopefully, the work being done to trial sustainable streets in Chippendale will reduce the number of unsustainable streets... Read More

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Mayor Moore’s letter about making Chippendale sustainable

Posted by on February 2, 2011 · 2 Comments 

Final Letter On January 2011 Mayor Clover Moore MP wrote to let us know in Chippendale about the plan to make the suburb sustainable.  The Mayor’s letter is in this blog, above. May the sustainable streets be with us, Michael  Read More

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Biolytix into liquidation

Posted by on January 26, 2011 · 30 Comments 

I’ve received an email from a contact in the wastewater industry with this advisory note from WA Health about Biolytix going into liquidation: ‘ Approval for Biolytix aerobic treatment units withdrawn by Department of Health, Western Australia As of 19 January 2011, Queensland-based company Biolytix Water Australia Pty Ltd has gone into liquidation. In Western Australia, the ‘Biolytix BF-6 Aerated’ model was an aerobic... Read More

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Stratas going green – web page

Posted by on January 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

There’s a handy web page dedicated to units wishing to go green – here: greenstrata.com… And there’s a case study there of a rooftop garden in some units in Shepherd Street, Chippendale, here: greenstrata.com… To contact the person running the web page, Christine Byrne:  chris@greenstrata.com.au Enjoy, Michael  Read More

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Cat kills ringtail possum today

Posted by on January 22, 2011 · 3 Comments 

Today, Saturday, about 830 am, Brian, from two doors down, rang my front door bell and in his hands was a ringtail possum. “My cat’s bitten it and it needs a vet but I’ve got to go to work,” he said, very upset. I rang WIRES but it was too early for them and the recorded message said I could take it to a vet most of whom cared for injured native animals free of charge – something I hadn’t known about.  The message... Read More

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