As the end of the Australian financial year approaches, our calendar over the next couple of weeks is rapidly filling. We have a few spaces left to present workshops nationally, so get in touch to arrange something asap!
Green Renters has a lot of great activities going on at the moment and we’re keen to build on that, doing more workshops, pushing for changes in government poilcy, running events, creating regular content for this site and much more and there are currently several ways you can get involved in helping out :
Interested? Don’t hesitate to get in touch!
contact@greenrenters.org
+61(0)3 8300 0233
The Kookaburra awards are open (and indeed closing on the 12th May) for you to nominate your favourite community organisations that have been helping people making positive changes to the world. Not only will you help us get recognition, but you’ll also be helping us financially to continue what we’re doing, go on you know you want to!
Vote here : www.ourcommunity.com.au/control/control_article.jsp?articleId=4438
Hello, our lovely readers, we need your help…
We’ve been approached by a magazine to run a feature on us and our work, but they would like some residents of City of Melbourne and St Kilda areas to feature as case studies in the article, so please contact us if you’d be interested in getting involved.
Thanks, Cate and Chris
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
Life Time Affordable Sustainable Housing
Consumer Power-Making the Change
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
Ok, we admit, the classifieds section we started testing wasn’t all that good… Then we came across www.greenrenter.com that is precisely what you’ve been asking for, listings for environmentally minded tenants and landlords looking for each other, and unlike Green Renters, it’s dedicated to the task.
It’s mainly US focused, but has International listings and after we had a little chat to them, they’ve tweaked the address settings slightly to make allowances for Australian listings and are open to listings from other countries if the demand is there.
So start adding your listings and lets help a site with a great idea grow!
