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…
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…
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…
Finally tackling an extremely unpleasant mistake I have an extremely unpleasant mistake in my backyard that’s been haunting me for three years. For my NEW action today I finally confronted it and created the solution to move forward … thanks to Blue Mountains Garden Groupies. We all make mistakes. Even Read more…
Step-by-step Permablitz Guide to set up a Zone 0 Permaculture Kitchen Garden Council’s Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative is half way through a free Permaculture Design Course with young people thanks to the support of a Youth Opportunities Grant. It’s building on a Teacher Training Course we ran in December Read more…
Just Look Up I’ve never reviewed a movie before, but tonight, for my #AYearInADay action, I decided to watch and review ‘Don’t Look Up’. With all the buzz around it, and a cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo di Caprio, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett (who I seriously didn’t recognise!) Read more…
Time Travelling in the Time of Covid Since Omicron arrived I’m rarely leaving the house, but I AM having a real ball time-travelling. I don’t know if it’s age, or COVID, but I’ve been filled with nostalgia for a past life. During the first Lockdown I tidied and sorted and Read more…
Taking positive action inspires and creates a cascading effect leading to change I keep thinking I’m doing everything I possibly can, and then someone surprises me by showing me there’s so much more that can be done to restore planetary health. Today I looked back at the last 10 days Read more…