Michael Mobbs
Make a more natural nature strip

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.

Make a more natural nature strip
Michael Mobbs
23 years off grid for water in the centre of ...

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.

23 years off grid for water in the centre of Sydney - what the data says
Michael Mobbs
Aircon for on and off-grid houses

Here’s how to have aircon and be on or offgrid for electricity. Cool!

Aircon for on and off-grid houses

Consultants - their battle with truth

Consultants - their battle with truth

“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.

Comparing energy, food in the U.S., Australia and Jordan

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.