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Melbourne Showcase for Sustainable Fashion

Melbourne Showcase for Sustainable Fashion

Feel like doing a little shopping in Melbo0urne? Well, the innovative ‘Eco Innovators Showcase Shop’ is back for another season starting September 1, 2010! Read the full story

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The Majestic Plastic Bag – A Mockumentary

The Majestic Plastic Bag – A Mockumentary

If you are a fan of the BBC Life series or anything that David Attenborough does, then you are going to love this new mockumentary on the latest species that is endangered – the plastic bag!

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Transforming Sydney Waterworks Ruins into a Public Park

Transforming Sydney Waterworks Ruins into a Public Park

This is just beautiful and I want full reports from people who have been to see the new Paddington Reservoir Gardens in Sydney. You have to check these pictures out – it is NICE! Read the full story

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Nasty Free Documentary Trailer – A look at Sustainable Agriculture

Nasty Free Documentary Trailer – A look at Sustainable Agriculture

This is a documentary in progress from Punkle’s Farm – a small sustainable farm in Eastern Ontario growing salad greens, fresh herbs and vegetables. They also raise chickens, turkeys, ducks and pigs. Their belief that quality products come from natural systems and that’s why the farm is 100% NASTY FREE. No chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. All of our animals are raised without antibiotics or growth hormones. Read the full story

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The Secret Life of Things

The Secret Life of Things

Have you ever wondered how your phone feels when you upgrade to a new one? I mean they must feel just awful – no longer loved, no longer needed or even no longer fashionable! *gasp* Read the full story

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Makutano Junction Soap Opera

Makutano Junction Soap Opera

The last place most of us look to for useful information is television soap operas. But Makutano Junction, a Kenyan-produced soap opera set in the fictional town of the same name is not your average TV drama. Read the full story

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Rethinking Living Spaces: The Nano House

Rethinking Living Spaces: The Nano House

How much space do you really need? In a world with a growing population and economies that consume resources faster that they can regenerate, we need to find a balance in living spaces. We must rethink the benefits of small spaces for our planet and our future generations. Read the full story

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One Free Bike anyone?

One Free Bike anyone?

I have been doing a little bit of googling around and found a company called OneFreeBike. This company offers cyclists a free bike for a year, with the catch being that it has advertising on it. Read the full story

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The Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 competition NOW OPEN!

The Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 competition NOW OPEN!

Are you a environmental photographer? If so, then I *highly* recommend entering The Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 competition. Read the full story

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It’s easy being … a Green Fisherman.

It’s easy being … a Green Fisherman.

So many times we walk along beaches and river banks and see tangled clumps of old fishing line, lead sinkers attached.  People are just now beginning to be aware that the lead is a hazard and the line will tangle around the necks, feet and wings of birds, be ingested by larger fish and generally cause havoc. Read the full story

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Portable fuel cell powers gadgets with water

Portable fuel cell powers gadgets with water

A pocket sized portable fuel cell recharger can charge your mobile phones and other devices while on the move – and this is all done by the power of Hydrogen!

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Dyeing to renovate your wardrobe.

Dyeing to renovate your wardrobe.

It’s hard to look at tie-dyed clothes without taking a trip back in time – But fear not! There are other ways to dye and be fabulous too! Read the full story

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A green make-over on those formal clothes.

A green make-over on those formal clothes.

We have a family wedding coming up towards the end of the year and the suit I had made is way too big as I have lost weight (in a good way).  Too bad for that lovely silk suit I had hand tailored for me in Kuala Lumpur! Read the full story

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Shoe poverty is relative.

Shoe poverty is relative.

One of the good things about traveling is that it alerts you to the ways of life of  others. Read the full story

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