As a shameless pessimist, I honestly didn’t think that washing my hair with egg yolk instead of shampoo would work. But I gave it a try, not because natural materials are necessarily any better than ‘synthetic’ ones – I’d rather put sulphates on my hair than poison ivy – but because I don’t understand what those ingredients …
Blog by Lisa I’d like to share our sustainable gift ideas. They include fun ways to give time and experiences as alternatives to giving ‘stuff’. Do you have ideas to add? Did you use these ideas for your Christmas shopping? I’d love to hear how they were received and if you shared them with friends and family. How did this …
As a community group, we were fortunate to be invited to the City of Vincent’s (CoV) “Thank you” Sundowner. Held at the Vincent Administration Building, there were about 120 people from different community groups and council staff. CoV’s CEO Len Kosova gave a brief speech, followed by Mayor John Carey. Mayor Carey acknowledged the role …
We got together and did a bit more planning for TTMH’s videos. Storyboards were reviewed and home owners of sustainable houses were contacted, letting them know we will be shooting in the new year. Part of the storyboard As video production is a new thing to us, we decided to trial using the recording gear on …
Blog by Lisa Geoff, Gabby and I are keen to start a native gardener’s network in our local area! We hope to: get other native gardeners together for drinks in the garden set up a buddy system, where experienced native gardeners can help people that are just getting started arrange some walking tours with morning or arvo tea, where …
by Lisa Geoff and I are on a quest to choose higher welfare eggs. This is what we found out: avoid the cage think like a chicken choose certified. Avoid the cage We avoid eggs laid by hens in cages. That bit is easy! Think like a chicken Chickens have natural behaviours, such as dust …
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Well, actually, three videos. Or possibly four. Let me back track. A couple of meetings ago, Gabby and Lisa mentioned that they were going to visit some houses as part of Sustainable House Day, which is supported by the City of Vincent. I got excited and asked them approach the owners to see if they …
My verge alternated between dry sandy desert (besides the few hardy weeds that manage to eke out an existence) in summer and a lush meadow of onion weed in winter. Fed up with the situation, I ordered a free load of mulch from MulchNet and they certainly delivered (both literally and figuratively). I was very …
The movie night was a big success. We had about 40 people attending, good conversations, excellent food, and got to know each other a bit better. We’ll write a proper review and put some photos up too. Excellent experience in community building and lots of fun too. Today we would like to share some good …
Transition Town Mount Hawthorn is excited about having received an environment grant from the City of Vincent. We want to reduce waste in the City by printing and distributing ‘No Junk Mail’ stickers to local letter boxes with the aim of less advertising material to fill our bins. A big thank you to the City …
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