Each year my family spends Christmas/New Year with my parents. The whole family gets together and all except one of us has to travel a long way. And it’s worth it as we all come together for the celebrations. 🙂
Travel Planning Goes Walkabout
Many years ago my family started Continue reading
Around the world, Muslims are currently in the 
holy month of Ramadan.
This is a time when Muslims fast during daylight.
But like many other faiths, this time is more than just not eating or drinking. Continue reading
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
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