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• Re: "Nana" Technology

  2010-06-20 20:15:42 UTC

  Hi Lisa, Just wondered if some of the Transition Towns material would be of assistance. There are several groups currently progressing through this in Australian towns.
  
  I know some sustainability networks are also running workshops on some of the older skills, eg. Baw Baw Sustainability Network has had food drying & bread making workshops and is about to run a fruit tree grafting session. The Network has asked community members what other things they want to learn about and for people to volunteer their skills. At Cowes there was a group run a session on Vocola bottling and bought items in bulk/wholesale to assist with participants' costs.
  
  To my knowledge here are no brochures or research as you mention you would like,but there is certainly activity happening at many levels.
  
  There also is a book out by ABC presenter Juanita Phillips that might be of assistance - "The pressure cooker saved my life", which she wrote after suffering a physical breakdown - juggling work, family, new house & mortgage etc. and how she and her husband simplified their lives as a means to regaining health.
  
  northside.whereilive.com.au/.../interview-abc-newsreader-juanita-phillips/ - Cached
  www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Pressure-Cooker-Saved-My-Life-How-Have-All-Do-Keep-Juanita-Phillips/?... - Cached
  
  Rgeards
  Nola Anderson
  Gippsland Regional Waste Mangement Group
  Victoria, Australia
   

• Re: Line Drying Research Project

  2010-02-28 20:36:57 UTC

  Hi Ricky, I acknowledge Australia is very different to Canada, but as your houses are heated in winter it should not be difficult for people to put their clothes on a clothes horse to dry overnight or while they are at work as we do here during winter. Bed linen/sheets become the most difficult because of their size, but still possible if folded in half. In summer, drying outside is easy, BUT as in all these issues it is a matter of behaviour change. My sister-in-law is Canadian and was an electrical dryer user, but has changed over the years - probably due to husband's persistence. I think habit and perception of washing hanging up in living areas being untidy are the biggest barriers for you to overcome.
  Nola Anderson
  Australia
  
  Nola Anderson
  Mrs
  Gippsland Regional Waste Management Group
  Australia

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