Rethinking AirCon
Recent heatwaves have changed the way many of us think about Air Conditioning. It is now mandatory in Queensland Schools, for example. The Personal Story… Read More »Rethinking AirCon
geoff
Geoff Ebbs is the author of the best-selling Australian Internet Book and a long term environmental activist. He has written, edited and published a wide range of business and environmental books and participated in community radio and publishing. The radio show and online news site, https://EcoRadio.net has been operating (initially as https://TheGenerator.news) since 2005. A regular speaker and facilitator at Engineering conferences and workshops Geoff has built on his background in information technology, media and environmental engineering.to nurture the transition to a post-carbon economy. Geoff continues to drive deep adaptation and regenerative sustainability as the primary agenda for both commercial and community organisations and is currently researching business approaches to those issues at the Griffith Centre for Sustainable Enterprise. The organisation he founded in 2005, Ebono Institute, continues to support community and social enterprise media and his consultancy, Great Notion, provides facilitation and strategic planning services to social enterprise and environmental organisations.
Reality checks relieve despair
Doomscrolling is depressing but wilful ignorance is dangerous. Individual action seems pointless: so where does a weary climate warrior turn? I regularly sing the praises… Read More »Reality checks relieve despair
From grass to garden?
Sounds like a dream, but no dig gardening is possible without much fuss at all. We call it … Don’t give a fig gardening Tip… Read More »From grass to garden?
Make mine Myawaki
When we wrote about Myawaki forests in Your Life Your Planet, it was primarily to focus on the benefits to humans. If one tree makes… Read More »Make mine Myawaki
Turkeys
Weeds and pests are the bane of a gardener’s life. It is fun to grow things but the excitement turns to disappointment when some pesky… Read More »Turkeys
Compost magic
This week we are talking about compost. Interesting, because so is everyone else. We chatted here on EcoRadio about the compost exchange on the Gold… Read More »Compost magic
Preserving the Harvest
This week we’re going to talk about preservation, and I don’t mean preservation of the natural environment through bushcare. I’m talking about preserving food. You… Read More »Preserving the Harvest
Harvesting rewards
Avoid disappointment – harvest your crop before the pests get it. (Listen to the podcast) Summer is harvest time and lots of gardeners celebrate their… Read More »Harvesting rewards
Heatwave survival
Februaries in Brisbane are now so hot that many plants, including sun loving plants like corn, can simply not survive the full sun, especially as… Read More »Heatwave survival
Bag the Amaranth
The striking amaranth flower has a bag placed over its head to prevent it spilling its seed upon the ground. Mark 4:26 Amaranth is a… Read More »Bag the Amaranth