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Environmental Health The GreenHome Guide WESTERN AUSTRALIA EDITION GreenHomeccontactsontacts AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION Toll Free: 1800 332 510 | www.acfonline.org.au | [email protected] WATER GARDENS WATER CORPORATION KINGS PARK BOTANIC GARDENS WaterWise helpline 13 10 39 Ph: (08) 9480 3600 www.watercorporation.com.au www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/kingspark/ GREEN PLUMBERS GREENING AUSTRALIA WESTERN AUSTRALIA www.greenplumbers.com.au Ph: (08) 9335 8933 Toll Free:1800 133 871 http://live.greeningaustralia.org.au/GA/WA WILDFLOWER SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Ph: (08) 9383 7979 WASTE http://members.ozemail.com.au/~wildfl owers/ ZERO WASTE WA PERTH LOCAL PLANTS GROUP Department of Environment and Conservation www.iinet.net.au/~dragon/Bushthat.htm www.zerowastewa.com.au/communication/education/ WATERWISE GARDEN CENTRES WA – DIRECTORY WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD www.watercorporation.com.au/W/waterwise_index.cfm www.zerowastewa.com.au/whoswho/board/ HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL DISPOSAL TRANSPORT www.zerowastewa.com.au/disposal/community/hcw/ TRANSPERTH CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF WA Ph: 13 62 13 MOBILE PHONE RECYCLING PROGRAM www.transperth.wa.gov.au www.mobilephonerecyclingwa.com.au BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE www.multiline.com.au/~bta RECYCLEIT, COMPUTER RECYCLING CENTRE Ph: (08) 9420 7210 www.recycleit.net.au/index.html TRAVELSMART WA www.dpi.wa.gov.au/travelsmart ENERGY SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT COALITION WA SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE www.stcwa.org.au (GOVERNMENT OF WA) OFFICE OF ENERGY Level 9, 197 St Georges Terrace Ph: (08) 9420 5610 or (08) 9420 5667 GREEN CLEANING www1.sedo.energy.wa.gov.au ENVIRONMENT HOUSE, (ENVIRONMENTAL RETAIL OUTLET) Ph: (08) 9420 5600 61 Eighth Ave, Maylands WA 6931 Ph: (08) 9271 4488 GREEN ELECTRICITY WATCH www.environmenthouse.org.au www.greenelectrictywatch.org.au BUNBURY ECOHOME, SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PROJECT GREEN POWER www.bunburyecohome.com www.greenpower.gov.au Ph: (08) 9420 5600 GREEN SHOPPING YOUR HOME TECHNICAL MANUAL AUSTRALIAN CONSUMERS’ ASSOCIATION CHOICE www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/index.htm www.choice.com.au Ph: 1800 069 552 GREEN PAGES AUSTRALIA FOOD List of green businesses, organisations and products CITY FARM PERTH www.greenpagesaustralia.com.au 1 City Farm Place, East Perth 6004 (next to Claisebrook train station) Ph: (08) 9325 7229 GREEN FINANCE www.cityfarmperth.org.au CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY INDEX ORGANIC GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF WA www.corporate-responsibility.com.au DIRECTORY OF ORGANIC RETAILERS AND PRODUCERS ETHICAL INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION AUSTRALASIA www.ogawa.org.au/commercial.html www.eia.org.au Ph: (02) 8224 0314 AUSTRALIAN FARMERS’ MARKET ASSOCIATION DIRECTORY OF WEST AUSTRALIAN FARMERS’ MARKETS ETHICAL INVESTOR www.farmersmarkets.org.au/fi nder/sawa.jsp www.ethicalinvestor.com.au THE ORGANICS DIRECTORY UNITED NATIONS PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT www.unpri.org/principles/ www.theorganicsdirectory.com.au STAND UP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF WA www.conservationwa.asn.au Ph: (08) 9420 7266 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS OFFICE (WA) www.edowa.org.au ContentsGGreenHomereenHome gguideuide Introduction I The Australian Conservation Foundation’s GreenHome Section One I Water Saving Page 5 Section Two I Energy Saving Page 13 Section Three I Waste Avoidance, Recycling and Compost Page 21 Section Four I Food Page 29 Section Five I Gardening Page 35 Section Six I Transport and Healthy Lifestyles Page 41 Section Seven I Green Cleaning Page 49 Section Eight I Green Shopping Page 55 Section Nine I Green Finance Page 61 Section Ten I Standing up for the Environment Page 67 ACF’s GreenHome www.acfonline.org.au/greenhome 1 he Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is committed to inspiring Tpeople to achieve a healthy environment for all Australians. For over 40 years we have been a strong voice for the environment, promoting solutions through research, consultation, education and partnerships. We work with the community, business and government to protect, restore and sustain our environment. ACF is Australia’s leading national not-for-profi t environment organisation and is largely funded by individual membership and donations. Since 1966, we have focussed on the most important and urgent environmental problems, seeking change with lasting political, economic and social support. ACF has played a key role in increasing protection for some of Australia’s most outstanding natural assets including the Franklin River, Kakadu, the Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. Support for ACF’s conservation work will help ensure that future generations enjoy clean air and water, sustainable cities, healthy rivers and forests, unspoiled oceans, vibrant Indigenous cultures and protection for our unique places, animals and plants. he Australian Conservation Foundation’s GreenHome is Ta program working with the community to fi nd individual and collective solutions to environment issues. From practical tips on saving energy and reducing waste, to calculating your environment footprint and choosing actions that make a difference, GreenHome makes it easier to enjoy a healthier environment and save money at the same time. GreenHome involves a series of community workshops, DIY renovator expo’s and events focusing on what people can do in their own lives to help the environment. This includes environmental actions at home and in our lifestyles, looking at how our homes and communities fi t into the bigger picture and what the solutions are at a local, state and national level. The ACF GreenHome program regularly runs workshops throughout NSW for both the general public and for workplaces. Please contact us to see if we’re in your local area. ACF would like to acknowledge the support of the NSW government to the GreenHome program through its Environmental Trust and Water for Life Education Program. We would also like to thank our local project partners for supporting this program and providing many free environmental products for our participants. To discover how to reduce your impact on the environment at home and in your lifestyle, Australian Conservation Foundation’s GreenHome is your one-stop-shop. Visit the online Challenge, swap useful tips, calculate your ecological footprint using ACF’s eco-calculator, receive quarterly newsletters and keep up to date with sustainable living by visiting www.acfonline.org.au/greenhome. 2 Australian Conservation Foundation www.acfonline.org.au GreenHomeaactionction fforor a bbetteretter wworldorld A bbetteretter wworld?orld? WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE ONE WE’VE GOT? Australia’s natural environment is unique. As Aussies, we are fortunate to live in such a beautiful and diverse environment, and many aspects of it are in good condition by international standards. It’s not just about national parks and beautiful places we visit on holidays or the weekend either. Four out of every fi ve Australians live within 50 kilometres of the coast, so we know fi rst-hand the importance of having healthy waterways. Without a healthy environment to provide us with clean air, water and food, our lives would be very different – and those of our children and grandchildren. But how many of us make the link between the things we value and the choices we make on a daily basis? Do we relate the importance of healthy rivers to our decision to take another plastic bag at the shops? Maintaining a healthy, diverse natural environment is valuable in itself but it is also essential to human wellbeing. Our natural life supports are under severe pressure or actively running out as we increasingly live in an era known as ‘ecological overshoot’. It has been calculated that if everyone lived as Australians do, we would need at least four more Earths to sustain our current standard of living. Indeed Australia has the sixth largest ecological footprint in the world. Never before has our planet had to sustain as large a population, nor one that consumes as much as we do. We are bracing ourselves for rapid change and face environmental, economic and social challenges unless we act now. Climate change, the effects of which we are already witnessing, requires the industrialised world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60-90% to have any hope of averting its worst effects. WHY SHOULD I TAKE ACTION? Everyone can do their bit to reduce their individual impact. GreenHome is about showing people how they can help the environment, by making simple changes to the way they live. Through this guide we hope that you will identify some ways to green your home and lifestyle. By attending an ACF GreenHome workshop series or event you will also meet other members of your local community who are doing similar things. By swapping stories and ideas, you can take the GreenHome message beyond your front door. We’ll help you identify the simple things that you can do: I Save energy and fuel to help reduce air pollution and climate change. I Save water to help protect our fragile waterways. I Cut down on waste to help us stop fi lling our land with rubbish tips. I Shop wisely to reduce toxic chemicals in our homes and environment. I Create native gardens to increase local biodiversity and save water. I Create veggie gardens to grow your own healthy food. I Make your money work for you with sustainable investment. I Community actions you can take to advocate for a more sustainable world. GreenHome will help you take whichever steps are right for you, as we all take action for a better world. ACF’s GreenHome www.acfonline.org.au/greenhome 3 PUBLISHED BY: THE AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION Second edition MELBOURNE [HEAD OFFICE] THE AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION WEBSITE: Floor 1, 60 Leicester St, Carlton, Vic 3053 www.acfonline.org.au Phone: (03) 9345 1111 DISCLAIMER Fax: (03) 9345 1166 While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and SYDNEY completeness, no responsibility is taken, nor guarantee Suite 504, 32 York St, Sydney, NSW 2000 given, by the Australian Conservation Foundation (“ACF”) Phone: (02) 8270 9900 with respect to errors or omissions in the material contained Fax: (02) 8270 9988 in this guide.
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