How on Earth, (you may ask), does sending an email contribute to climate change? Well, the answer is quite simple. Emails use energy to send (i.e. electricity from your device), and more importantly energy to store (in the mysterious cloud). Now I am certainly not advocating for never sending an email again. They are quiteContinueContinue reading “The Humble Email and its Impact on Climate Change”
Category Archives: Energy
Sustainable Clothing
I have discovered many techniques to improve the sustainability of my clothing purchases over the past few years. Clothing and textiles are a massive contributor to environmental issues. According to the United Nations, the fashion industry generates ‘8-10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions’! [1] The fashion industry uses copious amounts of water, and manyContinueContinue reading “Sustainable Clothing”
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Energy Saving Tips
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has set their final ‘Default Market Offer’(DMO) price for the 2022-2023 financial year, and it doesn’t look pretty. The AER’s role is to ensure secure, reliable and affordable energy for Australian’s. One of the ways in which they do this is to set a maximum electricity price for energy retailersContinueContinue reading “Energy Saving Tips”
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Sustainable Toys
Toys are a fundamental part of children’s learning and development. They give children joy and teach them an array of skills and concepts including object permanence, colours, numbers, problem solving and fine motor skills. However toys can also contribute to environmental damage. They use resources and energy to create, are often produced using plastic, andContinueContinue reading “Sustainable Toys”
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How to Keep Plastic out of your Bathroom
Common bathroom essentials usually come packaged in plastic. The majority of this packaging is intended to be used once and thrown away when your product is finished. This practice causes harm to our environment for several reasons. The key issues include that plastic: is energy intensive to manufacture (see my article on Hidden Energy);is oftenContinueContinue reading “How to Keep Plastic out of your Bathroom”
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Hidden Energy
When I used to think about energy use, what came to mind was using energy directly in the forms of electricity, natural gas and oil (petrol). To reduce my energy consumption, I employed simple techniques such as turning down the heater, driving less and taking shorter showers. However, I knew that there was more toContinueContinue reading “Hidden Energy”
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Local Impact Sustainability 