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Sustainability Talk

Posted by Darren Bowman on May 10, 2012 at 12:55 AM Comments comments (0)

As a past student of the Diploma of Sustainability I was honoured to be asked to give a brief talk to prospective students at the 2012 introductory session last night.  I outlined how I have put what I learnt during the course into practice and how I have applied the knowledge to my business.  I included the main elements of Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) as well as our sustainable office practices; things like energy efficiency and paper use.  I also touched on ...

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The Story of Stuff

Posted by Darren Bowman on November 17, 2011 at 8:40 PM Comments comments (0)

This is the best explanation of the hows and whys of consumption.  A must watch!  The "Story of Stuff" makes you realise how you've been conned into believing that you need more stuff to be happy.  This is an engineered idea to grow the economy, but to the detriment of the environment and humanity.  Don't go shopping until you have seen this film in its entirety.  http://youtu.be/9GorqroigqM


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Climate Quandry

Posted by Darren Bowman on November 17, 2011 at 7:50 PM Comments comments (0)

Love this!

Honestly, how bad would it be? Think houses that use less energy, lower energy bills, energy that comes from clean renewables, less pollution, cleaner water, enough water, better health, clean air, etc. etc. etc...   What would be wrong with that?


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