1 and a half cups of self-raising flour
3/4 cup of sugar
2 bananas, overripe and mashed
1/2 cup of oil
2 eggs

Mix. Bake for an hour in 150 celsius oven. Eat. Yum.

For people leaving near Aspendale (South of Melbourne), there's going to be a dune restoration day for the North Aspendale foreshore, with a free barbie after the work is done!
Sponsored by Chelsea Quality Meats, Bakers Delight and Safeway, it'll be a fun day to spend some time at the beach with the kids and learn a bit about native plants.

Meeting Point: Coleman Road, Mel ref 92, F2
Saturday May 30th, 2009
10am - 1pm

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We've partnered up with the Australian Conservation Foundation to put on a screening of the powerful documentary 'Telling the Truth'.
The documentary follows seven Climate Project Presenters as they take Al Gore's climate change message around the country.
Details are to be finalised, but here's the basics for your diary...
Where? Umalicious Cafe, Nepean Highway, Aspendale VIC 3195
When? Tuesday Dec 2nd, 2008 at 7pm
RSVP to us here at EarthMums by using our contact form. Numbers are very limited so please include how many people you are bringing along.

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If there is one thing we love to harp on about at EarthMums, it's the lack of decent family-sized hybrid or electric vehicles available in Australia.
And you know by lack, I mean NONE.
Here's a good petition though - take the time to sign up and sign it - http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/let-s-bring-hybrid-minivans-to-the-sub...
They've got other great petitions on there too, like getting Starbucks to recycle their cups.
Now that would be cool..

Dishwashers are just too good, aren't they? We've been living without ours for the past 2 years and I recently got it fixed, and I am LOVING IT!! I just love the sound of it wishy-washying away, doing the job that I used to do. Excellent stuff.

But how green is your dishwasher?

IN a sharing mood... I stopped at the United petrol station in Patterson Lakes (of all places! Kath and Kim is filmed in its gauche suburban streets) and I find a bowser with 10% ethanol, at a higher octane level and, this is the kicker, 4 cents cheaper than the other stuff!
Finally oil is becoming more expensive than alternatives. It's a small step, but it felt good.

The Ashfield, Manly and Blacktown Councils have banned the bottle a their workplace.

The water bottle, that is! 300 million litres of bottled water will be consumed by Australians in 2008. All those bottles consume 544,000 barrels of oil in their production and transportation.

Bayside resident and powerhouse activist Coni Forcey alerted the 'Mums to this year's Mother's Day march for climate change.

Here's a great thing - Earth Hour is a beautiful symbol of our commitment to the earth. It's philosophical effects are important, but it's energy saving effects are not so effective.

On an unrelated, but fun, topic, we're going to have a reconciliation GetTogether at our Edithvale Em Space studio on Tuesday 29th March.