Crystal Waters and Local Agenda 21
Acknowledged by the presentation of a special award in the 1996 UN Habitat Awards for its ‘pioneering work in demonstrating new ways of low impact, sustainable living’, Crystal Waters is a 640 acre (259 hectare) settlement carefully designed to minimise human impact on the environment...

Eating into the Future
Australia's first conference concerning food and the environment was well attended by leading health policy makers from around Australia and internationally including academics and Federal, State and Local Government representatives. Industry representatives also attended...

20 Ways to Reduce Your Ecological Footprint
Actions you can take to conserve biodiversity, from the Australian Conservation Foundation...

Local Agenda 21
Cr. Peter Woods, OAM, President of the Local Government Association of NSW presented at the Newcastle Pathways to Sustainability Conference last year. His passion and dedication was evident then...

Maleny Co-operatives
In the last twenty years, Maleny has transformed from a fairly ordinary small rural town into a town with a thriving green economy. In the early seventies half a dozen new settlers, refugees from city life, decided to take their destiny into their own hands...

Model Housing Code - New South Wales Australia
The NSW Department of Urban Affairs and Planning (DUAP) has prepared a model housing code. Focusing on medium-rise and multi-unit housing, this guide explains eight key design elements in an easy-to-follow format...

Ecovillage Business - Rammed Earth Constructions
The market for rammed earth in this area back in the late 1980s was fairly small, but the people moving into Crystal Waters Permaculture Village were looking for alternatives, and rammed earth met many of their needs...

Seed Savers Network - Australia
The principle aim is to preserve agricultural biodiversity in collaboration with individual farmers, gardeners and community groups. Seed Savers has helped put the conservation of original useful plants including fruits, vegetables, medicines and fibres into the public light...

Food From Small Spaces
An area of about 250sq metres is required to supply the total vegetable requirements of a family. This is less than the average suburban backyard, and you would have some room for some fruit trees, too...

Sydney Eco-House
The changes they have made means that more than 100,000 litres of water can stay in the rivers, 60,000 litres of sewerage does not flow to the treatment plant, 4.3 tons of coal are saved and 8.3 tons of carbon dioxide does not pollute the Sydney air...

Whitmore Square EcoCity Project - Adelaide
The buildings will demonstrate a number of construction systems and climate responsive architecture for north-south and east-west orientated buildings in a compact, medium-high density urban infill context...