Make Your Own Bread – Inspirational Video

November 27, 2009 by Brat  
Filed under Homemade

Bread making is one of the simplest ways to make your life more sustainable.  It is not a coincidence that we say bread is staff of life.  Do you make your own bread?

This inspirational video was created by Make Bread.

Our Community Vegetable Garden Plot

November 20, 2009 by Vesna  
Filed under Sustainable Living, Urban Garden

community garden soil preparation

Finally, after more than one year since applying for a plot in the local community garden, we’ve got one!  Coincidentally, we received the news on the day Sustainable Echo was celebrating its first birthday.  It felt like a real anniversary…

Simple Ideas for Reusing Coconut Shells

November 11, 2009 by Vesna  
Filed under Recycling, Sustainable Living, Urban Garden

Coconut shell basket

9 – 15 November 2009 is National Recycling Week (Australia) founded by Planet Ark in 1996.  This post is Sustainable Echo’s contribution to NRW.  It’s about finding another use for something otherwise destined for the dump: the coconut shell.

Recently I…

Sustainable Eco Turns One!

November 6, 2009 by Vesna  
Filed under Sustainable Living

confetti

One year has passed since we had our first blog entry published!  Time is flying by so quickly, but somehow we feel Sustainable Echo has been part of our family’s life for years.  In a way it is true:  we’ve…