A community at work
April 22nd, 2009 — food + gardens
We have recently bought a Bokashi bucket for our food waste in the kitchen.
We find this a really good invention. The bokashi bucket is a clean and non-smelly way of disposing of organic waste at home. The bokashi mix actually smells quite nice, almost like sour dough bread.
April 19th, 2009 — solar
It happened at our group gardening meeting. Gazing lazily at a sunflower, Stuart G suddenly broke into a mad scientist type of smile. We knew then he had an inspiration that would save the world.
And the stroke of genius is? Well everybody knows how sunflowers track the sun across the sky. And… well… technology buffs have tried all sorts of ways to get solar panels to track the sun across the sky. There, you have it!
Care to calculate the power output from a hectare of micro solar panels attached to sunflowers and connected to the power grid?
April 19th, 2009 — road safety, transport
3.20 pm on a Saturday afternoon. Speeding car, out of control, hits curb, tyre bursts, careens down the wrong-side-of-road on its wheel rim. An all too familiar story.
Blue line follows trajectory, car travelling this way.
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Had it been a week day at that time there would have been an entourage of kids walking / cycling home just at that time.
To defend itself against a possible fatal calamity, the community has decided to take action. Keep tuned.
April 9th, 2009 — events
Karen Brown snapped these pictures for us.
NOTE: Click on individual pics to enlarge
Circus entertainers
Faces painted
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April 8th, 2009 — activism, community organising
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April 8th, 2009 — food + gardens
Food. What we eat and where we get it from is perhaps more important than solar power… or how you get around.
For an insight, read this story: 8 Ways to Join the Local Food Movement.
And this one too.
And this third one tells about the power of the commercial food industry.
(The food basket, pictured, was exhibited at our Harvest Fair)
April 3rd, 2009 — events, landcare + faunacare, water resources
This is a special event for community members interested in recovery of waterways, focussed on our creek.
Sunday May 3
10am- 1.30pm
Limited to 20 participants
RSVP by April 28
Please see the flyer for details.