6 Things Your Money Can Do To Save The Planet

6 Things Your Money Can Do To Save The Planet

Last we heard, fossil fuel is running out, a nuclear station blew up, more than a billion people go hungry, population growth is unprecedented, more people are living in poverty than ever, there is a mass extinction of species going on, most of us eat foods laced with pesticides, farm animals are mistreated (and injected [...]

Green Travel: How Backpackers Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Green Travel: How Backpackers Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Backpacking around Australia is a dream come true for many young people. The breathtaking splendour of The Outback, watching the New Year fireworks in Sydney, and learning to surf on Bondi beach: when you have such adventures on your mind (not to mention the heavy rucksack on your back) it’s easy to forget the negative [...]

Climate coverage down again in 2011

Climate coverage down again in 2011

Climate change dropped even further from the world’s headlines and newscasts last year. Weird weather, Australia’s carbon tax and Solyndra fracas weren’t enough to stem a decline that started in 2009.

Going Green: 12 Simple Steps for 2012

Going Green: 12 Simple Steps for 2012

As we head into 2012, many of us will be resolving to lose those few extra pounds, save more money, or spend a few more hours with our families and friends. But there are also some resolutions we can make to make our lives a little greener. Each of us, especially in the United States, [...]

Australian Seafood App will help us make better choices

Australian Seafood App will help us make better choices

Are you having trouble knowing what fish you can buy? Lucky we know have a free Sustainable Seafood Guide App that we can use!

MADGE Update: Contamination – we are all in this together

MADGE Update: Contamination – we are all in this together

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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Rethinking Laundry in the 21st Century

Rethinking Laundry in the 21st Century

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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Innovation of the Week: Putting a Stop to the Spreading Sands

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 [...]

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The dirt on soap

The dirt on soap

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!

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Make your own Aussie meat pies

Make your own Aussie meat pies

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.

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No More Treehuggers!

No More Treehuggers!

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!

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BYO Coffee Cup

BYO Coffee Cup

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.

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The green cycle – how to make that time of the month better for you and the environment.

The green cycle – how to make that time of the month better for you and the environment.

This article is for the ladies mainly! I am not one to discriminate against men, but let’s just assume

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Telecommuting and the Australian “at home” workforce.

Telecommuting and the Australian “at home” workforce.

“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.”

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Green Weddings – Part 2 – The Location

Green Weddings – Part 2 – The Location

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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