Renting

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...

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,...

Our council accepts plastic bottle caps as part of their recycling program but I understand this is not the case at all local council waste management programs. At any rate, they can always be...

I do try to minimise waste but I have decided to assist this by cutting out my plastic with a template to ensure more even sizing and less going in the bin. I know this is not necessarily a problem...

We recently participated in Zero Carbon Moreland's draught proofing initiative for residents of Moreland. We have done a lot of draught proofing ourselves but it's always good to get an 'expert'...

August 3, 2010 by Carolyn Boyd, As featured in Talking Property,Domain The Age Newspaper It can be desperate times if you are looking to rent something. Especially when vacancy rates are dipping...

Environment Victoria's popular free renters guide has been reprinted! The guide is also downloadable and is full of tips on how to reduce their environmental impact and their bills, without...

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...

No impact man has been mentioned here a few times, and it's refreshing to see that he's still gaining a lot of media attention, I came across a post of his recently which is a summary of some of his...

Do you know how much water goes down the toilet everyday? Well, quite a bit... We've already bestowed the virtues of not needed to flush every time "If it's yellow let it mellow, if it...