Sustainability at the Pub

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Next Meeting 18 May at 5.30 for a 6pm start:

How do we get most of our food locally?

garden Ian Lillington is a permaculturist who is qualified as a trainer, and is experienced as a designer of sustainable homes and land systems. He is editor of the Mount Alexander Sustainability Group’s on-line newsletter and involved with a wide range of community and business ventures that support sustainable living.

In 2007, he published a book called The Holistic Life – a Beginners’ Guide to Permaculture *. The book is an intro to permaculture and also describes the house he designed and built from rammed earth and re-cycled materials in South Australia.

In 2006 they moved to Castlemaine, Central Victoria, where Ian is involved with the Mount Alexander Sustainability Group, the Growing Abundance permaculture project and teaching PDCs.

Ian also works for the National Centre for Sustainability and for a project that has carried out eco-retrofits of five neighbourhood houses, called Greener Houses.

This is a great related idea: look for free fruit around Bendigo ! fallingfruitbendigo.weebly.com/

A car that runs on air?!!! See the powerpoint presentation!

World's top 50 bike rides.We scoured the globe and made a call on the top 50.

For information about the end of the solar rebate click here.

Cape Paterson ecovillage makes financial sense read info

Incentive payment from the Bendigo Council

Council is offering the incentive in the form of a rate rebate. To be eligible, property owners must enter into an agreement with the Trust for Nature. A Trust for Nature conservation covenant will attract a once off up front payment of $25 per hectare of land protected and a 100 per cent rate rebate on the protected area thereafter. See more details.

Also click here for information on an up to 40% discount on the desexing of your pet from the council.

Singing Horses......try out your skills. See below for more fun and look through this website for amazing facts.

Come and meet a wide range of passionate people who are interested in making a positive difference. This is a monthly event held in a variety of licensed venues in and around Bendigo. See next meeting.

Whats wrong with Palm Oil? Click here to find out!

A list of free range pork producers

Get Reflex out of our native forests NOW!

The Government gives away our native forests for next to nothing (woodchips from native forests are sold for $2.50 a tonne!) and the multinational paper company is happy to profit from the proceeds. There are more than 2 million hectares of plantation forests in Australia, but companies like Australian Paper have rejected them because it is cheaper to keep buying woodchips that come from logging native trees. MORE

Use Xerox - Bendigo Copy Centre! see map see website

Environmentally sound paper offerings

Xerox believes we must do our utmost to use our resources wisely and most efficiently. All Xerox paper suppliers must meet a stringent set of environmental standards. MORE. Here is another good reason.......see the clip below with Sir David Attinborough. AMAZING!

Check the below links out for a laugh.

This is the best link I've seen on youtube for a long time. Share it around! It's awesome.

Ultimate Dog Tease

Moon Walking bird - the Mannequin Bird

Vegan Black Metal Chef - Pad Thai (language warning)

TEACH YOUR KIDS - Get them to go to this cool site

caged

There are atrocities happening now in this day and age to animals bread for meat. It is a truly terrible and shocking existence on any level. If you were truly aware of what is happening, you would seriously reconsider your diet...and your faith in humanity! more Image is of a farrowing house where pigs are left to breed litter after litter with no break, no interaction, no movement or stimulation for up to 10 years. As they are considered one of the most intelligent animals aside from dolphins, primates and humans, they end up going crazy.

Zero Waste Week Challenge Sourced from the
Ethical Consumer Group in Melbourne

garbage We are all aware of the risk of more frequent natural disasters, and local government is increasingly expected to engage with issues such as food security, rising household energy and transport costs, and community health challenges. The good news is that it is possible to respond in ways that deliver multiple benefits for healthy, just and sustainable communities. See more.

Featured Video - Story of Stuff Click here to watch video

bird Dispose of your plastic and rubbish thoughtfully. In fact, try not to buy anything that contains it at all. I know, it's hard to do, but if we made more of an effort to spend our money on the right things, business would have no choice but to follow our lead. Please help stop this from happening.

WATER IN BENDIGO AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Did you know that our very own tap water requires HIGHER health regulations and standards than bottled water?

Did you know it costs us approximately $4.50 for a litre of bottled water yet even though our tap water is a superior product, people continue to buy bottled water for over 2,500 times the price? COMPARE - less quality $4.50 a litre of bottled water to superior quality, $0.2 cents per litre of tap water. All we're paying for is A PERCEPTION AND BRAND NAME. See more.

The MEATRIX

Feature Recipe

Lentil and Walnut Burger with mustard - Very easy and scrumptious! - Youtube link
	You will need: 2 cans Lentils, 12 colves garlic oregano, cumin, 2 eggs, walnuts breadcrumbs, 1 1/2 onion, mustard		2 cans of Lentils, mushed with 12 cloves garlic -minced, 1 1/2 tsp oregano, 2 tsp (or more) of mustard, 1 cup chopped walnuts (roast them in the oven for a bit if you like), 2 tsp cumin, 1 1/2 c diced onion, 2 beaten eggs, 1 cup of breadcrumbs for a binding agent. Mix together and add a bit of milk if you need to, 2 tbs olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix together. Fry in hot pan for about 4 minutes each side.

As a special request from Michael - Rice and Goat's Cheese Cake! - Easy version. Masterchef link for full version
You will need: 2 cups jasmine rice, washed and drained 1 cup (100g) grated mozzarella 200g goats cheese 1 sprig rosemary, leaves removed, finely chopped 100g goats cheese, cut into small cubes 1 cup plain flour 3 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups panko breadcrumbs vegetable oil, for frying basil sprigs, to serve		Step 1: Bring 1L of water and rice to the boil in a saucepan with a tightly fitting lid. Reduce heat to low and cook with lid on for about 10 minutes until the water has absorbed. After 10 minutes, remove from heat and stand, covered, for 15 minutes. Combine the mozzarella, half of the goat’s cheese and rosemary in a bowl. Add the rice to the bowl and mix until combined and the cheeses have melted. Season well with salt. Place in fridge for 10 minutes until cool. Step 2: Divide the arancini mixture into 16 and form into patties. Cut the remaining goat’s cheese into small cubes. Place a piece of goat’s cheese inside each patty and enclose the rice mixture around it. Set up 3 bowls; 1 with flour, 1 with eggs and 1 with breadcrumbs. Dust each patty with flour, dip into the eggs, then coat in breadcrumbs. Step 3: Meanwhile, add enough oil to a large frying pan to come 1cm up the side of the pan. Heat over medium-high heat. In batches, fry the patties for about 2 minutes each side or until golden. Transfer to a tray lined with paper towel. Season with salt. Step 4: Serve arancini with tomato sauce or relish and basil sprigs. If you would like the full recipe, you will find it here

As a special request from Michael
- Rice and Goat's Cheese Cake! - Easy version. Masterchef link for full version

goatscheese

You will need:

2 cups jasmine rice, washed and drained
1 cup (100g) grated mozzarella
200g goats cheese
1 sprig rosemary, leaves removed, finely chopped
100g goats cheese, cut into small cubes
1 cup plain flour
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups panko breadcrumbs
vegetable oil, for frying
basil sprigs, to serve

Step 1: Bring 1L of water and rice to the boil in a saucepan with a tightly fitting lid. Reduce heat to low and cook with lid on for about 10 minutes until the water has absorbed. After 10 minutes, remove from heat and stand, covered, for 15 minutes. Combine the mozzarella, half of the goat’s cheese and rosemary in a bowl. Add the rice to the bowl and mix until combined and the cheeses have melted. Season well with salt. Place in fridge for 10 minutes until cool.
Step 2: Divide the arancini mixture into 16 and form into patties. Cut the remaining goat’s cheese into small cubes. Place a piece of goat’s cheese inside each patty and enclose the rice mixture around it. Set up 3 bowls; 1 with flour, 1 with eggs and 1 with breadcrumbs. Dust each patty with flour, dip into the eggs, then coat in breadcrumbs.
Step 3: Meanwhile, add enough oil to a large frying pan to come 1cm up the side of the pan. Heat over medium-high heat. In batches, fry the patties for about 2 minutes each side or until golden. Transfer to a tray lined with paper towel. Season with salt.
Step 4: Serve arancini with tomato sauce or relish and basil sprigs. If you would like the full recipe, you will find it here

and a few notes:

worms Please join our mail list, or follow us on Facebook. Information will be available each Farmer’s Market, second Saturday of every month.

Got a topic you would like to share with the group? We can provide the opportunity for you to be the guest presenter and discuss your passion. Contact me to find out more.

With best wishes, Coco

These events will provide you with an opportunity to : * meet other people interested in creating a more sustainable world * exchange ideas while having fun and making new friends * hear different perspectives on our social/environmental challenges * drink beer!

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