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Have you ever wondered why people enjoy driving alone? Do they like their own company perhaps? Not stop to think of the consequences for our environment? Maybe public transport is not a practical option for them?

How can we encourage commuters to share a lift with others who live and work near them? There’s a number of car pooling websites out there. But
these are ineffective if I am using website A and my neighbour is using
website B! It makes sense for local governments to host a web-based
database to maximise the likelihood of an effective match with a
neighbour. E-mail your local council and ask them what they are doing to make car pooling an effective reality.

I recently had the pleasure of reading your first edition of Sprinkla,
Congratulations! How wonderful to know that there are people who care
about the environment and are prepared to put the time and effort into
making changes so future generations can enjoy what we have been lucky
enough to have had. Keep up the great work and I look forward to your
next edition.

Hi Sprinkla,

I see myself as a fairly ‘green' person and I am proud to exclusively use modern & organic cloth nappies & reusable wipes on my 8 month old daughter. I believe that most of us can do more and my reading of Sprinkla further inspired my imagination to find more ways to 'do my bit ' and teach my daughter good habits by example. In my experience, recycling is something that is an easy but often overlooked method to decrease omission producing production and landfill.

With this in mind and the added incentive of helping others, I have joined a campaign to help mothers in Russia ‘nappy' their children. Orphanages and struggling families are in need of cloth nappies and their associated implements in order to provide better care for their babies. Some of the babies have HIV and a rag covered with a plastic bag is often the only crude way that their carers are able to cover their often badly nappy rashed bottoms. They would be grateful for donations of second hand or new nappies and training pants but not disposables. I will be sending some nappies that my daughter is no longer using, which I had previously been unsure of what to do with. Cloth nappies are more achievable for most Australian families, although sadly disposables seem the most common method of choice.

For longer term benefit, information in Russian outlining the EC (elimination control) method which reduces and aims to remove the need for nappies is being provided to these communities

For further information go to; www.freewebs.com/nappiesforrussia

Modern cloth nappy options and information can be found at the following websites;

www.ozclothnappies.org www.modernclothnappies.org & http://www.babybeehinds.com.au/

Kind Regards

Alycia

Footscray

Hi Sprinkla Team,

I've recently read your magazine, having been given a copy by a friend, and I'd like to tell you that I think this magazine is long overdue. I liked that the information was accessible, and approachable, being uncluttered with science or industry jargon, and the format was attractive to the eye. By avoiding the boring interpretations of the latest bleak report on the state of the environment that fill so many of the other publications, you've made living sustainably an attractive and positive topic.

Being a free magazine, you will become an important tool in bridging the disparity of knowledge between hard-core enviro-heads and the rest of society. So a few articles about new technological developments, such as solar-thermal energy - in your approachable style, of course - would be great to see in future editions.

I think you've filled a niche that's desperately needed at the moment - educating mainstream society about how easy it is to live sustainably.

Congratulations to the team, and thank you.

Regards

Troy Nutley

Northcote 3070

Congratulations to the Sprinkla Team on the first edition. May it be the first of many! I have some possible suggestions for future editions, based on what I would like to know: how do you compost your home scraps / cuttings etc properly? The reason I ask is that I have two compost bins at home, one is hopeless after 18 months and the other is composting beautifully (just by fluke I would suggest). And what are the advantages and disadvantages of organic food, and where do you find good organic food in Melbourne?

Cheers, Carolyn Taylor

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