In 2024, two Ku-ring-gai communities—a 20-unit apartment block and a kindergarten—won ‘Cool Seat’ compost systems thanks to Ku-ring-gai Council’s ‘Net Zero’ Team, Electrifying Bradfield and sustainable designer Michael Mobbs. Now you have a chance to win one of four Cool Seats for your community.
Applications close 28th September 2025 at 5pm.
Sustainable Futures Day
Here is David Smith from Electrifying Bradfield helping children with the solar car challenge. Electrifying Bradfield has facilitated access to the solar car kits from Kite Magic. These kits are made from a range of re-purposed, specially 3D printed and sourced components. The components are designed in a way that requires participants to experiment in order to get an effective solar car, teaching both problem solving and aspects of renewable power.
If your school/organisation would like to run Solar Car days, please contact Electrifying Bradfield.
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Electrifying Bradfield is about doing what we can to support adoption of renewable energy within the Upper North Shore. We have a vision of a cleaner, cheaper energy future made possible by the electrification of our houses and transport. This vision is heavily influenced by Saul Griffiths and 'Rewiring Australia'.
Electrifying Bradfield works mainly using volunteer time. Contributing $50 goes a long way to helping us run solar information nights, attend markets and fairs and provide educational materials.
Note that Electrifying Bradfield is a not-for-profit, although not a certified charity (DGR).
* YOU'RE PAYING NEAR $2.00/LITRE FOR PETROL? Well, know that only about 30 cents of that is powering your car! The rest is goiong up in smoke! - ONLY ABOUT 15% OF THAT IS ACTUALLY POWERING YOUR CAR!
* THAT'S RIGHT! '85% of the petrol you put into your car is wasted as heat' [THE CONVERSATION' 12/5/23]
* That means 85% OF YOUR PETROL GOES INTO THE AIR AS EMISSIONS!
* ELECTRIC CARS DON'T HAVE ANY EMISSIONS!
* LACK OF INFORMATION MAYBE THE MAIN CAUSE OF RESIDENTS OF BRADFIELD NOT TAKING POSITIVE ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE - 'WHAT SHOULD I DO?' HOW DO I DO IT?'
*Survey research by Ku-ring-gai Council 'Net Zero' Team found that one of the main barriers reported by respondents for NOT taking positive action against climate change is because of a lack of information!
* This is supported by reponses to Electrifying Bradfield's own social survey.
* Two 'problems' with solar panels and reasons for 'why I'm not installing them' that are said to me constantly are that 'manufacturing solar panels uses a lot of [fossil-fuel) energy' and 'they can't be recycled - we're going to have our rubbish dumps filled with old solar panels'!
WRONG! JUST ANOTHER TWO MYTHS THAT NEED TO BE CHALLENGED AND CORRECTED!
* In latest developments researchers at Macquarie University, Sydney have made two significant discoveries in the manufacture and recycling of solar panels!
- Read more about BREAKING NEWS! SOLAR PANEL RECYCLABILITY!
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* Some of the biggest energy providers in Australia are our very worst emissions polluters!
* Recent study by CHOICE shows several of our biggest electricity providers are also the biggest polluters!
*You may well be surprised - even those purported to be offering 'green energy' - for a price!
Check it out on the CHOICE website - you can easily get a one-off entry! - or you can join!
* Check to see if you are being supplied by one of the big polluters - then get advice about how easy it is to change!
* We've established that cooking or heating with gas is not the best thing to do for anyone who suffers from any sort of asthma or lung condition - because up to 30% of the gas goes into the room and not into the cooking!
* Well now we've also established a similar impact on our health! Increasing air pollution from burning fossil fuels in motor vehicles!
*11,000 Australians now die every year from diseases attributed to air pollution! This is more than die from skin cancers!
Saturday 19th February:
* NSW Treasurer Matt Kean announced an $8 million fund for pilot community electrification projects.
* A pilot project is a community-based demonstration of renewably produced electrification in a town or community,
* Could be your house, apartment block, estate, street, community, shopping centre, whole suburb!
* Funding will be allocated by application - $8 million won't go far so if you're interested get in quick
WHAT ARE HEAT PUMPS? HOW DO THEY WORK? WHY SHOULD I BUY ONE?
WHAT IS AN INDUCTION COOKTOP?
[Authored by someone who has cooked by induction for many years]
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Recently, the perennial debate about Australia building nuclear power stations has once again emerged. Once again, much of the comment demonstrates ignorance and myth!
* There are numerous reasons for why Australia should not engage in nuclear power. However, for me whether we 'should' build nuclear power stations or not is irrelevant. There is a more important argument than 'should' we! it is that Australia has NO NEED to develop nuclear power because we have more than sufficient renewable energy, particularly from sunlight!
- Read more about WHY AUSTRALIA DOES NOT NEED NUCLEAR POWER!
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Results from a recent study in California concludes that increasing the number of EVs on our roads might not only be positive for our environment but for our health as well. [see Garcia.E., Johnston.J., and others. 'California's early transition to electric vehicles:Observed health and air quality co-benefits'. Science of the Total Environment, Elvisier, V867, 1 :https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723003765?via%3Dihub]