Carbon Fast – Are You Up To It?

I love looking for new ways to reduce Planet Earth with a fever, held in handsmy environmental footprint…and especially the amount of greenhouse gases I produce, so that I can do my part to reduce climate change, the greatest problem that has ever faced humanity.

And undertaking a ‘carbon fast’ is a great way undertake the challenge.  I especially like the way it is only for a limited time…it’s a way of trying out more Continue reading

Savage Summer Survival

It’s summer.Earth in hands temperature rising 9327851_l

It’s hot. Very hot. Smashing records hot.

And it’s dry. Very dry. We’ve had no useful rain for over 2½  months.

And it’s bushfires. And that means more heat. And smoke. And burnt grass and trees…and Continue reading

Enough Is Enough

How do you work out what food to buy?Kale, beetroot, turnips, carrots, lettuce growing in garden Aug 2013

Do you take a guesstimate, or work from a meal plan and recipes, to determine your shopping lists?

And how does that go? Continue reading

Small Steps Forward

This week’s post is a little late because today I have some small green boots from Small Green Steps logoreally exciting news!

And it’s got to do with people like you and me…people who are looking for clear pathways to sustainability. Continue reading

A bus to…?

One of the things I like about going to other places Metro map - Sunshine Coast - partis seeing the different ways people do things.

A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting having breakfast in a Sunshine Coast café.  We were all enjoying the warm sunshine and views across the seaside road to the beach and surf beyond.

We were pretty oblivious to the cars zooming along, but then I noticed something I didn’t expect to see in a coastal town focussed on tourism. Continue reading