Michael Mobbs is a former Environmental Lawyer who is uniquely placed to consult in four main areas: Sustainability Coach and Speaker, Sustainable Urban Farm Design greening, watering and cooling the cityscape, roads, parks, suburbs, Major Projects Consultant Commercial and Industrial, Residential Sustainability Consultant. For permission to re-print any articles or to book Michael for a speaking engagement go to sustainablehouse.com.au. Please ensure all quotes from Michael’s blog include a reference to sustainablehouse.com.au. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-12491565-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @sustainablehouse)http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/www.sustainablehouse.com.au: Michael’s blog has moved. Michael has just gone live with his...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/868187513http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/868187513Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:08:00 +1000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5vzijqa091qaqeeso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pyrmont road gardens</p>http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/838915795http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/838915795Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:42:00 +1000The photos in the post above show some rain gardens in Pyrmont. The gardens have been constructed...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/838722690http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/838722690Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:48:38 +1000This is an interesting recent post in one of the leading energy blogs, The Oil Drum, which refers to...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/835843547http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/835843547Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:01:02 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5ufuc0GIE1qaqeeso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Public compost bin in Myrtle Street, Chippendale</p>http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/835297311http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/835297311Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:39:48 +1000There are green compost bins in some of our streets like the one in the photo in the post above. ...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/835286929http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/835286929Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:36:45 +1000As oil and gas bubble up from the seabed around BP’s well there’s a growing amount of...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/834160898http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/834160898Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:50:47 +1000 Temperature gauge on post with black winding box at base Sydney City Council has put up two road...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/827016229http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/827016229Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:56:30 +1000On ABC Iview for a week or so there’s an inspiring example of city planning at Portland in the...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/813328725http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/813328725Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:28:34 +1000There’s a new raingarden in City Road.  There are photos of it below. It’s a fine...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/810011835http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/810011835Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:19:51 +1000<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jdc1TGOH1qaqeeso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jdc1TGOH1qaqeeso2_500.jpg"/><br/> Road water drains through inlet<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jdc1TGOH1qaqeeso3_500.jpg"/><br/> Upper pond of road garden<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jdc1TGOH1qaqeeso4_500.jpg"/><br/> High level overflow grate<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jdc1TGOH1qaqeeso5_500.jpg"/><br/> Inlet grate directs road water to garden<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jdc1TGOH1qaqeeso6_500.jpg"/><br/> Raindrop's view of inlet grate<br/><br/> <img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jdc1TGOH1qaqeeso7_500.jpg"/><br/> Footpath water drains to grate & wasted<br/><br/> <img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jdc1TGOH1qaqeeso8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>New roadgarden in City Road harvests road water</p>http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/809989783http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/809989783Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:12:00 +1000At 7 pm Thursday 15 July the Addison Rd Community Centre, Marrickville will hold a community...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/808622187http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/808622187Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:33:03 +1000Steven sent me another email from his blog, Life in Chippendale, about the road gardens,...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/799309440http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/799309440Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:08:00 +1000Seoul City put a freeway over a river then, in 2007, over 30 years later, demolished the freeway to...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/797563015http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/797563015Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:42:17 +1000There’s a shop at 413 King Street called, Coffee and a Yarn, where you can have a coffee and...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/796752500http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/796752500Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:21:15 +1000A moth has made a house in the fejoia tree outside my house and this photo show it hanging there,...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/796690254http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/796690254Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:02:46 +1000Steve sent this note from his blog, Life in Chippendale (kept anonymous): Hi there,I'm writing...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/796661069http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/796661069Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:54:09 +1000Join us for road gardening each Friday:  knock on 58 Myrtle at 9 am or look for us after then in...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/796652401http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/796652401Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:51:39 +1000Council is putting in two 10,000 litre rain tanks to water Peace Park.  They’ll be...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/778699628http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/778699628Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:42:59 +1000Sydney City Council’s Waste Officer, Michael Neville, has put a sign up on the compost bins...http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/778692563http://blog.sustainablehouse.com.au/post/778692563Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:40:43 +1000