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It was Ride to Work Day last week on 12 October. Kate, a member of Sustainable Communities SA, rode to work and joined colleagues and others a morning tea celebration. But her story is an interesting one. On last year’s Ride to Work Day she didn’t even own a bike! What happened between then and… Read more
‘Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.’ This quote from Barack Obama was used by UnitingCare Wesley in preparing for the talk given by Jim Diers called Inspiring Communities this week. Twelve… Read more
Sustainable Communities SA recently held Facilitation Skills Workshops for the facilitators of our Community Groups. The purpose of these was to build the facilitators’ skills in helping the Community Groups to work well in the discussions and activities they are undertaking to reduce their ecological footprint. We would like to thank the Natural Resources Management… Read more
The Adelaide Hills Sustainable Communities Group had a stall at the Uraidla Show on Saturday. They wrote: “It was a resounding success. The stall looked great, really interesting and eye catching. We had Ecolateral on one side and FoodConnect on the other so we were in good company! The sustainability part of the show is… Read more
written by Peter Croft Where do you start when you look into the topic of water? There are so many aspects. International At an international level, at least 10% of the world’s population (around 700 million) do not have access to clean water each day. A growing world population – from 7 billion now to… Read more
Humanity is surpassing nature’s budget for the year, and is now operating in overdraft, according to Global Footprint Network calculations for 2011. Earth Overshoot Day which this year falls on 27 September, helps conceptualize the degree to which we are over-budget in our use of nature. In approximately nine months, we are demanding a level… Read more
A recent Science Show on ABC Radio National featured the Adelaide Zoo which has recently undergone a major redevelopment. The zoo is promoting an environmental message to visitors to emphasise how our lifestyles and consumption patterns affect animals and their habitats. For example, mining in Africa for minerals that are used in mobile phones results… Read more