Cough (Campaign Opposed to Unflued Gas Heaters) have set up a website to support discussion on the effects of unflued gas heaters in our schools. The site includes a petition stating:
"This petition is to demonstrate to the NSW Government that there is a groundswell of support for the abolition of un-flued heating in NSW Public Schools."
If you are interested in this vitally important issue, please follow the link to COUGH.
Parents, teacher (Mrs Lawless) and children at Katoomba Public School have decided to build a school garden. Work started last weekend and an exceptionally large, talented and enthusiastic team assembled at 10:30am.
The team was ably led by Minister for the Environment, Jessica Girard, Shadow Minister, Summer Grant, Lizzie Connor and Sue Girard.
Katoomba is taking action on graffiti and we hope that recent initiatives developed by the Chamber will catch on across the mountains. Graffiti notices will be distributed throughout the Katoomba community and local businesses.
If you see graffiti simply call the Police Assistance Line (13 14 44 - tenants and owners only) and write down an incident number using a form available from us. Alternatively you can complete the form online and details will be sent to Taskforce team leader, Tom Colless. See related story from Feb 2008.
A Kitchen Garden in every Blue Mountains' Home Blue Mountains residents - are you ready to take up the challenge and create a kitchen garden in your home?
By 2011 Cittaslow Katoomba Blue Mountains hopes that most homes will be growing their own leafy green vegetables. Not only does home-grown food taste better, it also helps to reduce the emissions that result from food production and transport thereby easing the local impact of climate change.
"Looking back now I understand the reasons for the lifestyle change were varied and many and included some I didn't even perhaps fully comprehend at the time. But the key for me, and the driving force behind the decision, then as much as now, was the growing sense of detachment I was feeling. " The words of writer and Katoomba resident Richard Bowden. (Download the full story here).
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