Earth Hour - March 2009

Earth Hour takes place on Saturday March 28 at 8:30. This is a good chance to turn off your lights, save some power and try some activities that don't need electricity. I don't think watching telly in the dark counts. Doing something by candle light or moon light sounds much more energy friendly ( and romantic).



You can check out what earth hour is all about on the website



http://www.earthhour.org/about/




There are lots of resources in the library to help motivate you about sustainable living.

Come in and check them out

Sustainable Environment

• Renewable energy – Issues in society
  
• Australia's biodiversity – Issues in society
  
• Renewable energy - DVD profiles examples of technologies harnessing renewable energy
  
• River health : [videorecording] caring for our waterways
  
• Waterwise house & garden : a guide for sustainable living
  
• Australia’s Environment Issues and Trends 2006 - ABS
  
• On borrowed time : Australia's environmental crisis and what we must do about it
  
• An inconvenient truth : [videorecording] a global warning http://www.climatecrisis.net/. Al Gore gives us his views on climate change.
  
• Going native- living in the Australian environment by Michael Archer and Bob Beale – these guys give ideas on how we can live in a more sustainable way in Australia
  http://www.hha.com.au/books/0733615228.html
  
• Ecos is a bimonthly magazine produced by the CSIRO reporting on news in the environmental and sustainability industry. The latest issue looks at research in the Murray- Darling Basin

Sustainable living

• Green office guide : a guide to help you buy and use environmentally friendly office equipment
  
• Waste management – Issues in society
  
• Waste and recycling - Issues in society
  
• Sustainable Living – Issues in society
  
• Organic home : the Australian guide to clean, green living
  
• Your home, your future, your lifestyle - - your interactive step by step guide ot comfortable, stylish and healthy living
  
• Warm house cool house : inspirational designs for low-energy housing
  
• The Australian greenhouse calculator [electronic resource]
  
• Sustainable living for dummies
  
• Save - you money, your time your planet - inspired uses for common household item
  
• The pocket idiot's guide to your carbon footprint
  
• Living Green – environmental encyclopaedia

Sustainable Gardening

• The Small Edible Garden
  
• Australian gardens for a changing climate
  
• How to build your own greenhouse : designs and plans to meet your growing needs
  
• The green gardener : sustainable gardening in your own backyard
  
• Your sustainable garden
  
• The no-nonsense guide to water
  

Sustainable people

• Environmentalists – famous activists for environmental issues
  

Sustainable Sports

• Classic walks of Australia
• The ways of the bushwalker : on foot in Australia
• Outdoor Australia – March /April 2009 has an article on the Best 10 Aussie Multi day walks