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Photo: Energy AustraliaWant to live rent free for a year, and pay no costs for energy and water needs? Not enough incentive for you? How about the possibility of having a plug-in electric car in your garage, as well?

This is the deal that Energy Australia is offering, in concert with Sydney Water. They’ll be interviewing successful applicants, who will ideally be a family with kids to spend 12 month live-testing an energy and water smart home in the west of Sydney. The project that has been described by the NSW state government, one of the backers, as a ‘bit like “The Jetsons” meet “Big Brother.’…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: BonoboYoink is new software that gives a triple scoop of that tasty treat: Free. It is a free iPhone application, which provides a free service geographically linking people who want to give away free stuff with those who want it.

Think of it as Freecycle in your pocket. As the media release explains,“The Yoink iPhone application uses the inbuilt camera to photograph the item and the GPS to determine the location so people only have to write a short text description to list an item.”

Although a new service, to be officially launched next week, early members in Australia, USA, Canada, Italy and Macedoni…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photography by Peter BennettsWe have long been fans of the work of Australian architect Andrew Maynard,(doing nine posts!) who does smart, green work with a sense of humour. The always gorgeousSanctuary Magazinecovers his latest, a renovation in Melbourne, Australia, and interviews him about his philosophy of sustainable design. He quotes as well as he designs; some of the better ones:…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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 Coco Ecois an award winning bed and breakfast named both after the area it is located (Coconut Well, Australia) and the ecological principles that it embraces such as:

• solar powered facilities
• black & grey water recycled and purified in Wastewatergarden®.
• plantation & recycled timbers
• solar passive design principles
• building footprints designed to minimize impact on local flora and fauna
• reduced use of chemicals & PVC products
• recycling programs
• organic vegetable garden & free range eggs

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