Governments and industry promote coal mining, combustion and export.
In Sustainable Communities SA we give attention to the implications of coal and confront the question – What do we do? Read the rest of this entry »
2012 will be a new year of development and growth in Sustainable Communities SA.
The plans that we are working on for 2012 are the monthly workshops for facilitators and 2 or 3 members of the Community Groups where we will be working on issues of Better Meetings and Supporting each other, Public Outreach, Learning and Research and Behaviour Change. These are the themes that were finalised through the Planning for 2012 Workshop in November. Read the rest of this entry »
Todmorden is a market town in England 17 miles from Manchester with a population of 15,000 (2001). The Incredible Edible program began installing fruit and vegetable gardens in public places. Read the rest of this entry »
from Anne Wharton & Nadia McLaren
Twenty four of us collected at Twelftree Reserve, Hackney on 20 December to hear a presentation on Natural Burial Read the rest of this entry »
There are two electric bike kits available for people to borrow and try out on your 26″ bike. Read the rest of this entry »
by Peter Croft, member of Unley-Parkside SCSA Community Group
In late November 2011, Unley Council approved its first Food Security Strategy. The intent of the Strategy is to encourage the growing of food locally. Read the rest of this entry »
Sustainable Communities SA has over 20 locally-based Community Groups that are actively supporting their members to learn about sustainability and to find ways to reduce their ecological footprint. As an organisation we want to share ideas and experiences between groups so that we can learn from each other and be effective in achieving our goals. Read the rest of this entry »
Using the meter provided in the Home Energy Toolkit available from libraries I calculated the amount of energy I used to make a small loaf of bread in my bread maker. During the 3 hours and 30 minutes it takes from start to finish the meter recorded that I used 0.3246 killowatt hours of energy which cost 65 cents. As it was a sunny day that energy came from our photovoltaic system and cost me more in terms of feed in tarriff. But then that is not our primary goal. Check this video about the toolkit to find out more.
Our workshop on Wednesday 30 November 2011 is an important event. We are planning the skills development and networking program for 2012.
Sustainable Communities has received funding for Natasha Davis from Sustainable Focus to assist us throughout 2012 – and she will facilitate the planning workshop. The workshop will assist us to identify our strengths and areas we would like to develop further - as facilitators and in our groups. We will also share examples of interesting activities community groups have undertaken this year.
Every Community Group is invited to have two people at the workshop and we suggest the facilitator and one other person. We hope that your Community Group will participate with your requests as well as offering your ideas. We are looking forward to this opportunity for planning together the ways in which we can assist all the Community Groups of Sustainable Communities to move forward.
The workshop will be held at Payneham Community Centre, 374 Payneham Road, Payneham starting at 6pm and finishing at 8.45pm. There will be a shared meal during the program so please bring a plate of finger food.
The Stepney/Norwood Sustainable Communities Group run the Share and Swap stall in the One Planet Market every third Saturday of the month. November saw active sharing and swapping of the following fresh and tasty home grown produce: cabbages, oranges, leeks, oregano, rocket, white onions, warrigal greens, spinach, rosemary and bayleaves, tomato and pumpkin seedlings, olives, mulberries, parsley in punnets, lemon grass, lemons and sage.
These deliciously fresh items were grown by people in the neighbourhood from Stepney, Marden, Kensington Park, Kent Town, Unley, St Peters, Payneham, Felixstow, Royston Park, Woodforde and Erindale.
So next month leave your grocery shopping until the afternoon and come along to the One Planet Market in the morning. Bring along excess produce from your own garden to share and take away with you the freshest and tastiest ingredients possible.
The Share and Swap stall is just one of many at the One Planet Market providing a great opportunity to design your week’s menu around the fabulous range of locally grown and home produced food, fruit and vegetable products. We look forward to seeing you at the next market: 9am-12 noon Saturday 17 December 2011.
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