Did you know that Fifteen Trees now offers free mature trees to community groups in the Ballarat district! I can provide 2-3m tall Golden Ashes, English Elms, Claret Ashes, Silver Birches, London Plane and even orchard trees. Unfortunately, there are no established Eucalyptus as they are best grown from tube stock (due to tap roots). Normal retail price […]
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Time with …
I wanted an excuse to forge a connection with some of the great people I discover in my travels and thought what better way than to interview them? When I get a little more techno savvy, I’ll try my hand at videoing, but for now it is simply questions and answers. Old school! This month, […]
The Heart Cut Out.
Every day when I travel along the streets of Ballarat, I see sights like the one shown here. I suspect we have all seen the effect of tree trimming by our local councils (and their contractors) as they make way for the power-lines. Here in Ballarat however, we have an extra thicker black cable (Neighborhood […]
The little house
I’d been keeping an eye on this little house for years, watching the place slowly become dilapidated and waiting for the inevitable trashing and redevelopment into 38 dog boxes (you know … units with no thought as to sustainability, livability or community). The cyclone fencing went up, the workers arrived and I thought yep, there goes […]
The Green Question
The Green Question We are all trying our best at treading a little lighter on the Earth; some of us are truly inspirational while some of us – well aren’t quite there yet. But there is one thing we all can do that could have a huge positive impact. In a survey conducted in 2008 by Newspoll, […]
A Great Green App
A Great Green App I’ve just found a great green app* Shop Ethical ($4.95). It’s great because now we have a means to check up on the green ethics of companies and products before we buy. And that is Powerful! Let’s say you want to buy an air freshener! (A fake smelly propellant as apposed […]
Plastic Rant.
Do one more thing. I have this little thing about plastic – one may call it an obsession. I hate the stuff ! Plastic ain’t so fantastic. This toxic material is suffocating the planet, and nowhere more insidiously than in our oceans. Between 60 and 80% of ocean pollution is plastic. It is wrapped around […]
Pozible makes it possible.
Late last year I attempted a crowd funding project on Pozible, really just to see if I could get some alternative funding for some trees that I was keen to plant in Kinglake. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” […]
A milestone has been reached – 15,000 trees!!
I am delighted to announce that with the help of Fifteen Trees’ supporters, we have just planted our 15,000th tree !! [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Over the past 4 years, our trees have gone to […]
An Urbanite’s Quest.
After meeting Neil Faragher at the Sustainable Living Festival in February, and then meeting up at a very cool Coburg cafe (two monks) I found out more about Neil’s “quest to plant 1000 trees in a year“. I loved the idea and am happy for Fifteen Trees to support Neil in his quest (gotta love […]
