Our Greenprints blog collects ideas on how to reduce our ecological footprint. Do you want to share your tips? Simply click on the category you want to post (Energy, Food, Garden, Home, Office or Transport) and post your tip. 
Energy Tips
Use A Power Meter
19-11-2008: Darren suggests use a power meter more...
Electricity accounts for 50% of energy consumed by Australian households and for 85% of greenhouse emissions.
13-11-2008: Electricity accounts for 50% of energy consumed by Australian households and for 85% of greenhouse emissions. This November 23rd –… more...
Darren suggests use a power meter more... |
| Food consumption accounts for 35% of Australia’s ecological footprint and is a great place to start reducing your own footprint. more... |
The equivalent of two swimming pools worth of fresh water are released into the Snowy... more... |
| The average Australian house produces 14 tonnes of greenhouse gases per year. Recycling, borrowing or small home improvements can lessen this impact. more... |
| Office buildings produce millions of tones of greenhouse gases each year. Simple steps can be made to reduce the environmental impact of your office. more... |
| In Sydney, 70% of transport occurs in private vehicles. This transport also accounts for one third of household energy emissions. more... |