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Clothing Industry
Clothing/Fashion Industry Why does it matter? The fast fashion industry is inherently degenerative. Worldwide, the combined emissions for the clothing and footwear industry are roughly 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The fast fashion movement is renowned for underpaying their employees 10 Statistics About Fast Fashion Waste (information sourced from https://earth.org/statistics-about-fast-fashion-waste/ and based on…
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Local Recycling
Ideally, we want to Refuse, Reduce, Repurpose our “waste.” The next best step is to Recycle Bridgetown Library Recycling Hub Located at Bridgetown Library 75 Steere Street, Bridgetown, WA, 6255, (08) 9761 2503, Opening Hours 10am -5pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, 10am -7pm Thursday 9am -12 noon Saturday (These…
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Ageing in our Community
PAGE UNDER DEVELOPMENT Ageing in our Community Open Space – March 2024 Power…
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Living Well Dying Well
Living Well- Dying Well In Sept 2021 we held an Open Space with the film “Love in our own Time,” followed by discussion. As well as interested members of the community, we had representatives from many Care Services and Organisations in our local community attending, including Geegeelup Aged Care, Henri Nuewen House, Natural Therapists,…
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Housing - Sustainable and Affordable
Excursion to Balingup Cluster Housing/Straw bale house May 2023 Presentation from Adrian Price Shire accommodation Presentation from Wendy Trow huf and puff OS Alternative Housing Options Forum – May 2022 Video of…
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Verge Gardens
Shire Update 07-2023 https://www.bridgetown.wa.gov.au/services/roads/verge-managment.aspx Habitat Trays for Waterwise Verge Gardens are now (30-05-22) available The Bridgetown Community Landcare Nursery grows local plants for local wildlife. To help gardeners and those on small properties they have created habitat trays, collections of 10 plants in forester tubes that are specially selected to encourage local wildlife, including: blue wren…
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Food "Waste"
Why is Food Waste important? Why are we bothering? As promised, here are the answers to the Food Waste Quiz. Answers to Food Waste in Australia – Quiz 40% of the average household rubbish bin is food waste The $ value of food thrown away each year by the average Australian household is…
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Energy - Power options for a more sustainable and regenerative future
Bridgetown Energy Transition (BET) Energy Audits Contact Jim on 049 755 7646 or email bridgetownenergytransition21@gmail.com to ask for an Energy Audit or to discuss options to move to more sustainable power options. Jim can provide a host of low cost, simple tips to save energy, as well as advice on choosing and installing solar panels.…
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Buy Local Food
Why Buy Local Food? The current Global Food system Produces 50% of the world’s CO2 emissions Degrades our Soils Requires the use of chemicals, additives and preservatives, causing ill health Uses excessive packaging Allows big companies to make more profit due to crazy tax laws and the farmer to receive only 10% of what we…
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