House

Our home and garden can be a bottomless pit of resource consuming ecological inefficiency – or a healthy Eden of self-sufficiency. So how do we manage that part of our ecological footprint we most control, our home, and set it on a sustainable path?

Insulate, shade and weatherproof your home

Insulating, shading and weather proofing your house can save you up to 45% on your current home energy bills.

DIY environmental home checklist

Time to grab the clipboard and run the environmental ruler over your home.

Make your renovations green

Renovations are the ideal opportunity to make your house more efficient and sustainable. Try these tips and feel good about your home.

Install solar hot water

Sunlight converts cold water into hot water. No gasses are emitted and no one gets hurt. Life is rarely this simple!

Install efficient appliances and fixtures

When investing in large household appliances and fixtures, use the government’s Energy and Water Ratings (Stars) to guide you.

Harvest and use your rainwater

Install a rainwater tank to collect and store the rain hitting your roof and use it to water your garden, wash your clothes or fill your toilet.

Generate your own electricity

The sun hitting your roof can power your home. It’s just a question of gadgets.

Buy renewable electricity

Every time you use electricity in your home greenhouse gases are belched out on your behalf. So buy the clean stuff!

Use water efficiently

Water conservation on the driest continent on the planet is essential, logical and too long in coming. There are lots of easy things we can all do!

Embrace energy efficiency

Energy conservation through the adoption of efficient technology and behaviours saves resources and money.

Environment

The urban spread of our houses and gardens, and the power, water and materials required for them to provide us with a comfortable living space, account for a very significant proportion of our ecological footprint. Managed effectively, this integral part of our lives can be a vehicle for the conservation, generation and collection of energy, water and natural resources. It can even supply us with much of the food we need.

Wellbeing

Our homes are our sanctuaries where we bring our dearest, raise our children and spend over half our lives. Tapping the potential of the house and garden to rejuvenate, inspire and soothe us, as well as protecting and sheltering us, is one of the creative missions of any householder's life.

Our Living Coast

Sustainable Living Guide