Michael Mobbs

25 March 2024

See the water, recycled water, sewage and food systems this weekend

Michael Mobbs

25 March 2024

See the water, recycled water, sewage and food systems this weekend

Tour Sydney’s Sustainable House this Saturday.

Michael Mobbs

7 September 2023

Bartering and a Kindness Economy

Michael Mobbs

7 September 2023

“ . . . the kindness/barter economy means we can live very cheaply and yet much more richly and meaningfully . . .”

Michael Mobbs

14 August 2023

Seed savers' Australian story

Michael Mobbs

14 August 2023

Seed saving is a fun and easy way for me and our fellow seed savers to grow food security for our families as well as providing all of us and our communities with fresh, organic produce.

Michael Mobbs

26 March 2023

Rats, councils, garbage and compost

Michael Mobbs

26 March 2023

When I renovated my terrace house in Chippendale in 1978 each time I came on the mostly demolished building site rats scurried away across the whole building site.

Michael Mobbs

11 March 2023

How to grow veggies in an apartment

Michael Mobbs

11 March 2023

Here is Coco’s story about how to grow veggies in a Chippendale apartment.

Michael Mobbs

3 March 2023

Coco from Japan confronts worms, flies, bugs in Chippendale, Australia

Michael Mobbs

3 March 2023

Coco from Japan confronts worms, flies, bugs in Chippendale, Australia

“When I tried composting on the first day, I was overwhelmed by the huge number of flies and worms inside and around the compost. Honestly at first, I was not confident if I could keep doing it every week.“

Michael Mobbs

1 September 2022

Community grows food in their roads

Michael Mobbs

1 September 2022

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 . . .

Michael Mobbs

19 August 2022

How I halved my gas bill, and love cooking even more

Michael Mobbs

19 August 2022

How I halved my gas bill, and love cooking even more

How I halved my gas bill - it’s easy, and now I love cooking even more

Michael Mobbs

1 August 2022

Turn dishwater into beauty

Michael Mobbs

1 August 2022

Here’s how to get a greener street from your kitchen sink, and blokes.

Marie Neubrander

14 February 2022

Coolseats food waste calculator quantifies composting impacts

Marie Neubrander

14 February 2022

Coolseats food waste calculator quantifies composting impacts

The new Coolseats food waste calculator provides the ability to determine pollution and cost savings from your waste reduction methods.

Michael Mobbs

30 July 2020

It's easy being kind to Earth, join me

Michael Mobbs

30 July 2020

A US intern working from her home in the US counts why, how and what can be done in the little Sydney suburb of Chippendale to end food waste - thank you, Ailis O’Sullivan from West Massachusetts

Michael Mobbs

11 July 2020

Sustainability fact sheet for students

Michael Mobbs

11 July 2020

Here is a fact sheet for students studying sustainability - it’s about water, energy, and how plants and animals manage their water and energy needs

Michael Mobbs

23 April 2020

The solar and battery system at Phil Lloyd’s house, Sydney

Michael Mobbs

23 April 2020

The solar and battery system at Phil Lloyd’s house, Sydney

I think it is important to be aware of what was my driving motivation to install a system in the first place.

Michael Mobbs

7 March 2020

How little I know

Michael Mobbs

7 March 2020

Of humility brought on by watching stingless bees come and go today in my back garden . . .

Michael Mobbs

25 February 2020

What am I proud of . . . and what can I do better?

Michael Mobbs

25 February 2020

What am I proud of . . . and what can I do better?

The time has come to speak of many things . . . of moving from the country to the city, of using solar energy, and turning human ‘waste’ into soil and water . . . A guest blog by Diane Green from Bathurst, NSW

Michael Mobbs

13 February 2020

Express interest in my off grid prefabs

Michael Mobbs

13 February 2020

Please let me know if you are interested in my prefab off-grid houses .

Michael Mobbs

20 October 2019

I call garbage on Sydney Council's 'climate emergency"

Michael Mobbs

20 October 2019

I call garbage on Sydney Council's 'climate emergency"

I call bullshit on Sydney Council’s declaration of a ‘climate emergency”.

Here's why.

Michael Mobbs

19 April 2019

“I want to be off-grid but I’m not sure where to start in the planning. Any ideas?"

Michael Mobbs

19 April 2019

“I want to be off-grid but I’m not sure where to start in the planning.  Any ideas?"

“Where do I start . . . . ?”

Let’s answer this common question for those wishing to cut their energy and water bills, and to support Earth’s climate, water and energy and biodiversity.

Michael Mobbs

3 April 2019

Five people, one house, one sun - that can be enough

Michael Mobbs

3 April 2019

Five people, one house, one sun - that can be enough

Five people in one house in the city, one lot of solar panels and batteries, and one sun.

No electricity lines to the house.

How does that work out?

More data, more facts - and a dash of hope. Here's another guest blog by US intern, Jillian Meehan.

Michael Mobbs

7 March 2019

The Gallaty family goes off-grid step-by-step in Sydney, Australia

Michael Mobbs

7 March 2019

Here’s a simple, low cost , low tech design which keeps rain water where it falls to make a self-watering nature strip.

Let’s put nature into the ‘nature’ strips of our cities. It’s easy.

See the water, recycled water, sewage and food systems this weekend

Bartering and a Kindness Economy

Seed savers' Australian story

Rats, councils, garbage and compost

How to grow veggies in an apartment

Here is Coco’s story about how to grow veggies in a Chippendale apartment.

Coco from Japan confronts worms, flies, bugs in Chippendale, Australia

Community grows food in their roads

How I halved my gas bill, and love cooking even more

Turn dishwater into beauty

Coolseats food waste calculator quantifies composting impacts

It's easy being kind to Earth, join me

Sustainability fact sheet for students

The solar and battery system at Phil Lloyd’s house, Sydney

How little I know

What am I proud of . . . and what can I do better?

Express interest in my off grid prefabs

I call garbage on Sydney Council's 'climate emergency"

“I want to be off-grid but I’m not sure where to start in the planning. Any ideas?"

Let’s answer this common question for those wishing to cut their energy and water bills, and to support Earth’s climate, water and energy and biodiversity.

Five people, one house, one sun - that can be enough

The Gallaty family goes off-grid step-by-step in Sydney, Australia

My name is Jess and my husband and I are on a journey to make our home, and our lifestyles, more sustainable.