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My problem with plastic

I just brought home shopping in plastic bags. I feel… ethically compromised. I haven’t used a plastic bag in years. I even made sure I brought enough fabric bags with me to Peru so I wouldn’t need to use plastic here. It’s a well-ingrained habit now and I’ll most always have a bag on me somewhere. So what went wrong today? Nothing: I deliberately left my fabric bags at home when I… Read More

 Category: Ethics, Industry & agriculture, Volunteering & activism, Waste disposal & recycling      Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Build it (sustainably) and they will come

Last week I was lucky enough to score an invitation to tour the new Sustainability Learning Centre, under construction here in Hobart (thank you, day job!) Developed as a partnership between the Department of Education, Greening Australia, the Catholic Education Office, the Association of Independent Schools of Tasmania and the CSIRO, the Centre will be a mixed educational, research and operational facility, attached to Hobart College. That’s pretty cool and all, but… Read More

 Category: Energy efficiency, Industry & agriculture, Science, Sustainable design, Technology      Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

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