13 May 2025 | Climate change, Sustainable homes
Simple steps to warm your home The cold months are upon us and it’s time to take steps to make our homes cosy. To decide how best to do this, it’s important to understand some fundamentals. It might seem obvious, but ideally our home will be warmest when...
27 April 2025 | Clean energy, Climate change, Sustainable homes
Storage is now the issue, not generation of energy Energy storage is the new frontier for the achievement of energy independence in Australia. With 4 million households and businesses sporting rooftop solar, and 4 million more projected to do soin the next few years,...
27 April 2025 | Clean energy, Climate change
The Banyule community battery launch! I was thrilled to attend the launch of a 400kW community battery on 24 April. The battery was launched by Shaun Readon, CEO of Jemena, Kate Thwaites, MP for Jagajaga and Felicity Gordon, local artist. Banyule-Jemena-Federal...
24 October 2024 | Clean energy, Climate change, Transport
Sustainability – the new buzz word in the UK and Europe In July, August and September, my husband Paul and I travelled extensively in the UK and Europe. We were amazed and pleased with the emphasis on climate change action everywhere we went. We could not look...
30 April 2024 | Climate change, Gardening tips
Lose the lawn – ditch mowing forever How natural is your nature strip? What role does your lawn play in reducing carbon in the atmosphere – the CO2 that wreaks havoc with the climate? Lawns and tidy nature strips can look attractive and appear part of the...
27 November 2023 | Climate change, News
Banyule Urban Food Strategy Launch The Banyule Urban Food Strategy was officially launched on November 23, 2023, at the Bellfield Community Hub with an audience of community members and community organisation representatives. On the day, a tour of Bellfield Community...
