LIFESTYLE & SUSTAINABILITY
Townsville has a great lifestyle and it can be sustainable and green. Whatever your reasons, be they monetary or your principals or beliefs, there are plenty of great local businesses, groups and initiatives that can help you to achieve your own personal goals.
Maybe you would like to reduce your energy consumption. The cost of electricity will keep rising and the best way to combat that is to reduce demand. Have an energy audit done so you can identify which appliances are the least efficient, and are using the most electricity in your home or business so that you can slowly replace them.
Or perhaps you would like to reduce your water consumption. Most water gets used for gardening due to the long dry season. Check out the Rowes Bay Sustainable Centre or Permaculture Townsville to find out about the choice of plants for your garden in our climate, and then the most efficient way of watering them and keeping them happy.
Cycle to work! Leave the car in the driveway and find out how good it is to get to work or elsewhere on your bicycle. There are many good bike paths around town, and enough side streets to make it possible. Enjoy it! Get fit, save money on petrol or diesel and why not join the Townsville Bicycle Users Group. If you can’t cycle please explore the bus services. They are improving all the time and need our support to make them better.
Maybe you would like to reduce your energy consumption. The cost of electricity will keep rising and the best way to combat that is to reduce demand. Have an energy audit done so you can identify which appliances are the least efficient, and are using the most electricity in your home or business so that you can slowly replace them.
Or perhaps you would like to reduce your water consumption. Most water gets used for gardening due to the long dry season. Check out the Rowes Bay Sustainable Centre or Permaculture Townsville to find out about the choice of plants for your garden in our climate, and then the most efficient way of watering them and keeping them happy.
Cycle to work! Leave the car in the driveway and find out how good it is to get to work or elsewhere on your bicycle. There are many good bike paths around town, and enough side streets to make it possible. Enjoy it! Get fit, save money on petrol or diesel and why not join the Townsville Bicycle Users Group. If you can’t cycle please explore the bus services. They are improving all the time and need our support to make them better.
Sustainable Townsville
Sustainable Townsville’s main purpose and activities are to communicate, promote and educate the community on the benefits of carbon abatement and offset initiatives.
Most importantly, Sustainable Townsville aims to provide a platform for mums and dads, small business operators, retirees and local leaders to put forward a range of fresh ideas on local, national and global issues relating to the abatement or offsetting of carbon. To learn more about our activities visit:
sustainabletownsville.org.au
Most importantly, Sustainable Townsville aims to provide a platform for mums and dads, small business operators, retirees and local leaders to put forward a range of fresh ideas on local, national and global issues relating to the abatement or offsetting of carbon. To learn more about our activities visit:
sustainabletownsville.org.au
ecoSAVVY
ecoSAVVY's goal is to increase the availability of homes and buildings in the North Queensland region that provide comfort, lifestyle and economic benefits to homeowners, with less reliance on electricity and less impact on the planet AND to promote sustainable lifestyle behaviours.
ecoSAVVY is an advocate for North Queenslanders planning our future, acknowledging our tropical climate and designing appropriately, developing responsibly and transitioning to a more sustainable and less consumptive way of living.
ecosavvy.com.au
ecoSAVVY is an advocate for North Queenslanders planning our future, acknowledging our tropical climate and designing appropriately, developing responsibly and transitioning to a more sustainable and less consumptive way of living.
ecosavvy.com.au
Solar City
The Townsville Queensland Solar City project is part of the Australian Government’s leading-edge Solar Cities program, which aims to trial new, sustainable models for electricity supply.
The project has incorporated a range of initiatives to reduce wasteful energy usage, increase solar energy usage and cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50,000 tonnes.
To find out more go to:
townsvillesolarcity
The project has incorporated a range of initiatives to reduce wasteful energy usage, increase solar energy usage and cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50,000 tonnes.
To find out more go to:
townsvillesolarcity