Your personal Hub of Production
By making food and clothes at home, you are shifting from a node of consumption to a hub of production. This is a revolutionary act that creates resilience and community while disconnecting from the global economy.
75 Embrace embodied energy
Embodied energy includes the energy it takes to make an object. This is included in its carbon footprint. Concrete and steel require heaps of energy. So does food.
Your Life Your Planet on ABC Mornings
Geoff Ebbs and Helen Andrew discuss Your Life Your Planet on Sunshine Coast Radio Mornings with host Sheridan Stewart. Sheridan loves the Hub of Production.… Read More »Your Life Your Planet on ABC Mornings
Being the Change
Morag Gamble interviews Geoff Ebbs about Your Life Your Planet and his chequered past.
Discuss greenhouse gases in an inner-city, bookshop cafe
Geoff Ebbs will defy the Prime Minister’s assertion that ‘greenhouse gases will not be reduced in the cafes of the inner city’ next Thursday April… Read More »Discuss greenhouse gases in an inner-city, bookshop cafe
Geoff Ebbs and Sabrina Chakori to put Ross Garnaut in ‘The Cage’ at Avid Reader
Ross Garnaut appeared at Avid Reader on Friday 26 March to launch his new book Reset. That book discusses the possibility of thriving, post-carbon economic growth for… Read More »Geoff Ebbs and Sabrina Chakori to put Ross Garnaut in ‘The Cage’ at Avid Reader
The Personal Water Target
Google and government websites all quote the average Australian water consumption as 100kL/year. In 2018, though, the average use was only 73kL/year. Most widely available… Read More »The Personal Water Target
The Personal Carbon Target
To help visualise the positive impact that a particular action will take on your contribution to climate change, this book employs an original infographic, the… Read More »The Personal Carbon Target
Carbon Truth
The simple carbon truth is critical to Australia’s international standing and future trade. Climate has been a toxic topic in Australian politics for two decades… Read More »Carbon Truth
Tip references
The table below represents the primary sources for the figures used in the text of each tip represented in the book Your Life Your Planet.… Read More »Tip references