At Sunshine Unicycles we have always aimed to minimise our impact on the environment throughout our business and home we:
- Minimise the use of wheels!
- Minimise printing, where available received correspondence, magazines, books etc electronically and use recycled paper products.
- Minimise energy usage with energy efficient lighting and appliances that where possible are switched off at the wall when not in use.
- Minimise water usage, we have 5 rain water tanks and the business and home are serviced solely by these (toilets, showers, gardens, drinking - everything) needless to say that all water using appliances are very water efficient.
- We recycle and where possible choose products with minimal package and or recyclable packaging. We use green/reusable bags when shopping.
- All organic waste is composted and then used in gardens.
- A steam cleaner and natural cleaning products ( white vinegar, bicarb soda, eucalyptus oil ) are used to minimise water usage and protect our water ways, not to mention our health.
- Minimise travel; combine trips and car pool using the most efficient vehicle for the job.
- Where possible we use suppliers that are environmentally aware, actively reducing & offsetting their carbon emissions.
- Buy carbon offsets when flying.
- Good building design that is well suited to the local climate means that energy usage for heating and cooling is kept to a minimum, and is only required for approximately 2 months of the year, the height of summer and winter
- We are in the process of doing an energy and carbon audit of our business to identify where we can further reduce our environmental impacts. To date we have installed a 4.5kw rooftop solar power system, solar hot water system and begun changing over our office and home lighting to high efficiency LED lighting. Long term plans include a composting toilet and the purchase of a hybrid vehicle. .
Kermit is just one of our resident green tree frogs
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