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Solutions-in-Store is an environmental and sustainability communications firm providing a range of flexible and practical advisory services on:

We are dedicated to helping organisations and individuals bring sustainable, healthy and positive solutions to their working and home environments

If you want solutions to improve your environmental, water, waste or energy performance, we can help!

WHAT'S NEW

Poetry

Here is a poem I wrote about the Southern night sky after a stay at the fabulous Twin Star B&B & Observatory at Ballandean Qld.

13 year old Severn Suzuki's speech to the UN Environmental Conference

Water Efficiency Assessor (WEA)

Are you keeping up with all the changes and requirements of the Queensland Government's water restrictions? Do you need a Water Efficiency Management Plan (WEMP)? Please call us to enquire about our WEA accrediation and the services we can offer to you.

Recycled Office Paper Purchase Guide

According to Tasmania's Resource Development and Planning Commission, 50% of Australia's printing and writing paper and 57% of Australian newsprint is harvested from their native forests. Want to know more? See the fact sheet on recycled office paper and start to buy differently - please!

2004 Global Fossil Fuel Trends

Earth Trends and the International Energy Agency frequently releases data on world trends. Here is the 2004 fossil fuel graph. Note the USA's reliance on oil and China's reliance on coal.

Green Pages Directory launched

Green Pages is the first national directory of environmentally sustainable products and services. The Green Pages magazine is produced in two editions, for business and lifestyle. Both are available now for a $10 discount when purchased together online.

Sustainable ABCs

Anthropocentrism; Biomimicry, Conserve, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Ecocentricism ....

ARTICLES

Driving Progress

The technology is here to plug our cars into our homes and charge them up for that next trip off to work or out shopping. It is even possible with the right solar equipment, foresight and home, to use your own roof based solar panels to also charge your car.

Sun Power

I know of some great designs and technology becoming available regarding solar homes. I look forward in the future to showing overseas visitors, who are amazed at how little we use this free and available energy source that we can live more cleverly.

Nuclear Energy - Powerful Management or Reactivity

It causes me great concern that we contemplate this, if I can use a pun, ‘reactivity approach’, before we have taken the proactive path of maximising gentler and renewable options such as solar.

Green Power

Competition for our business is likely to intensify. This is timely as discussions about climate change and the reduction of green house gases also heat up. As consumers and voters we have power of our own to ensure we get the safest and most effective option.

Climate Change Around the Home

The good news about climate change is that it is reversible if we incorporate some positive changes to the every day things that we do...

The Value of Trees

We often blame trees for those odd occasions when we feel they threaten our secure, concrete world yet forget to thank them for the many good and often free things they offer to us. Here's just a few….

The Air that we Breathe

The quality of our indoor air is paramount to the quality of our health.

FACT SHEETS

Earth Charter

The Earth Charter is an authoritative synthesis of values, principles, and aspirations that are widely shared by growing numbers of people, in all regions of the world. The principles of the Earth Charter reflect extensive international consultations conducted over a period of many years. These principles are also based upon contemporary science, international law, and the insights of philosophy and religion.

Recycled Office Paper Fact Sheet

Want to know which is the best office paper to buy?

Calculating Your Waste Volumes

Table used for calculating waste volumes