Archive | May, 2010

Pick-your-own fruit and vege farms in Australia

Pick-your-own fruit and vege farms in Australia

One of the best ways of saving money and carbon is to make the ‘family drive’ or weekend holiday pay for itself by passing by a few farms where they sell produce for low cost in season. Continue Reading

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Can’t recycle glass or plastic in your area? Then make a bottle house.

Can’t recycle glass or plastic in your area? Then make a bottle house.

We have a problem here in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Nobody recycles glass bottles as the nearest recycler would be a very long drive away in Guadalajara or as far as Mexico City. Continue Reading

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World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park to be expanded

World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park to be expanded

The World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park is set to expand thanks to the Jeffrey Lee. The sole member of the Djok clan and senior custodian of the land known as Koongarra has offered the sacred lands to be added for protection and conservation. Continue Reading

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Our very first Electric Car Station

Our very first Electric Car Station

Sydney has become the first city in Australia to get a public on-street electric car charging station. This is just brilliant news and hopefully it will not be the last one in our country. Continue Reading

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BP’s Spill Response “plan” – laughable!

BP’s Spill Response “plan” – laughable!

I am sure everyone is well aware and well versed about the horrible spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But did you realise that part of the “plan” directs BP media spokespeople to never make “promises that property, ecology, or anything else will be restored to normal? Continue Reading

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Noise pollution jeopardizes health of people, animals and environment

Noise pollution jeopardizes health of people, animals and environment

Loud, sharp or constant noise in the workplace, home or leisure areas can cause hearing impairment, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, annoyance and aggression, sleep disturbance, and a lowering of learning capability which can be measured in school results. Continue Reading

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Meat Free Mid Week Recipe – Portobello Mushroom with Grilled Feta Burger

Meat Free Mid Week Recipe – Portobello Mushroom with Grilled Feta Burger

We are all trying to do our bit for the environment & cutting meat out of our diet makes a huge impact. So we bring you Meat Free Mid Week Recipes – this week Portobello Mushroom with Grilled Feta Burger. Continue Reading

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Hair removal recipe – totally DIY and green!

Hair removal recipe – totally DIY and green!

Just because you are green doesn’t mean you have to look like a hairy hippie from the 1970s!  Hair removal actually can help eliminate bacteria from your skin and stops B.O.. Continue Reading

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A Few Dinner Party Factoids about recycling

A Few Dinner Party Factoids about recycling

We all need a few factoids to throw out there at dinner parties when we’re faced with that non-believer who thinks that recycling is a waste of time.  So I thought I would put a few ‘gee whiz!’ statements together! Continue Reading

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Need a bed? Make a Hammock.

Need a bed? Make a Hammock.

MAKE YOUR OWN COMFY HAMMOCK Continue Reading

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Australia and Green Education

Australia and Green Education

Australia has been praised for its commitment to green education in Copenhagen today (last year’s Hopenhagen Conference) (Friday 11 Dec, 2009). Continue Reading

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Avoiding plastic bags – a quick tip

Avoiding plastic bags – a quick tip

I had a problem.  All my reusable small bags to refill at markets or supermarkets with fruit and veges were heavy and at the checkout, the girls would get frustrated as they couldn’t see the contents.  Continue Reading

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Meat Free Mid Week Recipe – Vegan Spinach Quiche with Brown Basmati Crust

Meat Free Mid Week Recipe – Vegan Spinach Quiche with Brown Basmati Crust

We are all trying to do our bit for the environment and we know that cutting meat out of our diet makes a huge impact. So My Green Australia brings you Meat Free Mid Week Recipes – this week Vegan Spinach Quiche with Brown Basmati Crust! Continue Reading

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Green banking? Well, there’s a novel idea.

Green banking? Well, there’s a novel idea.

Bendigo Bank in Australia has always been innovative.  They were the first to go BACK into rural communities and open small shopfront banks accessible to remote areas so kudos to them for saving people barrels of oil wasted on travel. Continue Reading

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Tickly throat cure at no cost:  Quick tip

Tickly throat cure at no cost: Quick tip

As winter approaches so do colds. Continue Reading

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Growing old gracefully and green.

Growing old gracefully and green.

Many people lived through earlier days when ‘plenty’ and ‘more, more, more’ were the catch-cries. Many oldies have forgotten how hard their parents had it going right back say, into the 1930s. Continue Reading

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My Green Roof

My Green Roof

I am in the process of covering our shed roof with succulents and prickly cactus, not just as a green enhancer for our tiny block of land but as an intruder deterrent.  Continue Reading

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The Wisdom Wand

The Wisdom Wand

Here’s a new idea – a coffee filter straw and a tea filter straw to save using teabags and bought coffee.  It is called ‘Wisdom Wand’. Continue Reading

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