images © Burkhard SchällerI was excited to see a post about  this mobile kitchen from the Talents section at Ambiente 2010 Consumer Goods Fair in Frankfurt. It was created by German interior designer Burkhard Schäller and features three mobile and collapsible components  for chopping, water and cooking which can of course, be moved around easily. The fact that it folds up could mean awesome possibilities for those in shared rental spaces who are longing to eschew the communial kitchen, and I imagine there would be ways of setting this up as an outdoor or even studio kitchen.

Well, support a great venture as part of Yarra council’s Sustainable awards scheme and vote for them…

More details here.

The past few weeks have been very interesting for Green Renters with a trip to Sydney and a presentation at the Sustainable Living Festival, so what’s next? (more…)

The Festival raises awareness and provides tools for change by showcasing tangible solutions to the ecological and social challenges we face.

In 2009 the Festival at Federation Square attracted over 124,000 visits and engaged more than 450 community volunteers.

In its eleventh year, the Festival is getting even bigger!

The 2010 Festival will include 2 programs, the Main Event at Federation Square (19-21 February 2010) and the Local Events Program (6-21 February 2010). The new 2-week format will enable individuals and communities across Australia to host and promote their own sustainability event, extending the reach of the sustainability message even further.

The Main Event at Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne will continue to celebrate the very best examples of ecological and social sustainability. The event will fuse interactive workshops, talks, demonstrations, artworks, exhibits, films and live performances. In recognition of the climate situation, the Main Event will be inspired by the theme: Get Ready for the Safe Climate Decade!

Our pics (most relevant/interesting to Renters)

Top 10 Reasons to Grow Your Own

How Car Dependence is Turning the Suburban Dream into a Nightmare

Sustaining Fashion? An Open Forum Exploring The Darker Side Of Fashion

GM Free is the way to be

Living Zero Waste

Life Time Affordable Sustainable Housing

Consumer Power-Making the Change

Sharehood Communities

And of course… How to Live Sustainably in a Rental Property yep, we are presenting a talk. It’ll be lots of fun with pictures, samples and demonstrations of things you can make yourself, so please come along . You can also chat to us as part of the Sustainable Living Library

A short and possibly slightly light hearted (?) guide to how to survive without Air conditioning, a situation I’m sure many Australian renters are familiar with…

I would hazard a guess that a lot renters are like us and don’t have access to a car, this often makes getting rid of (or should I say passing on or recycling) unwanted goods quite difficult and you you generally end up waiting a year until the next hard rubbish collection. Not only does this clutter up your already small property but most council dumps’ green credentials can’t be relied upon either.

Enter Green Collect, an excellent service that collects and recycles many of your unwated items and even employs staff from disadvantaged backgrounds, so really, there’s nothing to lose!

www.greencollect.org

If you have other items to be collected, some other good resources are:

http://www.phoenixfridges.org.au/
http://www.greenpc.com.au/
http://computerbank.org.au/
http://www.zoo.org.au/Calling_on_You

We all know bikes are great, but for a lot of us we have very little space to actually store the two-wheeled-wonders, there are a growing number of small and foldable bikes now which are ideally suited to inner city life and I came across this great round up from Green Tenant…

greentenant.blogspot.com/2009/12/folding-bike-for-urban-apartment.html