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Welcome
The general aim of these pages is help people, especially individuals and families in Qld, find information to help them live a more "self-sufficient" lifestyle. Whether they're interested in environmental sustainability or just want to save money, they are sure to find something of interest in these pages.
In these pages "self sufficiency" will will be used as a general term to cover strategies that can help people:
1. become less dependant on outside resources (e.g. money, services)
2. make more use of their own resources (e.g. backyards, rainfall, sunshine, knowledge, personal time)
Complete self sufficiency may not be possible (or even desirable) for most people in the modern world, but almost anyone can become more self sufficient than they are now, and enjoy the many practical and personal benefits that can result. More about these pages...
Events
Due to time constraints, there is no comprehensive diary or events related to self sufficinecy issues here yet.
However, The Queensland Gardening Pages events diary lists a variety of garden shows, sustainablity expos, open gardens, seminars etc happening in Qld. Many of these will be of interest to those pursuing self sufficiency. So, if you live in this state, check it out here: Queensland Gardening Events
If you're involved in organising other events on related topics (e.g. solar energy), or events being held in other Australian states related to the topic of self sufficiency, you're welcome to send in some information so that they might be publicised on this page.
Other News
This section is almost redundant, as more and more stories about food gardens, water saving, sustainable energy etc appear in the mainstream media. A combination of environmental awareness (particularly carbon issues) on one hand and economic problems (mortage stress, petrol prices etc) on the other has seen a renewal of interest in these topics.
Therefore, this news section will mainly cover local (i.e. Queensland) issues, or other interesting bits and pieces that might be worthy of further publicity.
Brisbane City Council encourages growing your own
There's no doubt that the backyard veggie craze is hitting Australia. Check out the following from Brisbane City Council, which includes gardening tips from the Lord Mayor himself: Start growing your own food to make Brisbane more sustainable (April 2008)
The importance of pollinators
The Guelph Pollination Initiative (Canada) hopes that rehabiliation of a local landfill site into a habitat for birds and insects will provide a model for other pollination parks. Decline in pollinator numbers threaten future agricultural production worldwide. More information from the University of Guelph here: For the Bees and Birds and here:
Conference Looks at Turning Landfill Into World's First Pollination Park and (March 2008)
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