community
Community sustainability projects
A volunteer-committee brief: one maintained object, one official rule, one deputy, no invented festival.
Guest-post ready guides
Longer how-to writing for green living in Australia
Each guide is written for homes, schools or community groups. Facts are limited to primary public sources. Rebate amounts and made-up savings claims are left out on purpose.
All current guides
These articles are designed as citable green-living explainers. They answer a practical question first, then walk through official Australian programs, labels and local rules. Use them as the deep pages behind each hub.
energy
Draught-proofing Australian homes
A room-by-room method for finding air leaks, sealing what you can, and knowing when a tradesperson is required.
home
First steps for a more sustainable Australian household
A renter-or-owner walk through comfort, water, waste and labels, written so you can act before you shop.
energy
Hot water and efficient appliances
Identify the system you have, cut the waste in the pipes and the shower, then compare replacements on official labels.
energy
Insulation, shading and NatHERS
A homeowner and renter briefing on ceiling, wall and floor insulation, summer shade, and what a star rating actually describes.
water
Rainwater tanks and greywater in Australia
Tanks and greywater are site-and-law problems. This guide lists the questions a household should take to a licensed plumber and the local regulator.
waste-and-recycling
Recycling and food waste at home
A kitchen procedure for local bins, problem items and food, written so a household can post it on a cupboard door.
schools
School sustainability projects that last a term
A staff briefing for one measured stream, one official citation, and no invented awards.
water
A water-efficient Australian home
How to read a Water Rating label, fix the leaks that defeat it, and change the indoor habits Your Home already lists.
gardens
Waterwise and locally fitting gardens
A design order for households: soil first, hydrozoning, locally fitting plants, and EPA-aware chemistry.
How these guides are written
The rebuild treats ecoaction.com.au as a national practical-action site, not as a workshop calendar and not as a retailer. That means every guide has to stay useful after a program name changes. We point to the page that holds the live figure — Energy Rating, Water Rating, Your Home, DCCEEW, a state EPA or a council waste calendar — instead of copying a number that will rot.
Length is deliberate. Household energy, water and waste decisions are local and layered: climate zone, tenure, existing fabric, and which state adopted which National Construction Code setting. Short listicles hide that. These guides keep the nuance and still open with a direct answer so answer engines and people in a hurry can use them.
If you arrived from an old event, gallery or PHP path, you should have been redirected once to a living page. Unknown URLs 404 with the same footer and disclaimer as every other page.
What you will not find in these guides
You will not find a table of invented household savings, a ranked list of suburbs, a live rebate dollar, or a workshop calendar recovered from the archive. Those things rot, and the rebuild brief forbids inventing them. You will find the names of the instruments Australians already have: NatHERS, the National Construction Code as explained by DCCEEW and the ABCB, Energy Rating, WELS, state EPAs, council bin contracts, and the Australian Curriculum sustainability priority.
That makes the guides slower than a listicle and more useful to a tradesperson, a landlord, a business manager or a hall committee. Each article opens with a direct answer, then the order of work, then the official door to knock on. Guest editors looking for green-living inventory can link a hub for the short version and a guide for the long one without dragging a reader into a product funnel.
Read the 10 current guides below, or start at the homepage if you do not yet know whether energy, water or waste is the binding constraint. Corrections belong on the contact form with a primary source attached.