Issue 13 - Nov 2009

Households in NSW are being encouraged to visit savepower.nsw.gov.au and pledge to reduce electricity use in their homes. More >

Groundswell, an Urban Sustainability Grant project led by Goulburn-Mulwaree Council, aims to establish the practical and economic viability of composted urban organic waste as a high quality, cost effective agricultural fertiliser. With a $2 million grant from the NSW Environmental Trust, the Council and its project partners Queanbeyan City, Palerang and Lachlan Shire Councils are taking organic waste out of the cities for use on farm land, simultaneously reducing the volume of organic waste sent to landfill and increasing organic levels in agricultural soils. More >

Who doesn't like getting new stuff? But increasingly we are becoming aware of the environmental impact of our throw-away society. And, in this time of economic trouble many of us are reconsidering our spending and also trying to get better value out of the things we buy. More >