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Design led climate content and expert advice, to set you on your way to a greener future.

A Peaceful + Sustainable Sydney Home Designed To Do ‘More With Less’ →
How A New Zealand Architect Built His Home For $150,000 (With No Construction Experience!) →
This Off-Grid Holiday Home Makes The Most Of Its Serene Views →
A Sustainable Light-Filled Frankston Home Producing Negative Power Bills →
A Peaceful + Sustainable Sydney Home Designed To Do ‘More With Less’ →

Going All-Electric

Meet Goodbye Gas: The Local Business Helping Households Go All-Electric →

Everything You Need To Know About Creating An All-Electric Home →

Everything You Need To Know About Installing Solar Power →

Helpful Guides

Everything You Need To Know About Composting! →

Everything You Need To Know About Passive Houses + What Makes Them So Sustainable →

Understanding The Pros + Cons Of Sustainable Building Materials →

6 Ways To Make Your Rental More Sustainable →

Lucy's Green Journey

Join our founder Lucy Feagins as she embarks on her own green energy journey, sharing all the learnings, costs and savings along the way!

Lucy Shares Her Green Energy Journey — Stage One!
Lucy's Green Energy Journey, Stage Two!
Lucy’s Top 5 Lessons Learnt Since Installing Rooftop Solar
Lucy Shares Her Green Energy Journey — Stage One!
Lucy's Green Energy Journey, Stage Two!
Lucy’s Top 5 Lessons Learnt Since Installing Rooftop Solar

Buying Clean Energy

Everything You Need To Know About GreenPower (+ Why You Should Make The Switch) →

Designer Style Meets GreenPower In The Sydney Apartment Of Jono Fleming →

How Dessert Queen Katherine Sabbath Made Her Retro Rental More Sustainable →

Australia's Path To Renewable Energy, With Momentum Energy’s Lisa Chiba →

How I Created A Sustainable Home

An All-Electric Dream Home That Feels Like A Hidden Bushland Retreat →

How A Melbourne Family Improved The Energy Rating Of Their Heritage Home By 160%! →

A Peaceful + Sustainable Sydney Home Designed To Do ‘More With Less’ →

How This Family Created Their Sustainable Forever Home From Scratch →

TDF Talks Sustainability

In our latest podcast mini-series we chat to the experts about the future of sustainable housing, best practices for reducing energy use at home, and Australia’s path to a renewable future.

Making Melbourne The World's First 'Self-Sufficient' City, With Consultant Will Young
Australia's Path To Renewable Energy, With Momentum Energy’s Lisa Chiba
The Future Of Sustainable Housing, With Architect Jeremy McLeod
How To Improve Australia’s Poorly-Built Houses, With Energy Advisor Tim Forcey
Making Melbourne The World's First 'Self-Sufficient' City, With Consultant Will Young
Australia's Path To Renewable Energy, With Momentum Energy’s Lisa Chiba
The Future Of Sustainable Housing, With Architect Jeremy McLeod
How To Improve Australia’s Poorly-Built Houses, With Energy Advisor Tim Forcey

Sustainable Homes

A Family's Sustainable Sanctuary, Built From Biodegradable Material →

An All-Timber, Small Footprint Addition To A Simple Weatherboard Cottage →

A Sustainable Retrofit Of A ’70s Apartment Building In Fitzroy →

A Sustainable Family Home Designed On The ‘Smallest Footprint Possible’ →

Inside Melbourne's Unconventional 'Evergreen' Apartment Building →

This Mosman Home Embraces Nature With An Architectural 'Garden Room' →

How This Family Transformed A 100-Year-Old Edwardian Into An Energy Efficient Home →

A Compact Passive House Built Around A Pepper Tree →

Sustainable Businesses

12 Brands Making Beautiful Homewares + Furniture From Recycled Materials →

The Zero-Waste Event Decoration Business Putting The Sparkle Into Sustainability →

The Melbourne Designer Who Found His Niche Making Sculptural + Sustainable Plant Stakes! →

The Melbourne Business Empowering A Radical Global Recycling Movement! →

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