Chris Harris

Hi All I am now using a new website at http://chrisharrissydney.wordpress.com/.  Please check it out and pass it on to anyone who may be interested.  While this site wont be updating anymore it will remain in place as an archive of my older posts from before 2011. Cheers  Chris Harris 

When one thinks of sustainable infrastructure, roads are one of the last things that generally come to mind.  These lifeless, impermeable surfaces are used by greenhouse gas belching vehicles and contribute to heating up our urban environments, making them the enemy of many a dedicated “greenie”.  However roads could be made a lot more sustainable [...]

Car sharing programs within the City of Sydney have been highly popular since the first operators started, with Council support, in 2007.  Recently I recieved an email from a Sydney resident who was one of many who found car sharing to be a convinient and sustainable lifestyle choice.  She is moving to Tasmania, where no car sharing [...]

Lord Mayor Clover Moore has continued her obfuscation over Barangaroo despite finally resigning from the board of the Barangaroo Delivery Authority (BDA) after sustained pressure from the community and the Greens.  At an extroadinary Council meeting on the 24th of September she blocked my attempt to reintroduce a motion for the City to fund legal action against [...]

A long battle has finally ended in a victory for the Greens and the Rushcutters Bay community with the contract for the management of the local tennis courts being awarded to Rory Miles, the much loved operator of the site who has done a fantastic job of managing the courts for the last 27 years.   Earlier this year it didn’t look [...]