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What can you acheive on a normal suburban block?
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Sustainability in the Suburbs
An Onion made me do it!
The Beginning
2 X Cherry Trees, 7 X dwarf Apples trees, 2 X lemon trees, 2 X Fig trees, 3 X Banana trees, 2 X grape vines, 3 X Guava trees, 1 X Loquat trees, 3 X peach/plum trees, 1 X almond tree, 1 X pear tree, 3 X olive trees, 1 X Tamarillo tree, 1 X Orange tree, 1 X Lime tree, 1 X Mandarin, 1 X Bay Leaf tree, 1 X giant rhubarb plant
The Need for Trees!
• A home for frogs and beneficial insects•Another place to grow food
Ponds from Truck Tires
•Free, indestructible, heat capturing, moisture retaining, stackable, portable, waterproof
Worm Farms from Car Tires
•200 litre Olive Barrels cost $15 each•1000 litre IBCs cost $70 each
Water Tanks from Food Grade Plastic
Do Fish go with Vegetables?
Breeding Quail
Chickens!!
•Worldwide coffee consumption is in excess of 7 Millions tonnes each year *
•Much of the by-product of this consumption is discarded to landfill
http://www.economist.com/node/13174477
Coffee Grounds - Current Situation
•People are looking to understand and adopt Green practices
•Most of us have access to coffee machines at local cafes or the workplace
•Used coffee grounds are ideal as a compost additive and nitrogen rich fertilizer
Opportunity
•A collection of volunteers that promote and practice the reuse of coffee grounds
•A decentralised model that encourages people to collect what they can carry off their own backs
•A growing collection of knowledge on all aspects in the reuse of coffee grounds for gardening
What is Ground to Ground
•Identify an initiative Champion - is that YOU?
•Determine availability and quantity of used coffee grounds
•If part of a group, communicate the initiative and determine number of volunteers
•Visit http://groundtoground.org for more information, or email [email protected] to request a consultation
How to Start?
Questions?