Green Drinks Brisbane: principles and practices

February 21st, 2010 | Tags: , | Posted in Green Drinks Brisbane | 1 Comment »

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These are my personal extensions to the official ‘Green Drinks code’. This is how I run my networking event Green Drinks Brisbane.

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Green Drinks Brisbane: now in its second year

February 21st, 2010 | Tags: , | Posted in Green Drinks Brisbane | 2 Comments »

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What are my lessons learned after 12 months as organiser of the Green Drinks Brisbane networking event? What was it like starting the event?

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Green tips #4: report a smoky vehicle

January 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , | Posted in Green tips | No Comments »

Green tips #4: report a smoky vehicle

I thought I’d share a handy link that seems to be unknown by most members of the community. Queensland Transport allows people to report vehicles that are producing excessive amounts of smoke into the air.

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Green tips #3: start a worm farm

October 18th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Posted in Green tips | 6 Comments »

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Worm farms are an easy, environmentally friendly way to dispose of kitchen scraps and generate free fertiliser. Read how I got started.

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Part of Nature

September 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Posted in Cartoon | 1 Comment »

Cartoon man with idea pointing finger

Discusses the motivations behind recombinantrecords.net environmental cartoon Part of Nature.

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Power plant lamington drive

September 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in Cartoon, Green | 1 Comment »

Cartoon man dark suit. Suitcase of govt aid.

Don’t believe the crocodile tears of the coal industry crying poor. When was the last time you saw a coal plant having a lamington drive?

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The Clash

September 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in Music | No Comments »

Mick Jones Joe Strummer on stage The Clash

An interesting anecdote from about The Clash from 1978, taken from Pat Gilbert’s excellent book “Passion Is a Fashion”.

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Green tips #2: subscribe to GreenPower

September 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Posted in Green tips | 2 Comments »

Wind turbines row

GreenPower is an Australian opt-in scheme that allows customers to source their electricity from accredited renewable sources.

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