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Sustainable Home Design- factors to consider to maximise sustainability
For most of us, our homes are the biggest investment we’ll make in our lifetime. Decisions we make in the home design process impact not only the durability and longevity of our home but also our home’s sustainability and cost to run. In this Eco Chat episode I’m...
Advantage and Disadvantages of Tiny Houses
Property prices in Australia surged 22% in 2021[1], its biggest jump since the 1980s, making home ownership an impossible dream for many. This increase coincided with crippling Covid-19-induced lockdowns across much of Australia, resulting in many small businesses...
How School Strike 4 Climate is Empowering Youth to Fight for Their Future
In 2018, after experiencing Sweden’s hottest summer on record, a 15-year-old Greta Thunberg protested alone outside the Swedish parliament with a sign saying “School Strike for Climate”, to pressure her government to meet carbon emission targets. Within a few short...
Everyday Ethical Banking with a B Corp to Make a Bigger Impact
We all need a bank to help us manage our money. But what if “who” we banked with made a difference? What if your everyday banking was yet another avenue to create a better future for humanity? What if your everyday banking could create a better global environment in...
Ethical Superannuation… What It Is and How You Can Get Started
Superannuation is incredibly important to ensure you’re comfortable financially in retirement. But what if superannuation had another purpose? What if superannuation was an avenue for you to create a better future for humanity? What if superannuation was an avenue for...
Ethical Investing… What It Is and How You Can Get Started
Whether it’s eating organically grown food, avoiding fast fashion or divesting your financial investments from fossil fuels, tobacco or companies with a track record of modern slavery, conscious consumers and investors have long voted with their money and changed the...
How To Reduce Food Waste at Christmas
The most wonderful time of the year is also the most wasteful, but that needn’t be the case! In this post I share five ways you can reduce your food waste this Christmas so the season is lighter on your wallet, waistline and our precious planet. Podcast: Play In New...
Engineering Solutions to Climate Change
If you’ve been feeling down about the state of the global environment, particularly after COP26 in Glasgow, this Eco Chat episode is for you. I’m sharing a presentation I delivered to around 200 doctors last month at the Doctors for the Environment iDEA 2021...
How Climate Risk is Impacting Home Insurance and Property Valuations
There’s plenty of factors to consider when investing in a home. Proximity to schools, shops, health services, family and public transport are some of the key considerations. Smart investors of today are factoring in another consideration – climate change risk – and...
How Home Battery Storage Systems Work
If you’re looking to reduce your household carbon emissions, you really can’t go past installing a home solar photovoltaic system with battery storage. But with so many dealers and installers out there, and with such a high investment cost, where do you even start? In...
How Home Solar Systems Work
If you’re looking to reduce your household carbon emissions, you really can’t go past installing a home solar photovoltaic system with battery storage. But with so many dealers and installers out there, and with such a high investment cost, where do you even start? In...
Oliver Smuhar, Author of ‘FireWorks’
What were you doing when you were 20 years old? Perhaps you were already working full time or were studying hard for a professional career. Maybe you were enjoying a gap year backpacking around a foreign country. Regardless of whether you were working, studying or...
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