What does the data tell us about living off-grid for water in the heart of Sydney?
Analysis of water quantity by an American intern in Sydney, Jillian Meehan.
Clytie saw compost solutions in the US, Canada . . . “My Churchill Fellowship has given me the opportunity to witness firsthand a wide variety of community compost initiatives that have been built by local communities in diverse settings including community gardens, warehouses, urban farms, verges and prisons.“
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?
“ I appreciate that the Inner West Council is taking action against the growing problem of food and garden organics, but is this the best option for Australia or even Earth?“
And the garbage collector gets paid twice; once by the ratepayer via council, again by the ratepayer when they buy compost (if the waste is turned into compost).
Renee Patricio, U.S. intern with Sustainable House, compares U.S. and Australian food waste solutions.
With a primary focus on data analysis, Renee’s assessment is data-driven and, sorry, Oz, but local councils and state governments here in Oz seem to be controlled by, and delivering truckloads of money to, garbage collectors.
Blog by Coco
On 5th of May, I went to a community garden next to Camdenville Public School in Newtown, NSW, to join one compost program called “Food Scrap Friday.”
In a public garden next to school, they have compost bins and garden to grow plants and veggies. People including parents take their food scrap from home to compost them every Friday morning.
“It has not only become socially acceptable for our leaders to lie, it is more or less what we expect them to do. You and I have been given the historic responsibility to set things right. Together, we can do the seemingly impossible. But make no mistake, no one else is going to do this for us. This is up to us here and now. You and me.” Greta Thunberg, Glastonbury Festival, England, June 2022
“Yet I am fairly certain that I was artist enough to have given up all the power in the world without regrets if a single perfect building had been granted me, perfect as the Pantheon, the dome of St Peters . . . to enter history with such a building - that was the ambition that impelled me . . .” Spandau - the secret diaries by Albert Speer.
Hello! My name is Andra Gutierrez. I’m currently a senior at Arizona State University majoring in Sustainability. I am remotely interning with Sustainable House for the Fall 2021 semester. I am of the Akimel O’otham (River People) tribe from the Keli Akimel O’otham Jeved (Gila River Indian Community or GRIC) which is a Native American reservation south of Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
