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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...
Teaching Kids About the Climate Crisis
There’s no denying that the effects of climate change will be felt the most by people who have contributed the least to the crisis. The younger generation, our children and grandchildren, will inherit a world vastly different to the one we all grew up in. It breaks my...
Climate Change and the Human Health Impact
Climate change has traditionally been viewed as an economic and environmental issue but it is fundamentally a human health issue. In this episode of Eco Chat I’m joined by Dr Kate Wylie from Climate Medicine to discuss the growing health risk to the human population...
Patricia Newman, Author of ‘Planet Ocean’
If you’re looking for educational sustainability books for the children in your life, you’re in the right place. I’m joined on Eco Chat by Patricia Newman, author of several educational books on environmental and social justice issues including Eavesdropping on...
Clean Your Home Plastic and Toxin Free with Resparkle
If you’re looking for commercial cleaning products that are toxin free, plastic free and are made in Australia by a social enterprise, look no further than Resparkle. Pearl Chan is on a mission to create a plastic free future for our families and she’s helping people...
Five Positive Environmental Stories From 2020
While 2020 saw Covid-19 ravage human populations and communities around the world, there were many positives throughout the year for our local, regional and global environments. Air pollution improved in many cities in China, Europe and the US, water quality also...
How to Become a Carbon Neutral Certified Business
If your business, company or organisation wishes to become carbon neutral to reduce their environmental impact and demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainability, this episode is for you. I’m joined by Polly Hemming from Climate Active to discuss the steps business...
How To Grow A Green Business
Recently I presented at the online Ecopreneur Summit, sharing tips and strategies for how to grow an eco business online and specifically, how to package your knowledge into a leveraged offer. The second presentation I gave in the summit covered the specifics of how...
My Favourite Zero Waste Products
This year I was invited to join the judging panel for the Australian Non Toxic Awards, a role that involved testing and critiquing a large range of zero waste products for the home. I love testing new eco products at the best of times and enjoyed this task of choosing...
Toxins in Non-Stick Cookware
If you're keen to reduce your toxin load AND you love cooking. Or if you use non-stick pans and your lining is damaged or you've accidentally overheated your pan and created fumes, this Eco Chat episode is for you. I'm discussing toxins you need to be aware of in...
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