How simple can it be to share a story about Landcare in your area.... get a few words together (max about 70) a photo and you can make your own Landcare digital postcards.
Here is one that I have made for my Landcare district - Central Tablelands Landcare - which covers the Orange - Bathurst district of NSW.
We have also recorded some PlaceStories of our group activities in the "Central Tablelands Landcare" project,
Check out some of the other postcards and placestories being created by the Digital Landcare community...
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Slashed feed-in tariff for solar power in NSW
Not sure if you heard the news..... but in NSW the gross feed in tariffs for solar power have just been reviewed and reduced from 60 cents to 20 cents a kilowatt hour!!
We have our solar array generating and feeding into the grid already so our 60 cents a kilowatt hour is locked in until 2016.... although I think there is a 300 megawatt cap. However, if you were considering installing solar power but haven't signed an agreement yet you will be stuck with 20 cents per kilowatt hour - which for most will make the installation of solar panels an unappealing and non-viable choice.
A range of news articles have been published on the topic - here are some if you would like to read more.
Slashed feed-in tariff makes solar hot water even more attractive - Government - News - Southern Courier
New South Wales is slashing the gross feed-in tariff for its solar bonus scheme because it is costing too much - Sydney Morning Herald.
Power blame game heats up (TheAustralian Article)
We have our solar array generating and feeding into the grid already so our 60 cents a kilowatt hour is locked in until 2016.... although I think there is a 300 megawatt cap. However, if you were considering installing solar power but haven't signed an agreement yet you will be stuck with 20 cents per kilowatt hour - which for most will make the installation of solar panels an unappealing and non-viable choice.
A range of news articles have been published on the topic - here are some if you would like to read more.
Slashed feed-in tariff makes solar hot water even more attractive - Government - News - Southern Courier
New South Wales is slashing the gross feed-in tariff for its solar bonus scheme because it is costing too much - Sydney Morning Herald.
Power blame game heats up (TheAustralian Article)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Simple creative fun
We journeyed into Sydney last weekend to catch up at a work reunion... we are lucky enough to have an Auntie and Uncle in the Blue Mountains who looked after the kids while the adults travelled down to Cronulla for a ferry cruise.
I just wanted to share with you the creations the kids created with Uncle A... aren't they wonderful... no wonder the kids always want to visit Uncle A and Auntie C... we have a plane a bus and a racing car.
I just wanted to share with you the creations the kids created with Uncle A... aren't they wonderful... no wonder the kids always want to visit Uncle A and Auntie C... we have a plane a bus and a racing car.
This of course is following on from our middle child's obsession about collecting things for next years Waste to Art competition run in our council area by Netwaste. He has been carefully stockpiling all sorts of waste - from lolly wrappers to foil to bottle tops.
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