We here at CyberSpeights are firm believers that there is no harm in saving our natural resources and expending a little effort toward this also usually doesn’t do much harm.  We aren't the types to jump on the latest greatest technology band wagon but we do take steps to a less wasteful time on this planet. 

I personally From a very young age saw massive changes in the way we disposed of our rubbish.  I clearly remember composting all vegetable matter, feeding all meat scraps to the cats, burning off dirty paper and old tins in the incinerator and chucking the rest (mainly plastics) in the rubbish.  Now at home in Canberra the compost continues but the cats have gone, every scrap of paper is recycled, every scrap of plastic that can be recycled is recycled and nothing get's burnt in the back yard.

Where I personally live however, things are a little different!  I live in a high waste – low recycle environment called Moscow, Russia. Here there is very little done publicly in the way of recycling. I try to do my bit by collecting paper and glass for recycling but it isn’t that easy. There is only one paper collection point near my house (actually about a 15min drive away – which defeats the purpose somewhat) that is only open odd hours and afterhours deposits can’t be made.  As for the bottles they are only collected at depots near the railway stations and don’t collect all glass.  They have a selection of bottles with prices next to each of them and that is all they collect, if you leave anything else they chuck it in the skip nearby.  They do collect aluminum cans though which is a bit of a plus.  I’m doing some research into what happens with the household rubbish in Mosocw, I’ll let you know how I get on.

I think that my Dad, Garry Speight has done the most of any of our family members toward going green.  He has built himself a fantastic Energy Efficient house in northern New South Whales.  The house itself has won an award (post this later) and is rated 5 stars in the Nathers scheme in NSW.  All the family likes to stay with Dad in his house, it’s warm in winter, cool in summer and very, very comfortable indeed.  Surrounded by gardens of natives to the area overlooking a small river in a small country town. 

Anyway, here is a collection of documents and links around the theme of Sustainable Living.  Any comments please feel free to send them to us via the contact pages.