Green Living Centre

The Green Living Centre is a sustainability initiative of Inner West Council. It started in Newtown in 2003 and has been working with the local community to live more sustainably since then.

The Green Living Centre runs workshops, webinars, events and programs at the Inner West Sustainability Hub in Summer Hill, to inspire and support the local community to reduce their environmental impact. The Green Living Centre's experienced staff work with local people and organisations to support sustainable living.

Please contact us for tips and advice on how to live more sustainably – small space organic food growing, worm farming and composting, energy and water efficiency, food waste avoidance, recycling, natural cleaning, eco-renovation and more.

Events, workshops and programs are promoted through Council's What's On page. We also host the annual Footprints EcoFestival.

Borrow from us...

Thermal Imaging Cameras

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Thermal imaging cameras use infrared light to help detect areas of heat loss in the home, such as draughts, leaks and poor insulation.

Council has four thermal imaging cameras available for residents to borrow, at no charge, from Petersham Service Centre, just send us an email at greenlivingcentre@innerwest.nsw.gov.au to make a booking. We’ll provide you with instructions on how to use the cameras. They are easy to use and no professional knowledge is required.

Also, one of our cameras is now available to book through Stanmore Library, here.

Portable Induction Cooktop Stoves

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Gas cooktops contribute to climate change by burning fossil fuels, while induction cooktops use magnetic fields to heat cookware faster and more efficiently. Induction cooktops also use less energy and can boil water in about half the time of gas cooktops.

Council has two portable induction cooktops (a single hob and a double hob) available for residents to borrow, at no charge, from the Green Living Centre. We'll provide you with instructions on how to use them, they are simple to use and no previous experience is required.

To join borrow a camera or stove, please contact the Green Living Centre on 0481 477 917 or email: greenlivingcentre@innerwest.nsw.gov.au.

Workshops, webinars and events

The Green Living Centre's free workshop program provides practical skills and knowledge on a broad range of sustainable living topics from installing solar to worm farming. We deliver these as face-to-face workshops and webinars.

If you are a facilitator, speaker or creative who would like to be considered part of our program at the Inner West Green Living Centre at the Inner West Sustainability Hub in Summer Hill, submit an expression of interest form here.