Category Archives: Environment

Anything to do with ‘the environment’ and sustainability.

Mike Rann decides to desalinate over recycle

Mike Rann has decided to desalinate water for Adelaide rather than what I believe is the more environmentally choice of recycling wastewater (i.e. effluent).  ABC News reports that a deal has been struck to build a pilot plant at Pt … Continue reading

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New Adelaide record for the number of consecutive days 35 degrees celcius or

Today Adelaide broke a new record for the number of consecutive days 35 degrees celcius. A news article was just released on the web about it, and I’ve archived it for downloading just below. Record heatwave in Adelaide ABC News … Continue reading

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Carbon Neutral Motorbike

Did you know you can offset the damage you do everyday to the environment with your vehicle by purchasing carbon credits? Now that you know, you don’t have any excuse for not doing it other than being a cheapskate Thanks … Continue reading

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Better Way to Help River Murray than Water Tanks

Did you know that if you live in Australia for the amount of money you can spend on a rainwater tank, for the purpose of saving the River Murray you would be better to spend the money on purchasing water … Continue reading

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Christmas 2006

I finished up at work on Friday before Christmas, and enjoyed a scrumptious feast with pretty much every ETSA employee there is, at ETSA Park, the netball stadium. That afternoon I watched my friend David To play and easily win … Continue reading

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Adelaide Webcams

Adelaide Webcams

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Laundry Water

Today I rigged up a way of saving lots of water. Our washing machine, which although is already highly efficient with its water usage, still uses at least a couple buckets of water per wash. By taking the hose that … Continue reading

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reducing household waste

reducing household waste

ACF GreenHome this fortnight is encouraging readers to reduce household waste. Did you know that putting green wastes into landfill instead of home composting, produces methane instead of carbon dioxide, and relative to the quantities, composting is 23 times less … Continue reading

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cyclist heaven

Thanks to Warrick for this pic. Click to enlarge.

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sustainable living in adelaide

Today I’ve been researching an installation of rainwater tanks in my home, and found a few interesting links about sustainable living in Adelaide that I’ve placed on the right of this page in the sidebar, under ‘Living in Adelaide?’.

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