The Sustainable Communities Plan is on the web
Sydney City Council asked me to make a plan to make the whole suburb of Chippendale sustainable. It’s not just a plan for this suburb; it can be used to make any suburb sustainable – it’s free and you’re welcome to put it to work where you are. Now the Plan can be read on mobiles, kindles and is very easy to search, use and tweet. Get it here: theplan.sustainablehouse.com… Enjoy. You can see some of the folks who support the Plan. Please sign the... Read More
Bee collapse research
A new study from Harvard University has identified how pesticides kill bees. The summary of the research reads: Imidacloprid, one of the most widely used neonicotinoid pesticides, has been named as the likely culprit in the sharp worldwide decline in honey bee colonies since 2006. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say their new research provides “convincing evidence” of the link between imidacloprid and colony collapse disorder. “It apparently... Read More
ABC Radio National By Design Panel
Tomorrow on ABC Radio National there’ll be a panel discusion on urban farming: info on their web page, here: www.abc.net… Go the city farmers, Michael Read More
Toby’s Estate supports Chippo community garden
New lime tree Mulch from reused sawdust from local craft workshop + coffee husks Reused coffee sacks in timber pallet garden On Thursday this week about ten folk from Toby’s Estate coffee gardened with me while we planted out some herbs and fruit trees they’d purchased from a list I gave them. And today a new gardener and arrival to Chippo, Anna, watered the new plants, introduced herself to some Toby’s folk and will join them in maintaining these and... Read More
Urban farming on Radio National
On ABC Radio National on Wednesday 4 April at 2 to 230 pm there’ll be a panel discussion of urban farming. There’ll be three panelists: Indira Naidoo, Will Smart and moi. The Panel starts each show and runs for about 25 minutes all up. abc.net… Should be fun. Let’s know if you listen in and find it handy, M Read More
Green Building Council office compost onto our road gardens
Geoff, Green Building Council compost and road verge Today Geoff and I picked up three bags of compost from the Elizabeth Street offices of the Green Building Council. For info about the Council: www.gbca.org….au Two fellows, Toufik Refki and Jeff Oatman were waiting on the footpath with the compost in hessian sacks ready for loading into Geoff’s van. Loaded up, Geoff and I went straight to the area most in need, the road verge outside the units... Read More
Chinese delegation investigates Chippendale’s Sustainable Streets Plan
On 25 October a delegation of 21 government and industry representatives visited Chippendale to discuss the Sustainable Streets and Community Plan (Chippendale). The delegation from Hangzhou in coastal China included representative from the city’s Construction Committee, Training Centre, Illegal Construction Inspection Office, Centre of Demolition and Relocation Housing Construction, Real Estate Management Bureau, Public Utilities Supervision Centre, Urban Planning Bureau,... Read More
Bill, the sustainability apprentice
Bill, who loves coffee and works at Toby’s Estate in City Road, Chippendale, has begun his sustainability apprenticeship. Bill, along with the whole of the Toby’s Estate lot are going to reduce the waste, energy, water and other resource uses of the business. Starting with the coffee-making and cafe business in City Road, Bill and his fellow workmates will garden, compost, gather data and work out where the business can save on resources and avoidable costs. He’s... Read More
Youth food cyclists coming to Chippo
On Saturday 15 October the Youth Food Movement cyclists will have a bicycle ride on lunch. They’ll have a tour of the house here and then of the road gardens. Jessica Mobbs will give the cyclists two short tours of the house, one from 1130 to 1200, the second from 1210 to 1240. The cyclists will pause in Peace Park and make smoothies with a bike. Paul and Bob will show the cyclists the road gardens, including the vertical garden in Pine Street. The cyclists are running... Read More
Talk at Powerhouse Museum
On Wednesday this week I’m giving a talk at the NSW Powerhouse Museum; details are here: www.powerhousemuseum.com… See you there, Michael Read More
