This is my experience with building a gabion and using it as a garden bed for the Chippendale footpaths. As a gardening amateur, I welcome any kind advice or expert knowledge on footpath gardening or gabions to improve my experience and the experience of the reader. Jocelyn Seadler, Intern with Sustainable House
When Heat Stops Being Just Weather
From rooftop hive to cocktail glass
How did Sustainable House day go?
The streets we call home
“Streets, we live on them, we walk on them, but how do they help us understand a city? They’re often seen as just a path, but streets tell us so much more than that.“
Kiersten Engstrom, intern with Sustainable House, compares the streets of Chippendale, Sydney, Australia where she is interning with the streets of her home town University and city, Pittsburgh, US.
A window of hope
Melbourne City Council Compost Trial Underway
Comparing Compost Bin Designs
Hadley's story . . . getting serenity at the start of my days
See the water, recycled water, sewage and food systems this weekend
Something's in the air
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 . . .


















