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How to play with rain in our streets
My 10,000 litre rain tank is trivial
Barren land now beautiful house, food farm
In 2020, we decided to leave our corporate careers and live on the land full time. For this we needed to build a residence. We wanted to build a sustainable house that integrates with and respects the habitat we had built over the last decade. We decided to build with natural materials like earth, lime and stone.
Climate pollution from rebuilding 68 city parks
Kyle Day, interning with Sustainable House, quantifies climate pollution from rebuilding parks.
“Untracked, unreported pollution resulting from rebuilding parks is polluting and damaging ours and Earth’s climate. By questioning the necessity of rebuilding the parks and exploring alternative approaches, we can strive for a greener and more sustainable future for our city.”
Coco compares her life in Sydney with her life in Tokyo
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.
Cafe avoids, reduces other waste because it began composting
Marie Neubrander tells us how a cafe that began composting waste food in a coolseat then began to reduce other waste.
Comparing solutions and problems to 'waste' in the bioenergy sectors in the United States and Australia
Hello from the United States!
My name is Alyssa Noble. I am majoring in Sustainability with a related discipline in Urban Planning as a senior at Arizona State University. I attend online since I live nearly 1,700 miles (2,736 km) away in Louisville, Kentucky. This summer, I have been interning with Michael Mobbs at Sustainable House all the way in Sydney, Australia.
Burning food ‘waste’ burns our money and future food
How I made my own compost, and why
How is 'waste' managed in Spokane city, United States?
Sydney City Council garbage contract
Here is Sydney City’s garbage contract for those interested in the truth about how food and other ‘waste’ is regarded and dealt with by local councils across Australia.
The contract is similar to contracts made by other Australian councils.
To obtain a copy of your local council contract you may exercise your rights under Freedom of Information laws.
The contract is in several parts.
Different parts of the contract are in seven (7) documents so there’s lots of reading if you’re interested:
Summed up, the contract allows the council to contract out all garbage services.
Future blogs will analyse the financial and environmental impact of contracts made by Australian local councils.
Until then, there’s lots of reading here!
On my knees . . .
Further thoughts about ending waste in Minneapolis in one United States state
“Since I wrote about reducing waste in Minneapolis, USA, I’ve dug up some more facts and they’re discouraging, unfortunately.” Savannah adds to her November 2020 blog.
