by glcweb | Jul 6, 2019 | Community, Food, News, Reuse & Recycle
It’s Plastic Free July, a month that challenges us to rethink our reliance on plastic. The impact of plastic on the natural world and humanity is growing: A cartoon by industrial ecologist Roland Geyer shows what’s happened to the 8.3bn tons of plastic produced since... 
by glcweb | Jun 4, 2019 | Community, Energy, Food, Reuse & Recycle
Today is World Environment Day. It’s a day to take positive action for the environment. In the Inner West we are installing solar, tending to our food gardens, reducing plastic waste, learning how to repair and upcycle broken items, and so much more. All these... 
by glcweb | Apr 23, 2019 | Community, Fashion, Reuse & Recycle
It’s Fashion Revolution Week – a week for ‘fashion revolutionaries’ around the world to challenge the mainstream fashion narrative. The aim is to bring about change in the industry and in consumer choices. The clothes you wear tell stories about who made them and how... 
by glcweb | Feb 20, 2019 | Community, Energy, News
There is no way to sugar-coat this. The effects of climate change and the need for global action requires urgent action by all of us. “Right now, we are facing a man-made disaster of global scale. Our greatest threat in thousands of years – climate... 
by glcweb | Jan 31, 2019 | Community, Energy, News
We spoke to Jasmine Ledger from WWF Earth Hour to find out more about this global campaign. What does your position at WWF Earth Hour involve? The Earth Hour team is a small but powerful engine; my teammates are incredibly hardworking and inspiring, but my... 
by glcweb | Jan 31, 2019 | Community, Energy, News
Going off the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on the impact of global warming, speedy and bold changes are required by our four global systems- energy, land use, cities and industry. The good news is we can make a difference by... 
by glcweb | Jan 31, 2019 | Community, Energy, News
Earth to Inner Westies. I’m not sure if you noticed, but it is getting hot out there. Extreme weather events and evidence of climate change is becoming more prevalent. There is “scientific consensus that climate change is happening at an... 
by glcweb | Dec 13, 2018 | Community, Food, Gardening, News
Two sustainably-minded parents at Camdenville Public School – Lachlan Jobbins, Georgina Eldershaw and Lachlan’s son Jack came up with Food Scrap Friday. This composting initiative is a win-win idea encouraging their school community to recycle food... 
by glcweb | Dec 7, 2018 | Community, News, Reuse & Recycle
Making a sustainable difference in their community In September of this year, a group of twenty passionate individuals from the Inner West Community began the Community Leaders in Sustainability Course. They entered the learning space at Petersham Inner Council...