At the market last weekend, fennel bulbs and pumpkins were everywhere. That means cold weather is upon us. June 1st is the official start of winter in Melbourne, although the temperature is still in ...
How to Colour Easter Eggs Naturally
Make your Easter a bit greener and more sustainable by colouring the eggs naturally. Brown Easter eggs are my favourite for two reasons: the colour is natural and so simple to make, brown is ...
How to Make Hay for Pets
Seeing the photo above, some might ask: what on earth are we doing here? Making hay. But why? In an inner city backyard? There are no big meadows or cows close by! Well, we are using it as the ...
Soft Butter Spread Recipe
In my previous post on butter, Butter vs. Margarine, I wrote about why butter is a better option. As I mentioned at the end, there is one thing about butter that isn’t so handy: it’s solid and hard ...
Community Garden Plot
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 ...
Simple Ideas for Reusing Coconut Shells
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 ...
Eco-Fun for Kids: Grow Your Veggies and Eat it Too!
Engaging kids in the organic gardening from an early age has many benefits: it teaches them about nature, sustainability, environment, patience, to appreciate food, etc. When they are older, ...
How to Roast and Eat Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds are truly nature’s wonder food. They are full of vitamins and minerals including zinc, iron, magnesium, copper and potassium. Half a cup pumpkin seeds provides us with our daily ...
Healthy and easy: Berry Pudding
I'm very excited to see the first strawberry flowers in our container garden: the berry season in upon us! We will have just enough of our strawberries to taste, but usually go to the berry farms to ...
Homemade Vanilla Extract in Less Than 5 Minutes
Vanilla is my all time favourite spice! There’s something luxurious, exotic and warm in the vanilla scent. This might be why: vanilla plant belongs to the orchid family growing in tropical regions ...