The Self Sufficiency Pages

Home food production, renewable energy, alternative technologies, sustainable agriculture
with emphasis on Brisbane and Queensland

Home and Lifestyle

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Transportation

TransInfo Public Transport Information for SE Qld

Cycling in Queensland Queensland Government

Australian Bicycle Council (Try your favourite search engine for cycling organisations active in your region)

Australian Electric Vehicle Association Inc.

RAIL Back On Track promoting rail transport in Australia. Includes a forum

Recycling

If you search for recycling in conjunction with your local town or region, you're likely to find plenty of information about local programs, recycling depots etc in your area. Here are a few more links which may be of interest:

Ecorecycle Victoria

Environmental Engineering Society Queensland

Queensland Gardening Pages - Waste management contains links about home composting

Queensland Gardening Pages - Worms, Worm Farms contains links about vermiculture

Toilets That Make Compost at www.ecosanres.org (PDF)

Natural Disasters and other Emergency Situations

Bureau of Meteorology Australia

The Disaster Handbook University of Florida, USA

Bushfire

Conference Proceedings, Australian Bushfire Conference, Albury, July 1999 A range of topics including bushfires in urban areas and effects on flora and fauna

Bushfire Weather Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

Fires, gardens and fire retardant plants - a bibliography Australian National Botanic Gardens

Wattles and Bushfires Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

Queensland Fire and Rescue Service

Rural Fire Service Queensland

NSW Rural Fire Service

Firewise Home Gardens ACT Planning and Land Authority

Country Fire Authority, Victoria

Houses for Bushfire-prone Sites (includes notes on landscaping) Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia (PDF)

Firewise USA

Fire Safe Council California, USA