Back when I had a full time job and I was “rolling in money” (a relative term) there were a number of things on which I regularly wasted my money. Of course they were all things I just couldn’t live without!
One of these things was lingerie. I’m not just talking underwear here. It had [...]
Posts Tagged ‘solar power’
The solar powered what!?
Posted in Consumption, tagged apparel, fashion, greenwash, solar power on 15 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
A year of solar water heating
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon emissions, Energy, fossil fuel dependence, House, renewable energy, rental properties, solar power, sustainable living, Water on 25 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
Hot water accounts for more than 30% of energy used in the home. [1]
I’ve had solar water heating for a year. I wanted a gas booster, rather than the electric booster which was installed. My dad (who is my landlord) has had bad experiences with a gas booster, so he didn’t get one. He [...]
Sustainable Building Design
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australian Conservation Foundation, carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, House, passive solar design, saving water, solar power, sustainable building, sustainable living on 28 December 2007 | 5 Comments »
It is no good just talking, writing or reading about sustainability. It requires us to do something toward that critical and vital end point – a sustainable world – so that we can all look our grandchildren in the eye with something like a clear conscience – Derek Wrigley [1]
For a number of years I’ve [...]
Drinking Rain
Posted in Sydney, tagged carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, grey water, House, passive solar design, saving water, solar power, sustainable living, Water on 31 October 2007 | 3 Comments »
Of course we all drink rain, one way or another. The water cycle eventually recycles all water into the sky and then back down to the earth, but some people drink their water a bit closer to when it fell as rain, than others. Sadly I’m not one of these people, but I look forward [...]
Ockham’s Razor and Slime
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biofuels, carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse gas emissions, mass media, renewable energy, Science, solar power, Worldwide on 21 September 2007 | 2 Comments »
A while ago I came across the transcript of Robyn Williams’ 2005 interview with Dr Geoffrey Chia. Robyn Williams presents a science program Ockham’s Razor on ABC’s Radio National in Australia. When I was a kid my dad listened to this and I got to know the term Ockham’s Razor. Throughout my childhood I never [...]
Why aren’t there Big Solar Projects in Australia?
Posted in Australia, books, tagged carbon emissions, climate change, Energy, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy, solar power on 19 August 2007 | 2 Comments »
Businesses developing renewable and energy efficient technologies search in vain for a sympathetic ear in Canberra. (p.66)
Matt from The Coffee House and Environment Solutions asked,
Are there not any big solar building projects going on in Oz?
My original answer to Matt was,
The University of NSW and Australian National University are internationally recognised in solar technology development, [...]
Electricity from the Sun
Posted in Australia, tagged carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, House, passive solar design, renewable energy, solar power, sustainable living, wind power on 14 June 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have a long term plan to build my own sustainably designed house. When I build this house I want to install solar panels to generate my own electricity. The house would still be connected to grid electricity. At times when the sun was shining I might produce more electricity than I use and [...]
Kyoto in 2010
Posted in Australia, tagged carbon emissions, carbon neutral, climate change, Dissent, Energy, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, nuclear power, renewable energy, solar power, wind power, Worldwide on 15 April 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Australian Greenhouse Office of the Federal government projects Australia’s greenhouse emissions trends. Tracking to the Kyoto Target was released last year just before Christmas (so no one would notice it). Even though Australia never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, a government department has still found Australia will not meet its Kyoto target of 108 per [...]
Quick, quick, quick, while its hot, hot, hot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon emissions, carbon neutral, climate change, Energy, Family, fossil fuel dependence, greenhouse effect, House, passive solar design, renewable energy, rental properties, solar power, sustainable living on 30 March 2007 | 4 Comments »
I rent my house, but I’m lucky to have my dad as my landlord. This means I’m able to make a lot more changes to make my life more sustainable than most tenants could. Although my dad doesn’t agree to everything I propose. He recently painted the outside of the house and it’s an older [...]
The Saga of the Showerhead
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dissent, Energy, Family, House, saving water, solar power, Water on 21 March 2007 | 4 Comments »
The Western Australian Dept of Water Waterwise Rebate website says,
a water-efficient showerhead can save up to 3,300 litres of water per person, per year.
The Sustainable Living website of the Western Australian government says,
approximately 42% of our total domestic water usage is used inside the home.
Although this is brought into perspective by Geoff Russell in an [...]
Think on this
"We must head back towards zero. At one degree the genie is out of the bottle, at two degrees the bottle is broken"
– David Spratt (2009) "Time for a Plan B on climate?" Dissent, no.30, p.37
About ClareSnow
I'm a librarian doing research, but my first love was science and as a kid I wanted to be an ecologist or botanist. Things got in the way and now I only "study" nature in my spare time. As the lazyst environmentalyst I write about what I do to try to ensure the nature of our world is still here for future generations.
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