Sustainable in Suburbia

About GreenMobiles™GreenMobiles™ is an Australian first that puts our planet first. We’re presently the only on-line telecommunications provider to respond to climate change and offer carbon-offset as part of our mobile service.If you think this means paying a premium, just hold the phone.
For EVERY $1 you spend through GreenMobiles™, we will donate 10 cents to carbon emission reduction programs. There’s absolutely no extra cost to you for choosing to be more environmentally conscious.You also get a generous mobile phone cash bonus to spend at Australia’s leading on line mobile discount store - Simply Mobiles.
As an environmentally conscious company in the fast paced world of global technology, we decided it was time to slow down the carbon impact on our planet.Talk is cheap. But actions speak louder than words.
Here are just some of the ways GreenMobiles™ is going beyond the call to mobilise more responsible green activity.
• 10 cents in EVERY dollar you spend goes to the Australian Carbon Exchange. This could ultimately result in millions more to invest in national carbon reduction programs.
• Electronic billing and on-line statement viewing ensure paper bills and not trees are a thing of the past.
• Free delivery of your old mobile phone to our recycling partners Mobile Muster. When you sign-up to GreenMobiles, you will receive your free recycling satchel as part of your welcome pack. • Keeping it Green! Order your free mobile phone recycling envelope here.

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In Focus: How to use “Furoshiki” [MOE]
Great way of gift wrapping. Use a spare piece of material, bandana, tea towel, scarf…you get the idea!

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NSW Govt urged to reveal GM canola farmsThe New South Wales Opposition says farmers need to be told where the state’s first genetically modified (GM) crops will be planted.The move became legal in New South Wales yesterday.Nationals MP Rick Colless says it is now up to the Government to inform people where the first GM crops will be grown.”If there are neighbouring farmers they need to know if they are going to have GM crops next door to them,” he said.”I think Mr Macdonald made those locations public so that we can make sure that all farmers, both GM and non-GM growers, can take the right precautions to make sure there’s no mixing of this material.”Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald says he does not know where the first crops will be planted, because it is not something he is required to give approval for.Asked whether anything had come across his desk that would suggest where the crops would be grown, he replied: “No, and I wouldn’t be involved in that.”A spokeswoman for the Federal Office of Gene Technology says it is up to the industry to regulate GM crops and she says they do not have to give advance notice about where they will be planted.

NSW Govt urged to reveal GM canola farms - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Monsanto really have the NSW government in their back pocket :(.

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The Everlasting Bagstopper bag.

progress

Originally uploaded by GeoWombats

I love the Knitty website.

This was my first time for knitting with circular needles.

Allhemp yarn is not easily available in Australia so I started this using hemp twine with the idea of making a produce bag. For all of those little fruits that roll around inside a larger bag. It’s not finished yet but it’s definitely doable for a beginner.

Check out my progress with this on Ravelry.com.