Archives: Tree Plantings

I mentioned last week that reports state that kids just aren’t getting outside these days to play and I went looking for some inspiration and ideas to help get them outside. But first, play this them this song – nice and loud (pump it up to 11). [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=”” […]

I went to see Bill McKibben last Friday when he was in Melbourne ‘rallying the troops’ with his Do The Maths tour.  Very engaging (but alas not techno savvy) he painted a very sobering message to a packed Atheneum Theatre. He had just 3 numbers he wants us to be aware of … a. The […]

It’s World Environment Day tomorrow Here is a list of some things you could do to  …   [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”] Become a Climate Guardian. Plant a tree (no surprises with this one I […]

Official Opening of the Learmonth Community Gardens. [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”] I took myself off to Learmonth on a Friday afternoon last month (with wild winds pushing me along) to meet up with the group […]

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 […]