We are trying to keep our impact on the environment as low as possible, so we are constantly on the lookout for second hand items. Ebay has been great for the doors, windows, pavers (heaps) and some timber.
Some items I thought we were stuck with buying new i.e …
Rosalba and I attended a one day event organised by the Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre (S.E.A.C.) about Transition Town initiatives in South East Queensland. The Transition Town movement aims to provide solutions for dealing with peak-oil and climate change. Even if you don't believe in peak-oil …
Some time ago I came across an article about Freecylce and how it aims to keep good stuff out of landfill. Freecycle basically are a large number of mailing lists where people can advertise stuff for free that they no longer need.
One of Freecycle's main rules is that anything …
As most of you are probably aware our current economy is driven by constant growth and that the success of any commercial venture is always measured by continued growth of sales, earnings, and market share. Since I have realised this myself quite a few years back I have always wondered …
With our decision not to connect our future home to the electricity grid I have started thinking about ways of making the most of the electricity that we will collect with our solar panels. Unfortunately I currently have a number of computers that that are acting as various servers and …
I have been thinking about making my own biodiesel for a while as I have heard and read about the process being quite simple and easily done your self. What is currently holding me back is that our current cars run on petrol instead of diesel.
Nevertheless our tractor runs …
Some of you may be wondering why Rosalba and I are wanting to build our new home with straw bales. Following are my reasons:
Straw is a renewable resource that is mostly burned after harvesting. This releases huge amounts of green house gases that don't need to be released. If …
Rosalba has found an article on the Earth Garden website showing different ways of creating footings for buildings. One method that has caught our eye is using recycled car tyres. Considering that there are millions of tyres each year that need to be disposed of, this may help a little …