About Us

Our background as geographer (Matt holds a diploma of geography from University of Trier, Germany) and geologist (Anna is a Doctor of Natural Sciences (Geology) from University of Potsdam, Germany) led to a natural interest in all things environmental - green energy, conservation of natural habitat, watching what we waste and consume, climate change.

Our philosophy - take a first step to change the world!

Our philosophy now is to try and lighten our footprint on this wonderful earth as much as we possibly can - and try to instil the desire to do so in others as well. What follows is a list of things we do and things that are still in progress - I would love to hear feedback from anybody who has more and different ideas.

• A photovoltaic system with 24 panels, totalling 4.6 kW on our roof
• Solar hot water system
• Smart Power meter installed: night power is cheaper than during the day, so most appliances (washing machine, dishwasher, booster for the hot water system, recharging of batteries) run during the night hours
• Carbon offsets for all our other CO₂ emissions like car travel, flight travel. To find out how to do that click here.
• Reduce, reuse, recycle: Buy recycled clothes and toys from Op shops and tip shops. Sometimes you can find amazing things there…
• Whenever possible ride the bike instead of the car - every kilometer you don't drive a car saves 0.5 kg of CO₂ emission.
• Switch off all stand by modes on PC, TV etc. when they are not in use.
• Use environmental friendly products around the house: energy efficient light bulbs, laundry powder and dishwasher powder, cleaning products and shampoos.
• Buy fair trade coffee and tea and chocolate. Buy local veggies and fruit in season.
• Eat less (or no) meat.
• We donate a proportion of our income to projects of the Denmark Environment Centre.
• Teach the children!
• Please check out our new website www.thegreenpeas.net!

Here you can read some media snippets about us:

Denmark Bulletin July 2008: Windrose sets solar example
Rhein Neckar Zeitung 5./6.Mai 2007: Alles klar in Denmark
Neue Presse 7.7.2006: Tschuess Deutschland
Albany Advertiser 2001: German pair start Eco tours
The West Australian 2001: Wet and Wild Wonders