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 the Plan. Please sign the... Read More

Food box data

Sydney Food Connect has provided data about this months boxes: “Households/week: 247 City Cousins: 32 Price to farmers: 40c/$ Organic or chemical free: 100% Food miles/week: 173km Our market comparison with five other organic and non-organic produce box services this month showed we are on average 14% cheaper!” Julian Lee, co-founder of Sydney Food Connect, is one of five environmentalists named in today’s the(sydney)magazine’s list of Sydney’s top... Read More

Food boxes report

I’m a volunteer City Cousin for Sydney Food Connect and locals come to my place each Wednesday to collect their fruit and vegie boxes. The October Newsletter contains the monthly report on food miles, how much of our money went to the farmers and sales; here it is: Impact last month Every box from Food Connect works very hard for a better world and over the month of September the social and environmental impact has been: Households/week: 320 City Cousins: 25 Price to farmers:... Read More

Food box data for August 2010

Sydney Food Connect have provided this information on their fruit n veggie boxes: Over the month of August the social and environmental impact has been: Households/week: 228 City Cousins: 23 Price to farmers: 40c/$ Organic or chemical free: 100% Food miles: 261 km If you’re not a subscriber yet, that should be enough to tip the balance. Sign up here! I’m the City Cousin for Chippendale. I love knowing that of the $35 I pay for my box every 40 cents in those dollars... Read More

Food Connect’s record for July

Food Connect, the fruit and veggies box service for which I’m a volunteer City Cousin (ie folks can collect their boxes from my house) has just sent their monthly report for environmental and social impacts and in summary: -  over the month of July the social and environmental impact has been: Households/week: 180 City Cousins: 19 Price to farmers: 40c/$ Organic or chemical free: 100% Food miles: 212 km For more information:   sydney.foodconnect.com… To see if... Read More