Locavore Store’s energy saving journey
In keeping with the store’s ethos of having a light touch on the planet, we have started a new method of saving electricity by...
Recycle right
I remember when council kerb-side recycling bins first came out. I was an over-zealous teenager with “Save the Planet” earrings driving my family mad...
Bushfire readiness starts now!
Bullsbrook Volunteer Bushfire Brigade
Don’t wait until summer to start preparing your home and family for the bushfire season. Whether you own your property, are...
Funding to protect and restore State’s natural assets
Four Northern Valleys conservation groups are among 111 successful projects around the State that will share in $7.75 million to help protect and enhance...
Thriving and Inspiring
To thrive is to grow well and flourish. Sustainability is maintaining ecological balance at a particular level. The combination of the two is the...
Waste Watching at Christmas
Do your find your year-round good intentions starting to slip with the busy-ness of the festive season approaching? It’s easy to do, completely understandable...
Protecting Gingin Brook
Gingin Water Group Inc.
Gingin Brook and its tributaries are one of the State’s river systems most impacted by the drying climate.
Gingin Brook is losing...
Plastic wrap alternatives
When I started on a waste-reduction journey in our household, finding alternatives to single-use plastics in the kitchen was a high priority. Items such...
No plastic? No problem!
If you care about the environment and want to reduce your use of plastic, you might want to try shopping at the Northern Valleys...
Fighting Fast Fashion
Have you looked at a $4 tshirt, the kind you can pick up at most department stores these days and contemplated how on earth...
Professor Temple Grandin Visits Moora
Julie Walsh
Meeting one of your heroes is always going to be a momentous occasion.
When that hero is an internationally recognised mastermind in animal...
DIY Deodorant
Who doesn’t love discussing the state of their armpits? Or reading about someone else’s in their favourite local newspaper?
Well, it may not be a...
