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Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
Earlier this year, Australia became the first country to announce an outright ban by 2010 on incandescent bulbs. Picture is of an original piece of artwork by Etsy seller bellsakabin (Belinda Hall) - Picture is copyright and can not be used or reproduced without permission from the artist Switching to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) is a way to use energy safely and wisely. These bulbs use 75% less energy and last up to ten times longer than the comparable incandescent bulbs, they can help reduce your energy bills while also reducing green house gases and fuel
Green Earth Journey
- Monday, March 1, 2010
Thingamadig Hand Hoe from Lakeland – Product Review
GBP The Thingamadig “multi-purpose” hand hoe is, as the manufacturer states, a unique and versatile garden tool, based on a traditional Japanese hand hoe design. It weeds, digs, chops, furrows, cuts and hoes and is thus quite a utility tool for the gardener. This is a tool that will be especially valued by the backyard food grower who uses raised beds, tubs and planters of all kinds in which to grow his produce. The Thingamadig Hoe , like its cousin, the Trowel, is part of the range of tool and things of Dalson of Australia and imported into the UK by Lakeland. Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The Thingamadig Hand Hoe A Multi-purpose hoe-like tool.
Green (Living) Review
- Sunday, February 28, 2010
Goal of Bhutan, 'Gross National Happiness'
His books in English include The Other Japan (co-authored by David Suzuki and originally published in Canada and Australia as The Japan We Never Knew ) and Rowing the Eternal Sea . Copyright JFS Lecturer: Tsuji Shin'ichi , cultural anthropologist, author, translator, environmental activist, and public speaker The term "Gross National Happiness (GNH)" refers to a unique way of thinking. I
The Green Changemakers
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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Australia's Low Pollution Future
lowpollutionfuture/ The Treasurer and the Minister for Climate Change and Water released Australia's Low Pollution Future: The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation on the 30 October 2008. The Treasury's modelling demonstrates that early global action is less expensive than later action; that a market-based approach allows robust economic growth into the future even as emissions fall; and that many of Australia's industries will maintain or improve their competitiveness under an international agreement to combat climate change. The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation http://www.treasury.gov.au/lowpollutionfuture/
The Green Changemakers
- Monday, November 3, 2008
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Cultural Intelligence
Dave has done training and consulting with leaders in 75 countries across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. What’s Your CQ and Why Should You Care? “You’ve heard about IQ and EQ. But what’s your CQ? CQ, or cultural intelligence, is more than just a kitschy catch phrase for cultural competence.
The Green Changemakers
- Thursday, September 10, 2009
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“Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head
The governments of Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom have made wellbeing a national policy goal, and there is a lot of interest in indicators that measure wellbeing more directly than GNP. 3) Make prices tell the ecological truth. Mexico and Victoria, Australia , have also set up systems to assign values to formerly free services. 5) The precautionary principle. by Thomas Prugh A few years ago, a homeowner in Las Vegas—a place that gets maybe five inches of rainfall a year—was confronted by a water district inspector for running an illegal sprinkler in the middle of the day.
The Green Changemakers
- Friday, February 22, 2008
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Solar power discount offer
Green Living Tips readers in Australia - a heavily discounted home solar power
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Green Living Tips
- Monday, July 27, 2009
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A Better Way of Making a Living
2009 Chuck Burr LLC Notes: Daniel Quinn Ishmael Wikipedia Dunbar's Number Susan Blackmore The Meme Machine John Hostetler Amish Society Jan Lundberg As surely as the red sun rises: Rebelling against extinction Toby Hememway Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture Geoff Lawton The Permaculture Research Institute of Australia Peter Bane Permaculture Activist
...Tags: http://www.culturechange.org by Chuck Burr 09 June 2009 Note: this essay was revised for Culture Change from the original with the same title. -- Editor Making a living in our modern culture usually requires that you participate in the destruction of the world.
The Green Changemakers
- Sunday, June 14, 2009
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What If We Built Our Cities Around Places?
One should not fear crossing the street so much that the activity needs to occur in groups, as on George Street in Sydney, Australia (top). Because of this restricted automobile access, the many pedestrian-only, cobblestone alleyways that lead onto the street, and the leisurely pace of window shoppers that stroll its sidewalks, Bahnhofstrasse feels largely like a comfortable, pedestrian boulevard. Click here to read more about Bahnhofstrasse. More Great Transit Streets: Istiklal Caddesi Istanbul, Turkey Kungsportsavenyn Göteborg, Sweden Bourke Street Melbourne,
The Green Changemakers
- Sunday, December 6, 2009
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Traditional fire management helps fight climate change
The native peoples could have told us that ages ago had we but been prepared to listen. Australia is no stranger to traumatic and devastating wildfires and has been for ever and a day and the Aborigines sure know that. Climate change is being blamed as the likely culprit for the continent's exceptionally severe blazes, but the indigenous people of Australia have been dealing with fire—indeed, managing it—for centuries. The truth is, while climate change is being blamed for the severe fires on Terra Australis, arson is most of the times the real culprit and at other times lightning.
Green (Living) Review
- Thursday, February 11, 2010
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Keep Cup – A new alternative to the paper cup
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Only recently arrived from Australia in Britain the “Keep Cup” is the alternative to the paper cup or the polystyrene cup for takeaway coffee. “Keep Cup”, made from polypropylene is a far better alternative to the paper- or the polystyrene cup than the “I Am No Paper Cup” ceramic offering. Who in their right mind would want to cart a ceramic “take out” cup with them? Aside from the fact that ceramic is breakable it is heavy and hence the “Keep Cup” may just be the answer to the non-recyclable paper or polystyrene cups. Previously you have had only
Green (Living) Review
- Friday, October 9, 2009
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More Koala Bears Needing Water
I have showcased Koalas on this blog before suffering from the severe temperatures in Australia . This just goes to show how desperate they are getting. The states of South Australia and Victoria are suffering a heat wave over the past weeks which contributed to devastating bush fires in Victoria that killed just over 200 people and devastated vast areas. In South Australia, Carolyn Patrick found this very thirsty koala on her front lawn at Beaumont. "We Please remember while looking at this post from BiteTheDust that Koala bears do not like humans and can be very vicious.
Green Earth Journey
- Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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Adapting to Climate Change
In Alaska, the Conservancy is working with partners in Canada's Northwest Territories to maintain the ecology of a changing landscape. Australia's Kalamurina Wildlife Sanctuary: A Vast Desert Oasis In Australia’s central desert, climate change is drying rivers and making it difficult for wildlife to survive. Can people and nature actually adapt to climate change's impacts? Yes — and The Nature Conservancy is a global leader in developing strategies to do so.
The Green Changemakers
- Thursday, November 6, 2008
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