HELLO SYDNEY!

After nearly five years of planning, my husband and I have settled as permanent residents in Sydney Australia. We were drawn by the friendly people, the adventure of a new continent and winters where you never need snow boots. We’re also loving Australia’s green streak.

I’ve just finished my first writing assignment, which ran in a local Chinese-language newspaper called the Australian New Express Daily. It was a package of stories about climate change and ways the average person in New South Wales could reduce their carbon footprint. I visited a woman had who created a points-based game to help get her family involved in saving electricity and hot water. The family also has a rain water tank, a solar water heater and chickens to eat vegetable scraps and fertilize the garden. You can check out the English version of the story, Climate change: the heat is on, in the Articles section of this website.

Bridget Kennedy and her family