It was 10 years ago that Ian Driver decided he and his family — wife Sharon, son Lachy, and Gypsy, the cutest spoodle in the inner-Brisbane suburb of Bulimba (pictured opposite with Lachy’s girlfriend, Kirsten) — needed to green up their lives.
Concerned about the state of the world’s ecosystems and the continually growing population, he resolved they should do anything possible to reduce their impact on the planet.
“I planted vegies, herbs and fruit trees, got chickens, started composting and recycling,” he says.
“Anything I could do at home I was keen to learn — making bread, yoghurt, soap, candles, kombucha, beer … You name it,
