My house’s 10,000 litre rain tank is trivial, so is a 3,000 litre rain tank . . . but i’ll show you what is not trivial . . .
Gem of a time by Gem at urban ag gig
Public gardening on a playground in Germany
From Germany, Kristina writes about public gardening there.
Living for years in Sydney and gardening alongside Michael I was inspired by the Chippendale street verge gardens. Anyone can enjoy the beauty of flowering nasturtiums, pick a few fresh herbs and chat to neighbours about the newest plants growing. And if you like to garden along, you get some exercise out in fresh air, connecting to nature. So why couldn’t we do this in Germany?
Seed savers' Australian story
Coco compares her life in Sydney with her life in Tokyo
I found my green thumb
Ashley Qui’s story: What do you do when you have a little bit of food left on your plate that isn’t enough to save for another meal?
What do you do when you are cooking and have pieces like stems or ends of veggies and fruits that you don’t use in your recipe?
Do you just throw them away? Here’s what I do . . .
What would a truly sustainable council look like?
Rats, councils, garbage and compost
Councils contractually addicted to garbage
How to grow veggies in an apartment
Coco from Japan confronts worms, flies, bugs in Chippendale, Australia
A farm garden for off-farm income
Jagger's story from the streets of Sydney, Australia
Sustainable House in new Zac Efron doco series
How to irrigate street trees, plants – hands free
U.S. intern's story - learning to compost and harvest street food
Community grows food in their roads
In 2008 the Chippendale Community held their Food For the Future Fair. They planted 300 edible plants and trees generously provided by Sydney City Council. Some photos of that day show the energy and social ‘glue’ we made that day as we dug up and replaced concrete with soil, compost and plants . . .
Greed is good in Sydney, the Rum Corps town
How I halved my gas bill, and love cooking even more
Comparing energy, food in the U.S., Australia and Jordan
What differentiates me from the other students at ASU and employees at Sustainable House is that I live in Amman, the capital city of Jordan. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is in the Levant region of Western Asian, located at the crossroads of Europe, Africa, and Asia. I wish to take advantage of my experience of living in Jordan to open up to the readers of this blog the differences and similarities of being on this side of the world.