Love Local and Love Global Blue Mountains City Council’s Love Local Campaign has been at the front of my mind this week as I’ve been trying to decide the best new actions I could choose to restore planetary health! Two days ago I purchased my first ever Vegan cookbook, inspired Read more…
Microgreens Part 2 Just under two weeks ago I made my first attempt at growing microgreens. I’ve been so impressed at how quickly we got a crop. Today we harvested the last of them and used them on our Laksa for dinner. Researchers have found that the leaves of microgreens Read more…
Not Just Another Vegan Cookbook I just LOVE Food. I love growing it, cooking it and eating it, and today a whole new world opened up for me when I bought my first ever Vegan Cookbook – hot off the press – by Katoomba writer and fabulous cook, Teya Brooks Read more…
We’d love you to share what you’re doing to inspire us all to act! A huge thank you to Tracie McMahon for sharing her action with us on the Planetary Health Initiative Facebook page – we were inspired to try it today too! While it may be a daily practice Read more…
Barriers to action As we confront ‘the fierce urgency of NOW’ in the face of deteriorating planetary health, we unfortunately also face many barriers to taking the action that’s needed. I know how bad driving is for the environment, and particularly for human health, as increasing amounts of nitrogen oxides, Read more…
Today I contributed to biodiversity science by posting my first observation on iNaturalist! I am so chuffed! Since I did my post on signing up for the Frog ID app, I’ve been urged by many friends to sign up for iNaturalist as well. Well, today, the motivation finally arrived on Read more…
Keeping e-waste out of landfill to create a circular economy Four days ago I picked up a screen that had been dumped in the bush on my favourite walk. Today, for my new action for a Year in a Day, I took it to the Katoomba Resource Recovery & Waste Read more…
Storing locally acclimatised seeds in a fireproof safe! Today I taught Design for Disaster to the Planetary Health Initiative’s Permaculture students. Part of building our food security in the face of future disasters, is ensuring we have enough locally acclimatised seeds. Now that we’ve been through drought, fire, flood and Read more…
The long arms of the potatoes in a long grain rice bag! The young people doing the Planetary Health Initiative’s Permaculture Design Course are working flat out today on a design for their dream Planetary Health demonstration site at the old Katoomba Golf Course. There are more photos at the Read more…
Today’s new action: Baking our first-ever vegan plant-based quiche My husband and I have been together night and day throughout the pandemic. Day in, day out. But life is short, and so very very precious. So tonight we celebrated that we were fortunate enough to be having dinner together again. Read more…
Taking Action to Make Dreams Come True Human nature and psychology are just so interesting to observe. When we know that certain actions will most definitely fill us with joy, improve and lengthen our lives, or save the planet … why don’t we act on them? It remains a mystery, Read more…