Are you (or your friends or family) 
throwing away valuable stuff and at the same time increasing greenhouse gas emissions?
This happens every time you put your kitchen leftovers and garden ‘waste’ into the general rubbish bin. (Did you know that over half of Australia’s household garbage is made up of food and garden waste?)
From your home, the contents of your rubbish bin Continue reading
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To quote a well-known advertising campaign, Oh what a feeling!
But in my case that feeling didn’t come from buying – and using – a particular car.
Quite the opposite.
It came from NOT using my car.
Or, rather, it came from realising Continue reading
Buy local.
That’s the third challenge for my carbon fast.
But what exactly does ‘buy local’ mean?
Does it mean that I only buy from businesses Continue reading
I’m now nearly half-way through my carbon fast.
Emissions from my travel are still very low.
I only used my petrol-driven car once last week – when my bus did not arrive in time for me to meet a friend to join them in their Nissan Leaf electric car (powered by renewable energy) for an evening meeting. I was very disappointed at not being able to Continue reading
So, how am I going on my carbon fast?
Pretty well, I think.
My first big challenge is to reduce emissions from my travel. I am aiming to avoid all use of private petroleum-driven motor vehicles. That will help me to reduce my greenhouse gas Continue reading