Government Waste Initiatives

EcoRecycle Victoria

Living Thing (NSW)

Australian Reuse Centres

Community Recycling Ventures - CRV create jobs for those not in paid

employment

and to reduce waste going into landfills, tips and transfer stations by promoting

the

reuse of goods and materials across Australia.

RayCycled Repair Rebuild Reuse (NSW)

Refused & Reused Community Recycling Centre (NSW)

The Brick Pit (NSW)

Reverse Garbage (QLD)

Reverse Garbage (NSW)

EcoHouse (NSW)

Resource Tipshop (Tasmania)

Bowerbird Tipshop (NT)

International Reuse Centres

Recycle This (UK)

Reuse Development Organization - Redo (USA)

The ReUse Center (USA)

ReuseNet (USA)

Wood Recycling (UK)

Strawbale

The Australasian Straw Bale Building Association (AusBale)

Strawbale.com.au (Strawbale design, construction and workshops)

The Last Straw (International Journal of Straw Bale and Natural Building)

Huff 'n' Puff Strawbale Constructions (Assisted with the Bower building

workshops)

"Practical Straw Bale Building" (book by CSIRO Publishing, 2005)

Environmental Groups

Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)

The Total Environment Centre (TEC)

Nature Conservation Foundation

The Wilderness Society (TWS)

Greenpeace Australia

School Communities Recycling All Paper (SCRAP)

Society for Responsible Design (SRD)

The EcoLiving Centre

Planet Ark

Earthcare

Alternative Technology Association (ATA)

Willing Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF)

Who On Earth Cares (Online climate change campaign)

Green Enterprises

Alfalfa House (organic food co-op) Alfalfa and Bower members have a reciprocal

10% discount

The first group collaborated with the Bower in developing

the Sustainable Sydney Lifestyle Card project

Conservation Volunteers Australia

Gleebooks Antiquarian, Music and Secondhand Bookshop

Iku Wholefood

King Street Cyclery

Life Organic

The Natural Bedding Company

The Natural Paint Place (aka EcoShop)

Newtown Car Share (now known as GoGet)

The WaterShed Sustainability Resource Centre

Supportive Enterprises

Status Flow Plumbing (Petersham)

Mike Buick Photography

The Nick Possum Homepage (Alternative Media)

Support the organisations that

support us!

No community organisation worth

it's salt works alone.

The Bower exists as a result of

enthusiasm, from members,

staff, customers, and a variety

of organisations and

institutions.

Please take a moment to visit

some of the great orgs that are

involved in our mutual

appreciation society.

Councils

Radio

FBI 94.5FM

FBi 94.5FM is an independent,

community-based radio station,

delivering the best in new music

and emerging culture. FBi plays

50% Australian music, with half of

that from Sydney. They throw

great fundraisers and we get to

help source the props! Make sure

you're present for the next one!

2NBC 90.1FM

If you're in the Stgeorge area tune

in to 2NBC, They're community

driven, volunteer based and run

24 hours a day with a huge array

of programs covering the best of

the golden oldies!

Reuse & Repair

Cycle Recycle

The Nunnery Community Bike

Workshop collects abandoned

bikes and parts to create working

bikes to put back into the

community.

They run workshops from their

own site, but also here at The

Bower. Click through to get

involved!