Thanks Chookie an absolutely fascinating read. Perhaps a solution for the urban poor: reconnecting them with food production in the form of backyard/ community gardens?
Thanks Chookie an absolutely fascinating read. Perhaps a solution for the urban poor: reconnecting them with food production in the form of backyard/ community gardens?
Sounds delicious! I am enjoying cooking at the moment with silverbeet (the outermost leaves) and spring onions from the garden. Are cumquats easy to grow? What do you grow them from?-seeds? cuttings?
Just to let you know my daughter had to write a letter to the editor on an environmental issue for school. She chose this one. She was able to use this discussion thread to help her write her article.
Just some thoughts responding to the morning… it was wonderful to meet our Transition Gap neighbours and others involved in the Yoorala St Community Garden and to share ideas. The community garden
I think it’s almost inevitable they will rise as long as we rely on fossil fuels. But I think we’ve been conditioned to think we need electricity. 100 years ago people functioned more in
Are these grants given only to the people within the suburb who apply eg. 20 people all get PV panels free of charge? Or is the grant distributed equally between all 15 000 of us?
Thanks John!
Due to the business of our coming weekend (and an interstate wedding and funeral the two weekends previously!) I will stay home with the kids this Sun afternoon and Byron will attend
It also reduces the distance we need to travel for goods and services- decentralising the city as the place to access everything. This is far better- to concentrate what people need closer to where
Thanks very much. On the Choice website it seemed to indicate it was almost better to look at decreasing electrical usage (and keeping current systems in place) rather than installing solar panels.