24 min

S7 04 | Big Home Energy The Pineapple Project

    • Society & Culture

With Australians spending 90 per cent of their time indoors, we need heaps of electricity to power that lifestyle.

Should you boil just enough water for your morning cup? Do you still switch off all your electrical outlets? And how do you keep your place warm or cool for cheap?

From insulating your home to choosing the right appliances, here are all the small and radical ways to cut those dreaded energy bills, while being kinder to the environment at the same time. Join comedian Nazeem Hussein to get your energy bills out of the red and into the green.

Guests:

Chris Barnes, journalist and product category manager, CHOICE

Danielle King, sustainability consultant, Green Moves Australia

Joel Meadows, permaculture practitioner

Dr Saul Griffith, engineer and renewable electricity advocate, Rewiring Australia

With Australians spending 90 per cent of their time indoors, we need heaps of electricity to power that lifestyle.

Should you boil just enough water for your morning cup? Do you still switch off all your electrical outlets? And how do you keep your place warm or cool for cheap?

From insulating your home to choosing the right appliances, here are all the small and radical ways to cut those dreaded energy bills, while being kinder to the environment at the same time. Join comedian Nazeem Hussein to get your energy bills out of the red and into the green.

Guests:

Chris Barnes, journalist and product category manager, CHOICE

Danielle King, sustainability consultant, Green Moves Australia

Joel Meadows, permaculture practitioner

Dr Saul Griffith, engineer and renewable electricity advocate, Rewiring Australia

24 min

Top Podcasts In Society & Culture

Inconceivable Truth
Wavland
Soul Boom
Rainn Wilson
Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcasts
This American Life
This American Life
Call It What It Is
iHeartPodcasts
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
Vox Media Podcast Network

More by ABC Podcasts

Stuff The British Stole
ABC listen and CBC
All In The Mind
ABC listen
Short & Curly
ABC listen
Unravel
ABC listen
Science Vs
ABC listen
ABC KIDS News Time
ABC Kids listen