by glcweb | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorised
So, you know how staying fit and working out is super important for your health? Well, it turns out that exercise doesn’t just benefit your fitness, but often it extends to improving your impact on the environment! Picture yourself cruising around on a bike or...
by glcweb | Feb 22, 2024 | Uncategorised
Would you like to help create a more comfortable, healthier home for your family? Want to promote clean energy? Then you’ll want to start thinking about electrifying your home. Here in the Inner West, we have access to the cheapest delivered electricity in the world...
by glcweb | Dec 20, 2023 | Uncategorised
We’ve had a terrific year at the Green Living Centre, from the opening of the Inner West Sustainability Hub, to Footprints Ecofestival. See below for some of our favourites. Also, if you missed the developments of this year’s COP28 agreement, check out...
by glcweb | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorised
Sustainability and fashion can sometimes be an awkward match, and trying to make the right choices as consumers is not cut and dry. For instance, some studies have found that up to 59% of eco-friendly claims by fashion companies are greenwashing tricks of one kind or...
by glcweb | Oct 31, 2023 | Uncategorised
Urban agriculture isn’t just a buzzword; it’s a food growing revolution thriving right here in the Inner West. It’s a movement all about increasing ways to grow food locally, getting our hands and seeds in the soil, and growing nutritious, organic fruit,...
by glcweb | Sep 20, 2023 | Community, Get Active
Saving the planet is not going to be a walk in the park… but it might be a walk through the city! Active Transport, for instance walking, cycling or moving your body, is the most sustainable form of transport available to us. The NSW Government estimates there...
by glcweb | Aug 17, 2023 | Uncategorised
Footprints Ecofestival is on again at Whites Creek Valley Park on Sunday 27 August! Join us for our annual sustainability festival and connect with authors, repairers, stylists, tour guides and local environmental initiatives. Celebrate with us your shared...
by glcweb | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorised
This year, World Environment Day was about ‘beating plastic’, and with Plastic Free July approaching, let’s look at the plight of the war on plastic. Plastic overproduction and waste present a real threat to the health of our species and the planet at large,...
by glcweb | May 19, 2023 | Uncategorised
National Reconciliation Week is 27 May – 3 June, and this year is all about encouraging people to ‘Be a Voice for Generations.’ Strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and non-Indigenous Peoples, is at the heart of...
by glcweb | Apr 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
Fashion Revolution Week is all about uniting for seven days of action to achieve change in the global clothing industry. Formed in the wake of the Rana Plaza collapse which killed more than 1124 workers in Bangladesh a decade ago, Fashion Revolution is now the world’s...
