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Our home can be a bottomless pit of resource consuming ecological inefficiency - or a healthy Eden of self sufficiency. So do we manage that part of our ecological footprint we most control, our home, and set it on a sustainable path?

Energy Saving Habits_smlCultivate Energy-Saving Habits

Energy saving habits are easy to learn. Daily behaviours can save resources, money and reduce your contribution to global warming.


Water saving habits to cultivate - smlCultivate Water Saving Habits

Water-saving habits are those easy-to-learn daily behaviours that can save us thousands of litres (and dollars) over our lives. So get with the program and save those drops that make the wave.


Use water efficiently smallUse Water Efficiently

Water conservation on the driest continent on the planet is essential, logical and too long in coming. So get with the program and save water…


Embrace energy efficiency smallEmbrace Energy Efficiency

Energy conservation through the adoption of efficient technology and behaviours saves resources and money. Here are some simple starters…


Buy renewable electricityBuy Renewable Electricity

Every time you use electricity in your home greenhouse gases are belched out on your behalf… So buy the clean stuff!



Install solar hot water smlInstall Solar Hot Water

Sunlight converts cold water into hot water. No gasses are emitted and no-one gets hurt. Life is rarely this simple.


Generate your own Electricity_smlGenerate your own Electricity

The sun hitting your roof can power your life. It's just a question of gadgets.



Harvest and use your rainwater (small)Harvest and Use your Rainwater

Install a rainwater tank to collect and store the rain hitting your roof and use it to water your garden, wash your clothes or fill your toilet.


Install Efficient Appliances and Fixtures smlInstall Efficient Appliances and Fixtures

When investing in large household, appliances and fixtures, use the government's Energy and Water Ratings (Stars) to guide you to the most efficient, and save money at the same time as you conserve energy and water.


Make your Renovations Green_smlMake your Renovations Green

Renovations are the ideal opportunity to make your house more efficient and sustainable. Try these tips and feel good about your home.


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Environmental

The urban spread of our houses and gardens, and the power, water and materials required for them to provide us with a comfortable living space, are an unsustainable drain on Australia's natural resources. Managed effectively, this tipping towards imbalance can be halted and even reversed, to the point where our homes collect and conserve sufficient energy, water and even food to meet many of our needs.

Wellbeing

Our homes are our sanctuary where we bring our dearest, raise our children and spend over half our lives. Tapping the potential of the house and garden to rejuvenate, inspire and soothe us, as well as protecting and sheltering us, is one of the creative missions of any householder's life.

 

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