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Progressive Dinner of Ideas 2012
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Fri, 20/01/2012 - 9:01pmTo kick-start 2012, SEE-Change Inner-North got together to enjoy a Progressive Dinner. 4 sustainable houses and 4 courses were enjoyed by 20 people. With many cycling between the different houses and no rain, fun was had by all.
House 1: Watson - pre-dinner nibbles - was at Caroline's. We saw a nice array of PV panels, a reused kitchen, recycled windows and a very interesting screwdriver being used as a hook.
Public Forum Today!
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Sun, 13/11/2011 - 9:22pm
Do you want to be a part of creating a zero-emissions Canberra?'Canberra Loves 40%' needs you!
'Canberra Loves 40%' worked in partnership with SEE-Change in 2010 to secure a legislated 40% emissions reduction target for the year 2020, for the ACT. They are now working to champion this ambitious target in the ACT community, and encourage our leaders to make the systemic changes Canberra needs to transform our city into a zero-emissions model for Australia.
Inner-North Christmas Lunch
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Sun, 13/11/2011 - 8:40pm
Come join SEE-Change Inner-North for a Social, Environmental, Economical and Enjoyable Christmas Lunch.
When: Sunday 4 December, 12.00-2.00pm
Where: Horse Park - between Macarthur Avenue and Miller, McPherson & Tate Streets
Cost: The event is FREE
Please bring along a lunch dish to share, drinks, cutlery, crockery, picnic rug & water
Hopefully see you there and Merry Christmas!
Inner-North 'over the back fence' tour: Making a weatherboard house more energy and water efficient
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Tue, 08/11/2011 - 11:20pmSEE-Change Inner-North went on a visit to a 1962 weatherboard house in O'Connor before it received a serious makeover. Resisting advice to demolish and build a 'real' sustainable house, the owner used this opportunity to gather ideas to dramatically improve the existing house, without losing too much of its '60s character.
The living areas of the house receive good sun on winter days but lose it on dusk through uninsulated timber walls and large windows. The ‘sandwich’ roof also has inadequate insulation, so the house acts like a sieve. In it comes, out it goes!
Celebrating Recycling Week by visiting the Hume Recycling Centre
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Mon, 24/10/2011 - 11:00pmRubbish two storeys high in a big shed – it’s all come from our yellow-lidded bins and it’s what we see through the window of the education classroom at the Hume Materials Recovery Facility. Not a view to envy, but Linda Kwong, the Education Officer, is passionate about it what’s happening here. She’s also proud of the fact that 10,000 school children visit the education centre each year. Not to mention groups like ours.
17 members of the Inner North SEE-Change group were gathered to see what actually happens to the contents of those yellow-lidded bins we trustingly place on our kerbs. Could we dispel the ‘it mostly ends up in landfill’ myths?
Transport Series 2011
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Sat, 08/10/2011 - 1:38pmSEE-Change Inner-North organised a transport series over the months of February and March 2011. In total, around 130 people attended and got an insight into car-free living, electric bicycles, alternative fuel types and electric vehicles.
Session 1 - Car Free Living
Session 2 - Electric Bicycles
Session 3 - Car Options (fuel types)
Session 4 - Car Options (electric/hybrid)
Electric Bicycles evening
Submitted by jodiepipkorn on Thu, 24/02/2011 - 10:59pmWhat an amazing event!
On Thursday 15 February, around 50 people came along to the second of the transport series featuring electric bicycles at Horse Park, O'Connor.
Switched-on-Cycles (www.switchedoncycles.com.au) provided a run-down of how the bicycles work, the bulk buy discount being offered to SEE-Change members (20% off the price of the bikes) and everyone got to ride the bikes to test them out.
The bikes were heaps of fun, the evening was great and we look forward now to the next session on:
