This edition of the MADGE Digest talks about Steve Marsh from WA and his contaminated organic farm, the Queensland floods and the kindness of others and a roundup of the work they have been doing! Read on…
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It is great to see the New York Times doing an article on rethinking laundry in their country. It covers very similar themes that we have talked about here as well – hanging laundry to dry in the sun should be your first choice with the clothes dryer being the last possible choice. It just [...]
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Throughout the Sahel, recurrent drought since the late 1960’s is turning once crop covered land into desert. And the sand is spreading. Picked up by wind, dunes created by soil particles from the West African coastline and the Sahel are covering villages, roads, crops, and irrigation systems, making it increasingly difficult to farm and maintain [...]
Are you a bar of soap kind of person or a body wash type of person? Growing up my family were soap people. My mother refused to spend any money on body wash and she hated the packaging and thought that us kids would just waste it. She was probably right!
Posted in Health, Style2 Comments
Posted on 26 January 2010.
Happy Australia Day! My uncle was the family pie-maker and he always made pies for family gatherings and then would take us out to buy us each an ice-cream in a cone.
Posted in Food3 Comments
Posted on 24 January 2011.
Yes, no more Treehuggers (except for our friends over at Treehugger.com, we love you guys!). But let’s be honest here, I am so very sick of the term “treehuggers” and “greenies” and I will tell you why!
Posted in Green News and Issues4 Comments
Posted on 14 March 2010.
HOOKturn have released a very cool reusable coffee cup. This isn’t the normal coffee cup that people have, the thermos style mug, this look like those lovely little paper coffee cups you get.
Posted in Design, Features, Style3 Comments
Posted on 23 November 2009.
This article is for the ladies mainly! I am not one to discriminate against men, but let’s just assume
Posted in Features, Health5 Comments
Posted on 14 December 2010.
“Almost half of Australia’s IT workers would take a pay cut if they could work from home. And around two in five would also take lower pay in return for flexible working hours, extra holidays or a better office location.”
Posted in Features, Green News and Issues, Home, Technology1 Comment
Posted on 10 February 2010.
Congratulations, you’re getting married! My Green Australia is here to help you guide your way through the amazing amount of information about green weddings! Part 2 – The Location
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