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Highlights | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. Just buzzing in and out to let you know about some cool stuff! There's a great article on Inhabitat. China has rejected Genetically Modified rice this week according to Infowars. It's hard to find news of this independent of this website however, and it would seem to be in opposition to China's previous public announcements about feeding its population using GM innovations. On the first d...
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Events | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. The Green Heart Fair. Is held bi-annually. The next fair in 2015 will be held in May 2016. Often has eco-themed movie nights.you can join up for their email updates here. Has a number of sustainable living and green events which you can find here. Northey Street City Farm. Has a number of workshops. Are a family of expats from the Czech Republic living in Brisbane have an inspiring blog.
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Back to School to Learn My Voice Counts | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. Back to School to Learn My Voice Counts. Tonight saw me and some buddies head back to primary school to learn about the sustainable energy plan that's going to lead us to zero carbon emissions! We literally sat in a primary school library, scrunched, with other long out-of-school community members, into tiny yellow chairs. As Luke Reade of Transition Kurilpa and Beyond Zero Emissions.
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Sustainable Houses | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. In Queensland where our hot weather is so extreme, and our sunny days so many, it's particularly important for houses to be well designed to self-regulate temperature levels. You can learn a lot about passive and sustainable housing through the Earthships Australia website. And in Sanctuary Magazine. Good if you're just starting to read about this stuff). Or Victoria's Green Renters Guide.
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Australia's National Food Plan | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. Australia's National Food Plan. Did anyone else hear about this in 2011, or do the Abbott/Gillard theatrics obscure every interesting and debatable topic in Australian political life now? Nope, apparently I'm not the only one who didn't hear about this National Food Plan we're working on, despite actually having blogged about the advisory committee. At the end of 2010! It's interesting to...
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For Gardeners | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. Below are some resources from incredible gardeners around Brisbane making a difference in the food sovereignty fight! Everything from keeping native bees (including 3D printing of honey super. Which is just the coolest thing I've ever seen), to productivity tips to get the most from your garden space and breeding snails for food. Just brilliant stuff! The Brisbane Food Ning. At the Sunshi...
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Sustainable Amsterdam - tips for Brisbane? | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. Sustainable Amsterdam - tips for Brisbane? I am also currently on my way back from an exchange, which has allowed me to live and study for 6 months in the very eco-friendly city of Amsterdam, so I have plenty of fresh new ideas about how a city can work almost car-free and prosper by doing so. Some sustainable things I've learned in Amsterdam:. Amsterdam's lack of hills helps. Also it...
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Where to Buy | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. Here are some of the great places and suppliers where you can get organic food and ethical stuff! My absolute favourite has to be Food Connect. Which delivers boxes of in-season fruit and veg to friendly neighbours where you can go and pick up your week's worth of food. It supports local farmers, they use less packaging, you're eating what's in season and they take farm tours too! Go for ...
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Wwoofing in Portugal - learning by doing | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. Wwoofing in Portugal - learning by doing. Thought I'd share a snippet of my travels, one of the most important for my sustainability education. At the end of February I spent a week Wwoofing. The perfect ratio of a day it seems, is:. Boots on, pat the dog, head down the chilly cobblestone driveway to the orchard armed with tools for trimming the peaches and assorted other stone fruit whic...
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City Farms and Markets | Eco Bris
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Sustainability, food politics, gardening, environment and eco-events in Brisbane, Queensland. City Farms and Markets. City Farms and Markets. I have a particular love of. That are attached to community gardens. I love Northey St City Farm. For its unusual nursery items, and the general feel of welcome you get from the stall holders. It's on Sundays from 6am-12pm. Ish The chai at the farm's community cafe is the best.you get cardamom sediment in the bottom of the cup, that's how real it is! Is overflowing...