Kate Lawrence from Green Renters visited the show again to
chat about what we can do around the home to be green. Green Renters is a
non-for-profit organisation that who works with renters to help them live more
sustainably within the limitations of being a renter.
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| Courtesy of Green Renters |
What is the main barrier of living green in rental homes? Kate
has found that a lot of owners are very interest in what they can do, however
the problem of shortage of renter properties means that there are no real
financial incentives for the landlords to put in green incentives. In light of
these barriers, Kate focuses on changing our behaviour and participating in
local initiatives.
Kate’s Top 5 tips:
1. Turning off energy when not in use as standby
power can still use up to 20% of power. Kate’s recommendation: turning off the
power at the power point.
2. Draft proofing and insulation: blinds on outside of windows or coating and
door snakes
3. Hot water issues: check water leaks, washing
clothes in hot water, setting hot water to reasonable temperature and insulate
pipe.
4. Think about the composition of your household, what kind of standards do
you have, what are your deal breakers, ways to negotiate things and what things
will make it easier to be green?
5. Get involved with people who are doing similar
things and meet likeminded people
Following all top 5 tips can save 20-30% of energy use in
homes!
To hear Smokey’s editorial on Melbourne’s unprecedented weather
and to listen to more of Kate’s tips, tune into the podcast.
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Tracked Played:
Waitin’ for a Superman- Flaming Lips
Centrefold- J Geils Band
My Mother The War- 10,000 Maniacs
Silver Machine- Hawkwind
Let’s Make the Water Turn Black- Frank Zappa
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