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EXPLORE ACTIONS THAT SAVE POWER, WATER, MONEY AND HELP FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
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Be a responsible pet owner
Pets give us company, affection and love. But with ownership comes responsibili...
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Adopt a vegetarian diet
Join the mung bean nation! Prevent the sizzling death of a thousand innocent an...
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Reduce dairy in your diet
Bovine breast milk goes great with your cereal, but its production contributes ...
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Use plants to remove toxins
Is your living space giving you 'sick building syndrome'? Treat it with a colle...
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Buy local and seasonal food
Locally produced food grown in sync with the seasons is fresher and requires les...
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Avoid genetically modified (GM) food
Avoid eating Genetically Modified (GM) Food and demand more thorough testing and...
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Use non-toxic cleaners
Common cleaning products, disinfectants and air fresheners are creating a toxic...
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Immerse yourself in nature
Go hiking, bird watch, swim in the sea or simply enjoy nature and your connecti...
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Eat less meat
Replace at least one meat meal per week with a vegetarian option. Land used for...
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Reduce your stormwater pollution
By managing your domestic stormwater, you can reduce polluting the waterways we ...
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Prevent stormwater pollution
Waste from industrial sites can cause major environmental damage if they enter t...
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Eat organic food
Too many pesticides, herbicides and fungicides in your food? Try eating organic.
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Install efficient appliances and fixtures
When investing in large household appliances and fixtures, use the government's...
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Cultivate energy saving habits
Energy saving habits are easy to learn. By changing your daily habits, you can ...
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Cultivate water saving habits
Water saving habits are those easy-to-learn daily behaviours that can save us t...
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Generate your own electricity
The sun hitting your roof can power your home. It's just a question of gadgets.
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Harvest and use your rainwater
Install a rainwater tank to collect and store rain hitting your roof and use it...
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Make your business carbon neutral
With environmental concerns taking centre stage, businesses and organisations a...
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Assess your home's sustainability
Like many of us, and with the impending carbon price, you might be thinking abou...
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Buy an energy efficient car
With the emergence of peak oil and climate change as hot issues, car manufactur...
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Water efficient gardening
With less rainfall and hotter weather predicted in the coming decades, we need ...
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Install solar hot water
Sunlight converts cold water into hot water. No gases are emitted and no one get...
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Insulate, shade and weatherproof your house
Insulating, shading and weatherproofing your house can save you up to 45 per ce...
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Grow an indigenous garden
Growing indigenous and endemic plants in your backyard helps extend remnant pat...
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Reuse your greywater
Reusing greywater to water lawns and gardens could save up to 50,000 litres of d...
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Water efficient gardening
With less rainfall and hotter weather predicted in the coming decades, we need ...
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Cultivate water saving habits
Water saving habits are those easy-to-learn daily behaviours that can save us t...
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Mulch your patch
Mulching your garden beds improves soil health and prevents water loss through e...
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Install efficient appliances and fixtures
When investing in large household appliances and fixtures, use the government's...
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Harvest and use your rainwater
Install a rainwater tank to collect and store rain hitting your roof and use it...
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Use water efficiently
Water conservation on the driest continent on the planet is essential, logical ...
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Install efficient appliances and fixtures
When investing in large household appliances and fixtures, use the government's...
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Adopt a vegetarian diet
Join the mung bean nation! Prevent the sizzling death of a thousand innocent an...
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Reduce dairy in your diet
Bovine breast milk goes great with your cereal, but its production contributes ...
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Cultivate energy saving habits
Energy saving habits are easy to learn. By changing your daily habits, you can ...
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Embrace energy efficiency
Energy conservation can save resources and money through the adoption of efficie...
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Generate your own electricity
The sun hitting your roof can power your home. It's just a question of gadgets.
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Make your renovations green
Renovations are the ideal opportunity to make your house more efficient and sus...
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Invest ethically
Your investments may fund activities that are not sustainable and may be contra...
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Choose green service providers
Wading through the ‘green wash’ to find service providers whose pro...
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Reduce and offset car emissions
A litre of petrol produces about 2.3 kilograms of greenhouse gases and more tha...
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Car pool
If you have to use the car, those regular trips to work, the market or school c...
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Use public transport
Buses, trains and trams all use far less resources than cars. Increased use wil...
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Reduce and offset air travel emissions
A return flight to Europe and back will travel over 25,000 kilometres and emit ...
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Recycle organic waste
Nutrient recycling is the foundation of life. Today's organic waste is tomorrow...
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Eat less meat
Replace at least one meat meal per week with a vegetarian option. Land used for...
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Assess your home's sustainability
Like many of us, and with the impending carbon price, you might be thinking abou...
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Buy an energy efficient car
With the emergence of peak oil and climate change as hot issues, car manufactur...
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Power down
Energy conservation at work saves resources, slows climate change and leaves the...
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Buy renewable electricity
Every time you use electricity in your home greenhouse gases are belched out on ...
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Install solar hot water
Sunlight converts cold water into hot water. No gases are emitted and no one get...
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Insulate, shade and weatherproof your house
Insulating, shading and weatherproofing your house can save you up to 45 per ce...
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Ride a bike
Stay fit, focused and firm and help save the world. Explore bike paths, cycle gr...