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You may have noticed that Valentines Day is coming up. Maybe like me, you've been pointing and laughing at the poorly made mass produced soft toys carrying love hearts (commonly gorillas) and the...

I love making people gifts and I'm always keen to make my gifts homemade. I didn't have much time for crafting unfortunately so I decided to make some goodies from the kitchen. Reasons I like...

The variety of stand-by energy saving devices has increased rapidly in the past few years as people are becoming more and more aware of the need to avoid wasted power usage on appliances that are...

The festive season is well and truly upon us and seeing as we've had a good and fruitful year, we're in high spirits and are pulling out all the stops to provide a few guiding hands to help...

You’ll love these cool Christmas decorations made from recycled circuit boards and recycled CDs, that would otherwise have been thrown away.  Suitable adorning a tree, doorway or hanging...

When I was 18 I moved into a share house in Carlton, Victoria which was owned by Melbourne University. The mould problem was so bad that there were mushrooms growing in the living room carpet. (...

It's an interesting and thorny issue. Planet Green had a post about managing a relationship with someone with different environmental standards than you, but what if it's your housemate...

Our website, which includes several hundred articles drawing thousands of people a month to read them, is one of our most popular activities. Researching, writing, editing and hosting these...

If you're a City of Melbourne or City of Yarra resident and would like some help bringing your home up to environmental standards, potentially getting lightglobes and showerheads replaced,...

I hate standby power and have put a lot of energy into reducing it. I started with master-slave power boards, devices which shut off standby power to slave devices when the master is not drawing...