There are over 250 houses open today for Sustainable House Day, throughout Australia. Including ours This is the fact sheet for our house, to give details on what we’ll be talking about. Drop by and say hi!
Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Sustainable House Day is today!
Posted in Local issues, Saving the environment, tagged sustainability, sustainable house day on September 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Sustainable House Day not far off!
Posted in Local issues, Saving the environment, tagged sustainability, sustainable house day on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We are opening our house as part of this year’s Sustainable House Day, which is on Sunday September 12. If you’ve been following this blog, you have an idea of what to expect, and this is your chance to drop by to see it in person. I’ve posted some details on Shmeco, to whet your [...]
Sustainable House Day (12 September 2010)
Posted in Saving the environment, tagged sustainability, sustainable house day on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note to say that our house will be included in this year’s Sustainable House Day, to be held on September 12. While ours is not a radical example of what can be done, it does show what can be retrofitted to a house without requiring major renovations. We’re also quite proud of [...]
Water sustainable urban development: tour through Marrickville
Posted in Growing our own food, Local issues, Saving the environment, tagged lewisham, marrickville, newtown, rain garden, sustainability, water tanks, wsud on October 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I spent an enjoyable morning today, visiting local houses who are saving water in interesting ways, as well as looking at some “rain gardens” in the street. (Our house was also the last stop on the tour, showing off what we’d done in the garden.) The Water Sustainable Urban Development (WSUD) tour was organised by [...]
