Sustainable Action Guide
Top 10 Actions
- Cultivate Waste Reduction Habits
- DIY Environmental Home Checklist
- Embrace Energy Efficiency
- Generate your own Electricity
- Install Efficient Appliances and Fixtures
- Reduce and Offset Car Emissions
- Use Water Efficiently
- Grow your own Food
- Make your Renovations Green
- Power Down
Sustainable Living in the Blue Mountains
In 2003 the Blue Mountains community endorsed a vision; “Towards a more sustainable Blue Mountains”. Developed in conjunction with the Natural Strategies Group, the following series of sustainable living actions are a guide designed to help Blue Mountains residents take action to live more sustainably at home and in our community. Each of these actions are relevant to our lives in the Blue Mountains and contain information about how small, easy changes can have positive impacts on our unique environment, our health and wellbeing and our hip-pockets!
Please take a tour through these easy and interesting actions. Learn something new, do something new to live more sustainably in the Blue Mountains today!
These actions will be updated from time to time with new ones so please come back again to learn about what you can do to live more sustainably. Don’t forget to tell your friends, colleagues and neighbours to log on and take a tour through the Sustainable Living Guide. We all need to work towards creating a sustainable future for ourselves and our children.
Actions to reduce our carbon emissions
Generate your own Electricity
The sun hitting your roof can power your life. It's just a question of gadgets.
DIY Environmental Home Checklist
Time to grab the clipboard and run the environmental ruler over your home. Identify the low hanging fruit and big bang actions that will quickly and easily reduce your homes impact on the environment.
Cultivate Waste Reduction Habits
The average Australian household wastes over $1,000 dollars per year purchasing items they never use. So use what you buy, buy less and save...
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 to the most efficient ones, and save money over the long term as you continually conserve energy and water.
Embrace Energy Efficiency
Energy conservation through the adoption of efficient technology and behaviours saves resources and money.
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