Back in 2000 Sydney-based Ross Halliwell hit upon a simple solution to reduce domestic household energy consumption when he found that there was no device available for the average Joe to measure their electricity consumption in the home. Continue Reading

I just found a terrific site that shows you how to calculate the power usage of all your appliances.  I was wondering whether our TV is a guzzler as often I tune it to its radio stations and listen to that.  Continue Reading

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

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

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

Recycled phones can help plant 30,000 trees this year! Continue Reading

This is the working title for a proposal to retrofit the Australian Toyota Prius fleet as Plug-In Hybrid Electric (Dual Power) Vehicles, commonly referred to as PHEVs. (Writer/researcher Randall Berger) Continue Reading

I was just stumbling around the internet (as we all do from time to time!) and came across OPERATIONNICE, a site wholly dedicated to being nice! Continue Reading

If you are the kind of person who LOVES their newspaper – then this might just be a product for you! LG has unveiled it’s newspaper-size flexible e-paper. Continue Reading

Perhaps the world needs to get over its love of fondling an actual paper creation.  Books are expensive, cost trees and carbon in their transport and get dusty and smelly in your bookshelves. Continue Reading

Gorillas are on the brink of extinction. They’re calling on YOU to donate your phone today!

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Electronic waste, e-waste, e-scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Continue Reading

Leaving in a few days for a trip of a lifetime to Nepal and India, I have had an awakening.  I realised I would finally be free of the dreaded (but much loved and needed) Lonely Planet Guide book! And really, can you blame me – the guidebook for India is about the same weight as my backpack!! Continue Reading

Congratulations to Gavin of The Greening of Gavin who has reached a milestone of 500 posts!

He really is a great inspiration to green living with his wonderful chickens ( I love the videos!) his cheese making, the vegetable garden ideas down to his family who are all pitching in to help. Continue Reading