A flat white human powered espresso

There is now an Espresso machine available in Australia that uses almost no energy to make an espresso coffee! The Presso is people-powered, in that it uses human pressure to make an espresso, and the only power requirement is heating up a cup of water. Presso is the revolutionary way to make espresso at home. With its simple and innovative design, Presso is one of the most affordable ways to make great espresso all by yourself.

In addition, Presso have also committed to planting a rainforest tree in the Daintree, through Rainforest Rescue, for every one of these human-powered machines that is sold this Christmas!

The only power requirement is heating up a cup of water

The Daintree is the world’s oldest rainforest having been in existence continuously for 100 million years. It is one of the most significant regional ecosystems in the world and is of international conservation importance. The Daintree is home to 122 threatened species of plants and animals, including the endangered cassowary. It is estimated that there may be a little as 1,000 of these magnificent birds left in Australia.

With more and more people giving differently than they have before, we are happy to support the Presso Green Christmas Special. It’s great to know that the focus is on giving something that gives back to the planet.

The donated trees will help restore the natural environment of the Daintree rainforest and provide essential habitat. They will also be absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and helping to reduce climate change.

If the Ceylon Rose butterfly could speak, it would be telling us to tread carefully through the jungle. It’s an important message, because this butterfly only makes its home in Sri Lanka’s undisturbed rainforests. If we can find it, we know the forest around is unspoiled and rich with natural treasures. But the Ceylon Rose is very sensitive. If the forest is disturbed it cannot live there – so it is really important we protect the last few patches of primary rainforest. An animal like this is called an ‘indicator species’ – its presence indicates the forest is in pristine condition, and its absence is a warning that bad environmental changes are afoot. Read the rest of this entry »

Rainforest Rescue, the not for profit organisation that manages the Daintree Buy Back and Protect Forever Project is now wanting to hear from Daintree landholders who would like to have tree planted on their properties.“If you have land in the Daintree area that is cleared or is partly cleared we want to hear from you,” said David Cook project manager with Rainforest Rescue.

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Rainforest Rescue is calling on Byron Shire residents to get growing on National Tree Day by helping to plant another 500 native rainforest plants.

The local National Tree Day event is taking place on Sunday 2 August and the planting site is the Crystal Castle at 81 Monet Drive, Montecollum, near Mullumbimby. Activities start from 10 am and all residents are invited to volunteer for a few hours by planting, watering and mulching the plants.

“We held our first National Tree Day event in 1999 and since then we’ve planted over 100,000 trees”. said Kelvin Davies of Rainforest Rescue. The trees have been planted on farms and rural properties and also in partnership with other community groups in and around Byron Bay and Mullumbimby. Read the rest of this entry »