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National Climate Emergency rallies were held across Australia on Saturday June 13, 2009. Over 4,000 people attended the rally in Melbourne, Australia, which commenced at the State Library in Swanston Street. The rally was called to acknowledge the climate emergency we are now experiencing and the need emergency action, with drought, bush fires, floods and… Continue reading National Climate Emergency Rally Melbourne June 2009
2 March 2009 Senator the Hon Penny WongMinister for Climate Change and WaterSenator for South AustraliaDepartment of Climate ChangeGPO Box 854, Canberra ACT 2601 Dear Minister We note commentary in last week’s press over the policy demands of “conservation groups” as being “economically destructive and environmentally irresponsible because they would drive jobs and pollution offshore” [1] .… Continue reading Joint open letter to Penny Wong by 65 Climate Action Groups
The 2008 Walk Against Warming was held in several Australian cities on November 15, 2008. 15,000 people attended the rally in Melbourne, Australia. Speakers urged the Australian government to take urgent action to tackle the climate emergency we are now faced with. In Sydney, tens of thousands attended the rally at Martin Place in Sydney’s central… Continue reading 2008 Walk Against Warming
About eight hundred people attended a community organised rally in Warburton, Victoria to protest against logging in Melbourne’s water catchments on 23 November 2008. Speakers at the rally included: Nicky Bomba provided some great music and led the street walk. Gallery See also Videos
A feed in tariff provides a fair price for solar electricity generated on rooftops and fed into the electricity grid. Moving towards renewable energy is an essential means of addressing climate change, and solar photovoltaic (PV) micro-generation has an important role to play in boosting renewable energy. By offering a premium price for electricity generated on rooftops… Continue reading Feed in tariff
Greenwash is a term coined to indicate an attempt to depict a product, company or practice as “green”, “sustainable” or “environmentally friendly” in a dishonest or inaccurate way. For example, attempts to portray use of fossil fuels as a clean energy source such as the term “clean coal” have been described as greenwash.[1][2] External links References
WestWyck is a sustainable eco-housing development in Brunswick, Melbourne. WestWyck occupies the building and grounds of the former Brunswick West Primary School. The school ran out of students in the 1980s and faced the bulldozer. The WestWyck developers acquired the property with the aim to bring the building to new and vibrant life as an urban… Continue reading WestWyck
The CERES Community Environment Park is an internationally recognised model of a sustainable society located in Melbourne, Australia. CERES shares its name with the Roman Goddess for agriculture. CERES stands for the Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies, and is pronounced ‘series’. CERES is located on 4.5 hectares (10 acres) on the banks of the… Continue reading CERES Community Environment Park
Better Place selected Australia, the world’s sixth largest country in terms of area, to build an Australian electric car network in 2008 [1]. The network was planned to include: The goal is to establish electric car networks that allow zero emission vehicles to run on clean energy grids to reduce the reliance on oil. They intend to build… Continue reading Australian electric car network 2008
The Garnaut draft report on economic measures and actions to address climate changes was released on July 4, 2008. The main points included in the Garnaut draft report are: Praise Criticisms Professor Garnaut’s much-awaited Draft Report has been criticised for being strong on the architecture but terribly weak on the big, over-riding issue of preventing runaway climate change.… Continue reading Garnaut draft report
