Green Renters

What would a world without fish mean to you?

ChrisChinchilla — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:26:19 +0000

Win a double pass to ‘A sea change’ Barbara Ettinger’s multi award winning film follows Sven Huseby’s investigation of what is happening to the world’s oceans and poses the question, ‘what if there were no fish?’ His quest takes him around the world, speaking to marine experts as well as those directly affected by the [...] Related posts:

City of Boroondara sustainability awards

ChrisChinchilla — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:08:40 +0000

Do you know of a great example of sustainable design based in Boroondara? If so, you should nominate it in the council’s inaugural sustainability awards. Awards are open until 31st December and you can find more information at the council’s website. Related posts:Media Green Awards coming up Know a sustainable Landlord in Yarra? Carrotmob Melbourne Related posts:

Grow Your Own Balcony 2

CateLawrence — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:41:14 +0000

A couple of Sundays’ ago, we went along to St Kilda Eco Centre‘s Grow Your Own Balcony 2 day. We held a Green Renters stall and had a great time attending workshops and learning about gardening. For renters, particularly those living in apartments, gardening can be a challenge as you have to contend with limited [...] Related posts:

Cheap draught proofing in the City of Moreland

CateLawrence — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:07:56 +0000

We recently participated in Zero Carbon Moreland’s draught proofing initiative for residents of Moreland. We have done a lot of draught proofing ourselves but it’s always good to get an ‘expert’ eye cast over things. There were also I couple of things that we were unable to do without the necessary tools. We live in [...] Related posts:

Darebin’s Zero Waste Living Workshop

CateLawrence — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:00:22 +0000

Expert presenters Matthew Nelson and Zandy Tibballs from the Metro Waste Management Group (MWMG) and a member of The Sharehood will explain hands-on ways you can become a Zero Waste Living household by taking fun, simple and interesting actions to reduce your waste. Date and time Tuesday 14 September, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Location Darebin [...] Related posts:

Would it bother you if people saw your energy consumption?

CateLawrence — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:34:56 +0000

Do you live in the City of Sydney? Are you keen to make your home more energy-efficient? The University of Sydney has asked for our help to find households to take part in their unique energy conservation research project. A team at Sydney Uni would like to explore whether people would live more sustainably if [...] Related posts:

Introducing Green Moves

ChrisChinchilla — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:52:23 +0000

In the past we attempted to start our own listings service for environmentally friendly rental property and that didn’t really work… Then we linked up with a US site, that didn’t really work either… So imagine how happy we were when we came across a new Australian based service called ‘Green Moves’, who do exactly [...] Related posts:

Living in Moreland on a low income?

CateLawrence — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:40:06 +0000

The Warm Home Cool Home winter offer will make your home more comfortable and lower your energy bills by giving you: The right energy efficiency advice for your home from Brotherhood Green Free products to make your home more energy efficient, installed at no charge How to get your free home energy check-up Call 9387 [...] Related posts:

Walk against warming

CateLawrence — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:07:08 +0000

We’re doing our bit on climate change. It’s time to make our political leaders do theirs. This election join a Walk near you and help us convince our political leaders to: Walk with the people. Not the Big Polluters. While our political leaders have been squabbling, the rest of us have been getting on with [...] Related posts:

What would you do to secure a rental property?

CateLawrence — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:58:46 +0000

August 3, 2010 by Carolyn Boyd, As featured in Talking Property,Domain The Age Newspaper It can be desperate times if you are looking to rent something. Especially when vacancy rates are dipping under 2 per cent in some areas, such as Melbourne’s inner city and its outer reaches. Even if you’re not too fussy, tight [...] Related posts: