Tumut Sustainable Living Guide
This Guide is designed to help Tumut Shire Council's residents take action to live more sustainably at home and in the community. The Guide is packed with ideas, tips and inspiration about how small, easy changes can have positive impacts on the environment and your health and wellbeing - and save you money too!
So go on, challenge yourself to take up a new sustainable action today! Find out just how easy it is to work towards creating a sustainable future for ourselves, our children and our children's children.
Cultivate water saving habits
Water saving habits are those easy-to-learn daily behaviours that can save us thousands of litres (and dollars) during the course of our lives. more »
Grow your own food
Would you like to eat fresh food that's good for you and the planet? Get into gardening in your own backyard. more »
Install solar hot water
Sunlight converts cold water into hot water. No gases are emitted and no one gets hurt. Life is rarely this simple! more »
Generate your own electricity
The sun hitting your roof can power your home. It's just a question of gadgets. more »
Help protect our waterways
Our water practices over the past 200 years have brought many of our waterways to their knees. Help restore our rivers, lakes and estuaries. more »