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.
Source AEMC
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).
There's been a lot of negative speculation about how our waste depots will be overflowing with electric car batteries that can no longer power our EV cars!- how expensive it will be to recycle them - how difficult it will be to recycle all the components - even, some commentators, how dangerous it will be! AGAIN! ALL WRONG!
If you are looking for places to recycle some more things that you can't- shouldn't be-putting into local council bins - here are a few suggestions:
Officeworks Stores generally accept:
* mobile phones; DVDs; CDs; USBs; ink and toner cartridges; computers and accessories
Aldi stores - have receptacles for batteries [and hearing aid suppliers often accept hearing aid batteries for recycling]
Chief Executive of Volkswagen describes Australia as 'an automotive third world'! - which no major world car manufacturers will be supplying with their electric vehicles to! [The Saturday Paper 14-20, p 15,January, 2023
First its Honda! [noticed how many disappearing Honda agencies there are in Sydney?? Wondered why?]
Now its VW! Who'll be next?
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* According to some calculations by geologists/climate scientists the fossil carbon sources that we are now burning [coal/oil/gas] were originally produced/laid down at the rate of
5 grams / second - a teaspoon every second!
We are currently burning those non-renewable resources at a rate of
5000 tonnes/second!
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* Source - pvmagazine.com [January 2023]
* Thermo- acoustic heat pump
* Developed by Equium {France} - can't provide too much detail here because of copyright - so go online to check it out!
* Revolutionary design based on hi fi sound wave passed through helium gas.
* Claim more efficient and reliable in all conditions than refrigerator-based heat pumps.
* Predicted available end of 2023.
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* From Faradion website - check it out! Watch the video! Check out the Na-ion website! nationenergie.com
* Faradion is a UK company [now also based and selling in Australia as Nation Energie, Level 2, 1 Collins Street, Melbourne
* They have produced and are selling batteries based on salt crystals! - no lithium or cobalt here! - just saltwater!!
* The batteries are made from recyclable plastic - so all components are recyclable - over and over again!
Taking Simple Positive Actions Against Climate Change!
Confronting Four Aussie Myths About Action Against Climate Change!
In reading and listening to much corporate and social media commentary and in conversations I have with people there seem to be four very common Aussie myths about climate change and energy and actions we need to take!
All of these myths need to be challenged!
MYTH 1: ‘Coal exports are essential to our future economy’ – WRONG!
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This is a question I am asked often when people talk to me about ‘climate change’
Simple answer –
WEATHER – is the day-to-day conditions of things like:
*sun [sunny, cloudy, partly cloudy, overcast] and temperature, [hot,warm,cold]
*precipitation [drizzle, showers, rain, dew, frost, rain, storms, hail, snow]
*wind - strength[gentle, light, strong, gale, tornado] & direction
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Interested in buying an electric car!!
Anton at 'Good Car Company' in Tasmania has just announced a special deal to anyone interested! The 'Good Car Company' is a community bulk EV purchasing organisation.
During December! Buy one of Anton's second hand cars and he will give you a $500.00 EV Charge Card - that will be 4000 kilometres of free motoring!!
He will also contribute - on your behalf- $500.00 to that wonderful 'not-for-profit' sustainable organisation - SEED!
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