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I’m now well into the second week, with Day 9 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
This is the first of three posts about turning a problem outside into part of the solution to the unfolding consequences of damage to our climate.
The problem: fallen leaves, bark and wood where you don’t want them
Last week a friend of mine put out a plea to friends: ‘What do you do when you have to Continue reading
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Days 7 & 8 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
Weekend brunches. Summer holidays. Barbecues. Festivities. Sunday roasts. All times when meat tends to feature heavily on our menus.
Did you know, though, that meat consumption has tripled over the last forty years and is Continue reading
Day 6 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
I’m pretty lucky that where I live it usually cools off at night. That’s because of our distance from the coast (so we have a continental climate), our elevation and because we usually get a sea breeze in the early evening. The result: we usually sleep well in summer.
But what happens if it doesn’t cool off at night? That can happen because of where you Continue reading
Days 3, 4 & 5 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
Summer in the southern hemisphere is in full swing with much of Australia heading into a heatwave.
What I do
In a previous post I describe 3 ways I keep my home cool without air-conditioning and its Continue reading
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Day 2 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living.
The post-Christmas January sales roll on and people are madly grabbing ‘bargains’ to update their wardrobes.
Yet some of us are busy enjoying the freedom that comes with not buying into the modern mantra/obsession/addiction of Continue reading