Network News
A preserved archive of feature articles and Network News from the Narara Eco Living Network, covering eco-gardening, wildlife, natural building and sustainable living.
The Network News is taking a break for a few months. You can stay in touch with what is going on in the village by visiting the Narara Ecovillage website.
I come from the school of gardening that prizes developing a taste for plants that want to grow without mollycoddling, rather than struggling to grow plants where they don’t want to be, just because I like the taste.
This 4th May I am excited to be opening the doors to my hobbit-style art studio for Sustainable House Day in Narara Ecovillage.
While most of us are aware that the summer of 2024–2025 has produced an unusually high number of Cicadas on the Central Coast, robber flies have also appeared in good numbers this season.
I tried putting biochar on my garden once. I spent a day reading up on the internet, got excited and started fiddling around.
It is now, in the words of Bitty Roy, Professor of Ecology from the University of Oregon, the best forested watershed in western Ecuador.
It is not enough to have ecological ideas, we have to have an ecological identity, an ecological self. — Arne Naess
With a hot summer upon us, consider keeping your grass a bit longer for the next few months — unless it starts turning brown of course.
Why is the cow so important in Biodynamics? Because it is so calm and contented.
A Boobook Owl chick, too young to leave the nest, is found on the forest floor. Will it survive?
This four-part series provides practical information to help you build a healthy home.
The 2021–22 year was a period of consolidation for the Narara Eco Living Network (NELN).
With the official launch of the Narara Ecovillage Community Battery and ongoing development of a Smartgrid, NEV’s energy company ensures the village leads on renewables.
A growing body of evidence has linked light pollution directly to ecological disruption and harm to human health.
We all know the importance of planting trees and managing weeds, but winning this grant demonstrates the value of our work.
Finding a beautiful bird dead below your window is awful. Even worse is the distinctive, surprisingly loud bang of a bird colliding with glass.
University researchers will team up with natural builders in a trial of cutting-edge 3D printing techniques to build a modular wall using local earth materials.
Narara Ecovillage is a living experiment in how people can work together at the local level to create a thriving community.
On a humid Saturday night, five frog enthusiasts from the ecovillage set out to record the local frogs using the free FrogID app.