Our Company
Green Door Property is a contemporary, people- and planet-friendly property company specialising in: - Web marketing of residential, rural, holiday and commercial property
- Specialist marketing of sustainable properties where technical knowledge is required
- Helping buyers find their ideal property through access to choice
- Helping owner-sellers present and sell their properties well with our Sellers Toolkit
- Helping agents place sustainable homes in front of keen buyers
- Helping agents understand the benefits of sustainable property
Green Door Property knows that times have changed. Buyers are looking for homes that meet the challenges of global warming. Green Door Property proudly showcases those properties that help us live more softly on this planet. We are licenced real estate agents. We are also sustainability professionals with qualifications in eco building design; environmental engineering; permaculture; thermal performance of building and Green Star rating of commercial buildings.
We chose to do business in a carbon postive manner.
Property Types
We specialise in all people-friendly, planet-friendly properties. First select your group - Residential, Rural or Business and Commercial. Then select the categories within that group that mirrors your property. You can select more than one category - there is often an overlap. For example, you may have a Residential property (Group) that has an interesting history AND is planet-friendly (categories). You can find all three Groups with their categories by scrolling down: Residential for Sale: | | Homes with History: heritage and traditional architectural styles, conserving cultural identity. Examples include Colonial, Queenslander, Federation, Victorian and Art Deco styles. | | Planet-friendly Property: homes with features such as solar panels, good insulation, water-saving systems, and sustainable materials. Also reduces those pesky power and water bills. | | | Naturally Healthy: natural Homes and Healthy Homes, combining materials that are healthy for people and healthy for the planet. Examples include mud-brick and straw-bale homes, and the use of low-toxicity paints and materials. | | Small Footprints: homes that occupy a small land area or homes with a small floor area. This means efficient use of resources such as land, materials, energy and money. Examples include apartments, townhouses and cottages. | | | Community Support: strong community focus. Typically homes that are part of eco-villages, urban villages and mature-age communities, etc. | | Inspired Thinking: homes and properties that inspire people! This includes imaginative architecture, gardens of beauty and joy, and innovative use of materials and technology. | | | Quirky Characters: anything fun, quirky and different! For example tree-houses, lighthouses, railway carriages, house-boats, unusual designs and quirky gardens. | | Natural Havens: people-friendly and planet-friendly gardens and land, for example organic food gardens, meditation gardens, water-wise gardens, native gardens, land for wildlife, and Permaculture properties. | | | Disabled and Dignified: homes and gardens with access and fittings designed for disabled people, and people with impaired mobility. | | |
Rural Property:
| | Farms & Smallholdings: the focus is on planet-friendly agriculture and horticulture, including organic farming, bio-dynamic agriculture and Permaculture. | | Acreage: planet-friendly, people-friendly acreage properties often includes land for native plants and wildlife, for food gardens and keeping of domestic animals, and for people’s enjoyment of the natural beauty and space. | | | Horse Properties: properties where the focus is on keeping horses, based on the magical bond between people and these magnificent animals. And horse poo makes fantastic compost! | | Rural Communities: typically eco-villages, co-housing or other forms of rural or regional communities. These communities often have strong social, ecological and financial benefits. . | | | Rural Tourism Properties: rural or regional eco-tourism properties for sale. Includes planet-friendly, people-friendly tourist accommodation, eco resorts, wellbeing centres, organic farmstays, horse-riding centres and many more. | | Rural Businesses: rural or regional commercial property and businesses with a people-friendly, planet-friendly focus. Could be anything from organic food production to eco-safari ventures. . |
Commercial & Business: | | Offices: planet-friendly, people-friendly offices for sale or lease. Examples include historic office buildings that conserve the cultural and architectural heritage of the city, and offices with water-saving features. | | Retail: retail premises for sale or lease. An example of good practice is an energy-efficient design that ensures cool clients and miniscule power bills. | | | Industrial: light or heavy industrial, or warehousing premises for sale or lease. Here, an example of good practice is water-wise landscaping with native plants, providing natural habitat and a pleasant garden for people. | | Eco-Tourism: eco-tourism businesses for sale. Includes planet-friendly, people-friendly tourist accommodation, eco resorts, wellbeing centres, green tour operators, organic farmstays and many more. | | | Wellbeing Centres & Retreats: wellbeing centres and retreats for sale. Here the focus is on providing a healthy and healing environment for people, typically through relaxation, fresh healthy foods and natural therapy methods. | | Good Food: businesses for sale based on planet–friendly food, agriculture and horticulture. Examples are organic farms and vineyards, health-food shops, “green” grocers and organic produce distribution. . | | | Other Businesses: any people-friendly, planet-friendly business for sale. Examples include “fair trade” importers, native plant nurseries, suppliers of solar technology and many, many more. | | |
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Our Philosophy
We at Green Door Property are passionate about the welfare of the planet, but we also believe that people and their needs should not be forgotten. We actively support the positive link between property, people and planet, and we know that the following is possible: - to build houses that do not “cost the earth”, and that also bring beauty and joy to the people who live in them,
- to creatively conserve historic buildings that reflect our cultural heritage, while still being relevant to modern needs,
- to renovate beloved family homes to improve their energy and water efficiency as well their functionality, without people having to move away from their friends and community,
- to build or renovate office buildings and homes to be healthier for their occupants, and healthier for the planet,
- to create a garden that is a beautiful, spiritually enriching sanctuary for people, and that benefits the local wildlife,
- and to create eco-villages and whole cities that provide social and ecological benefits for all.
All that it takes in the end is imagination and action. We also strongly believe that we, as a company, have a direct responsibility to the planet and to society. We therefore have a strong ethos of social responsibility and environmental accountability. Examples include:- Our Giving Programme, through which we donate 5% of our profits to good causes that benefit people and the planet (scroll down to view Giving Programme).
- Our Green Office Plan, whereby we actively conserve energy and water, minimise car usage and reuse and recycle paper and other products.
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Giving Programme
We donate 5% of our profits to causes that benefit people and/or the planet. This is administered via an annual grant.  2010 Green Door Grant - FUNDING ROUND OPEN Grants from $200 to $1000 are available for environmental or humanitarian/community projects in the Scenic Rim, Logan and Gold Coast regions. To Apply: Please read the Information Kit fully before subitting an application. Closing date
All applications to be received by post on the Expression of Interest form by Friday 24 September 2010.
Eligible applicants:
Community groups, organisations, incorporations, not for profits or entities delivering environmental or humanitarian/community work within the region.
 Please email your query if you want to check any aspect of your project's eligibility Guidelines:
- new initiatives that require seed funding to begin
- projects or items that support existing programs - Green Door prefers programs that have long lasting and meaningful benefits Items eligible for funding:
Programs, materials, capital items, consultant fees, printed materials, events, research, labour (with some restrictions - see Filling Out the Expression of Interest Form - Budget).  Things not funded:
Conference attendence Amounts funded:
Grants from $200 to $3000 are offered. Take care not to exagerate your needs - the funding panel looks carefully at your proposed budget and objectives and does not discriminate against smaller budgets that support good outcomes.
2009 Green Door Grant - Create an environmental video - WINNERS ANNOUNCED Congratulations to the 2009 Green Door Grant winners. COP 15 DIARY  The UN Climate Change Conference (http://en.cop15.dk/)in Copenhagen (Dec 2009) represented an opportunity for the Conference of the Parties (COP) to further the Kyoto Protocal and agree to binding targets to reduce global warming. Did world leaders step up and meet the challenge?
This video will document the unique perspective of Pacific region youth on the conference proceedings and outcomes. The low-lying Pacific region faces an uncertain future as global temperatures and sea levels rise. Project Survival Pacific (part of the Youth Climate Coalition) attended Copenhagen with Pacific youth to document proceedings. The video will explain, through interviews with negotiators, politicians, youth delegations and non government organisations in attendance, what the conference was about and what challenges it faced. The producers write: "There are a great number of youth in the world who do not feel empowered to have any impact on their future. The purpose of this documentary is to shed light on the processes and flaws of the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) and to instil hope in youth and people of the world that a solution is possible, and that their contribution will be effective. Humans have come to a point where we must mature. We have a chance to be custodians of our planet - we are certainly powerful and organised enough. If we do not make this choice, our future is uncertain. The video will be screened at Australian Youth Climate Coalition events as well as Pacific Schools and will also be distributed through youth networks. More reading: Climate Change to force 75 million Pacific Islanders from their homes (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/5915829/Climate-change-to-force-75-million-Pacific-Islanders-from-their-homes.html COP 15 Official YOU-TUBE channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/Cop15 I, WHALE- Join the filmmakers blog!  How would you feel if your family was torn apart?
This video aims to create awareness of the inhumane practices of whaling. Close to two thousand whales are still killed every year for "scientific research." Through animation, this video shares the heartbreaking journey of a young boy, Hiro, as he learns about the inhumanity of man. The video will be produced by Joel Sankey, a Creative Multimedia student at the University of Southern Queensland, under the guidance of Leonie Jones (Discipline Head, Creative Media, USQ) and Matt Neilson (Animation Lecturer, USQ). Joel writes: "The story is based on the idea that family comes in many different forms and how the actions of one can affect many." The video will be offered to environmental companies for placing on their websites and for screening at green festivals and conferences. More reading: Time to rock the boat on Japanese whaling - http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/19/2469548.htm Greenpeace Stop Whaling campaign http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling/ending-japanese-whaling Japanese Whaling Association - http://www.whaling.jp/english/qa.html NAIVE INTENT  This video aims to raise awareness of the increasing number of extinctions in the animal kingdom and the role of human activity in these extinctions. The story draws attention to the naive, almost casual way in which humans don't recognise the gravity of animal extinctions.
The video will be produced by Melissa King, a Creative Arts student at the University of Southern Queensland, under the guidance of Leonie Jones,(Discipline Head, Creative Media, USQ) Melissa writes: "Time will continue as it inevitably always does. However, our future and the future of all life on this planet is not so certain. If we continue to ignore the plight of the environment, one day the earth's balance will be tipped and all life may no longer exist." The video will be screened at the USQ Arts Tradeshow at the Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane in October 2010. More reading:
Human Activity is Driving Earth's "Sixth Great Extinction Event" - http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/28-11
Academy of Science NOva Science in the News: Australia's threatened species - http://www.science.org.au/nova/010/010key.htm Australian Federal Government : Threatened Species and ecological communities - http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/ The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Red Book List of Threatened Species - http://www.iucnredlist.org/ BACK TO TOP
2008 Green Door Grant winners - working with educators. These projects will run through and beyond 2009:  Currumbin Cummunity Farm Campus: this outdoor and environmental education centre will purchase teaching resources and equipment to establish a Sustainable Futures Program. Key theme areas will be water, air, land and energy to support the QLD Student Blueprint for environmental sustainability. Book your students or community group into this great facility for a short workshop, a day program or a residential camp. Left: staff at Currumbin Community Farm show one of their new worm farms to Trish Parrott, Green Door Grant administrator  Our Lady Help of Christians Primary- this school will work with Green Door energy consultants to do a School Sustainability Audit. This will tell them how much energy they use and where they could make savings. They will then establish a 1 - 3 year energy management strategy plan to reduce their energy use. The whole community in this friendly school, from teachers to students to the P & F, are involved in this program. Watch this space to see what they find and what they do to reduce their energy use. Left: Principal, Joe Miranda, discusses the upcoming energy audit with Green Door  Brisbane Montessori School : this school will establish a school kitchen garden to support their learning around the theme "Treading Lightly Upon the Earth - Reducing our Carbon Footprint." The students will undertake practical measures to empower themselves and their families to reduce their footprint, using the garden to learn about food and meal production and recycling garden waste to maintain soil fertility.
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Documenting the unique perspective of Pacific region youth on the proceedings and outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in Dec 2009. Creating awareness of the inhumane practices of whaling. Close to two thousand whales are still killed every year for "scientific research." NAIVE INTENT Raising awareness of the increasing number of extinctions in the animal kingdom and the role of human activity in these extinctions.
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