Archives: Tree Plantings

I thought Albert was going a bit batty when I saw these (used) teabags drying by the fire.  Then I a troubling thought that he was going to dry the teabags and then reuse them – as teabags! [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=”” […]

No such thing as a free lunch. (Tuesday May 14th 2013) Imagine a gigantic banquet. “Hundreds of millions of people come to eat. They eat and drink to their hearts’ content – eating food that is better and more abundant than at the finest tables in ancient Athens or Rome, or even in the palaces […]

  There really is no excuse these days for any of us to be buying seafood that is not caught sustainably. Certainly not with this  little guide to take us by the hand. The Australian Sustainable Seafood Guide is a free app for your phone. You simply enter the name of the seafood you are […]

At school we called it Scab Duty, when a whole class would leave its lesson to wander around the school picking up rubbish. No one liked it and we would complain bitterly.  We had BBQ tongs for the pick up. I guess it was an outing, of sorts. Who would have thought 30 years on […]

A Green Easter (Tuesday March 26th 2013) How can we make the whole experience of Easter a little GREENer? Well, I’ve done some research and found some truly lovely chocolate for you to spend your money on. Of course I had to taste a few along the way (all in the name of research my […]

This Saturday night from 8.30, join Fifteen Trees and SWITCH OFF your lights for one hour. Earth Hour is a World Wildlife Fund initiative that sees hundreds of millions of people switching off their lights for one hour, on the same night across the world. Starting from Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour now takes place […]

Second Tuesday Book Club (Tuesday March 12th 2013) I’ve got book club on tonight and I have to say sometimes it is the highlight of my week. This month, we all read ‘In My Skin’. We have a very ferocious leader, who will not let us digress from the discussion questions until the champagne has […]

It’s Autumn (Tuesday March 5th 2013). The broad-page paper has gone. We have just said goodbye to the hottest summer on record and the radio tells me that we are moving towards a very hot and dry March. Yesterday, Coke won a court case against the NT to stop them bring in a recycling program […]