For those of you with cable TV, Sky news has been running an Eco Report segment for a while now. For those of you that don’t have cable or missed some of the segments, Sky features some of these programs online. There is an interesting one about green cleaning.

Spring is definitely in the air and to celebrate I have thrown open my windows, put on my thongs and got down on my knees to erm … weed. Yep, weed. My garden is full of them and I have spent the last few days viscously stamping them out, re-mulching and sowing veges.

Weeding aside, this is my favorite time of the year. When the days begin to warm up, flowers begin to bloom, branches come to life and I can walk around barefoot. It seems that the warm weather has hit us in Sydney a bit early but I am taking full advantage of it. (more…)

One of the recent projects I’ve been involved with at work is helping the climate campaigners create their own blog. So it seems fitting to point out their latest post about the Labor party intending to phase out electric hot water systems over the next five years.

Labor says that if it wins power it will phase out energy-intensive electric hot water systems, which use almost one-third of households’ energy consumption. These systems will be replaced by solar, gas or heat-pump systems.

Labor also says it plans to keep the $1000 Federal Government rebate to help household costs when switching from electric to solar and heat-pump hot water systems.

Postcards have hit the cafes and newsagents of Sydney showcasing a new initiative called ‘Sustainable Sydney 2030‘. The City of Sydney is looking to deliver a plan to guide the development of the City of Sydney for the next 20 years. On the website we can get a feel for what they mean and find out how we can contribute to the plan over the next 6 months.

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Sorry for the lack of posts. I have been travelling a bit lately due to family commitments and not had much time to post. I am off again so may not be posting for a week or so.

In the meantime enjoy Treehugger’s article about solar cooking. Some of the ideas are pretty clever - maybe some of you have already hooked up similar projects?