Up until now I have left publishing on the blog to Mark, and I am sure you will agree that he has done an awesome job. I have had a nagging question/quandary regarding alternatives to PVC and Mark suggested I put it up on the blog to see what …
James Howard Kunstler, prominently featured in the peak oil documentary "The End of Suburbia", has written a frank and chilling assessment of where the world is at for "The Daily Reckoning".
Unfortunately it is not all rosy, but as usual it's all in how we look at things. Even though …
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 …
Project Better Place is planning on bringing electric cars and a charging network to Australia by 2012.
In a deal unveiled in Melbourne, international company Better Place plans to team up with AGL Energy and Macquarie Capital Group to set up a network of "charging spots" and "battery exchange stations …
Andrew, our architect, finished the preliminary drawings a few days ago and as part of that has performed a preliminary energy assessment. The outcome was better than both Rosalba and I expected.
In Andrew's own words: "It doesn't get much better than 10 stars!"
To clarify, in Australia, houses are …
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 …