User Profile

Kylie Flament

How to use it all

Five years ago I ordered my first veg box from Green Connect. I was so excited to be supporting local farmers, and a social enterprise to boot! I did it knowing that buying directly from farmers is the best way to keep growers in business, and to...

Kylie Flament

June 2022

Clubs & Community

A changing of the guard

Communities are built on kindness and goodwill. As someone who works in social enterprise, I know the value of both money and meaning, and I can tell you that once you have enough money to pay for the things you need (as an individual or as an...

Kylie Flament

May 2022

Food & Travel

Hello honey!

Bees fascinate us, produce delicious honey, and are needed to pollinate most of our fruit and many vegetables. They’re also very cute, have an amazing life cycle, and can be kept in your backyard. I was curious about bees (European honey bees, in...

Kylie Flament

March 2022

Food & Travel

The joy of sustainability

9. Find like-minded individuals in groups like Sustainable Illawarr

Kylie Flament

March 2022

News

Sustainability in Covid time

By Green Connect general manager Kylie Flament When I started taking an interest in sustainability, I thought that there was a trade-off between the environment and the economy, or between people and the planet, and it was all about trying to find...

Kylie Flament

February 2022

Clubs & Community

The ‘corked wine’ challenge

By Green Connect general manager Kylie Flament It’s funny how things work out sometimes. You do someone a favour and that sets off a chain of events that comes back at you in ways you can only shake your head at in bemusement. Recently a neighbour...

Kylie Flament

December 2021

News

A zero waste challenge

It seems I have a bit of a reputation as a sustainable Ms Fix-It. The person you call when you don’t want to waste something but you don’t know what to do with it. The other day I took a call from a local cafe to say, “We’ve got 26 litres of...

Kylie Flament

December 2021

Science & Nature

Garden makeover: From losing the lawn to fruits of labour

By Green Connect general manager Kylie Flament Thirteen years after we met, my husband and I finally purchased our first home. It had everything we wanted – it was walkable to a school, train station and nature; the neighbours were all lovely...

Kylie Flament

October 2021