Yesterday we started the Energy Retrofit on the old fibro house next to the Greeny Flat. I’ve written about this project a few times in recent Newsletters but starting this week I’m going to try something new and different. As the retrofit progresses we’re going to be making a series of short little YouTube videos […]

By now you probably know that the high Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) that were put in place to stimulate the residential solar industry in NSW are coming to an end on December 31st. Quite a few of my friends and acquaintances have enjoyed the luxury of a taxpayer-funded solar system on their roof and are quite […]

Cintia and I are currently on a fact-finding and sun-seeking mission between Sydney and Brisbane so this Newsletter will be brief as I am writing it from the road.

Last night’s campsite near Broom’s Head… another perfect deserted beach… ho hum.

FIT’s and REC’s

As most of you are probably aware, the days […]

This week I would like to introduce you to the extraordinary work of Catarina Mota and Marcin Jakubowski.

Marcin and Catarina are Open Source Advocates and they are working on a number of projects that could prove to be highly disruptive to corporate interests and highly beneficial to people.

So what does ‘Open Source’ mean? […]

Repower Shoalhaven is a community group that gathers ethical investments from local community members and uses the money to fund solar power systems for businesses and community organisations. Technically speaking, these systems are not ‘free’ to the recipient because they pay for them over time by purchasing the power produced. However, effectively the result is […]