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These days you don't have to look far to find gloom and doom. Global warming, soaring fuel and food prices, on and on it goes. But Liz Hayes has managed to find a tiny glimmer of hope, a community that's beating the 21st century blues. A place that gives "people power" a whole new meaning. There are no electricity or water bills, they grow their own food and recycle everything. They've simply unplugged. Once it was dismissed as just a hippy-trippy dream, now it's a great, practical idea that's spreading around the world. And the good news is, it's painless. The good life, with all creature comforts intact.
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For over forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Tom Steinfort, Tara Brown, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.
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