Entries from May 2010 ↓

Check out the bright new site for Source Wholefoods.

This is a local supplier run by a dedicated and energetic collective.

They are open Wed to Saturday afternoons, French Street (just above the university campus).

Put this number on your fridge – 6268 1184

This morning two women turned up in our driveway with a panic-stricken, injured wallaby and asked how to care for it.

Apart from risk to human safety, Hobart council’s inability to provide traffic calming in this area is causing needless deaths and trauma to numerous wildlife, and community members are frequently called upon to deal with them.

Here is a basic guide on how to care for an injured animal or an orphaned joey taken from the pouch of a dead mother.

Parks & Wildlife have a service number (Ph 1300 135 513), though the dedicated people at Bonorong Wildlife Park are often more contactable, having a 24 hour service: Phone 6268 1184.

How to not be poisoned.

Some fruit and vegetables are sprayed a lot, others not so. Some absorb pesticides, others are more resilient. How the hell do we find out?

Click on Continue Reading below to find out. And thanks to Dorka for finding this list.

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Plugging energy waste in your home can be one of those rare investments that provide a guaranteed financial return.

By way of comparison, this graph (click on it to enlarge) compares your dividend on $10,000 invested in Microsoft shares versus investment in home energy saving retrofit (for a 5 year period.)

What the chart doesn’t show is 1) many energy saving measures cost almost nothing and 2) expenditures in energy saving keep paying back, year after year, for the life of the home. Once they have paid themselves back they effectively become a continuing source of household income. Full story HERE.