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Friends of South Surrey Park is active in South Surrey Park in Surrey Hills, Melbourne, working in conjunction with Boroondara Council on: South Surrey Park follows the course of Back Creek from Union Road in the north to Riversdale Road, Melbourne in the South. There are well graded walking paths throughout the park, and a children’s playground adjacent… Continue reading Friends of South Surrey Park
Biofuels are derived from biological sources such as plants and algae. With dwindling fossil fuel supplies, many types of biofuels such as ethanol and vegetable oils are now being used for transport, industrial and domestic purposes. “Good biofuels” are produced from waste organic matter that is not produced from environmentally destructive activities. For example, using crop waste… Continue reading Biofuels
A heat pump is a machine or device that moves heat from one location (the ‘source’) to another location (the ‘sink’ or ‘heat sink’) using mechanical work. Most heat pump technology moves heat from a low temperature heat source to a higher temperature heat sink.[1] Common examples are food refrigerators and freezers, air conditioners, and reversible-cycle heat… Continue reading Heat pump
The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, a boiling water reactor. The nuclear reactors are located inside the rectangular containment buildings towards the front of the cooling towers. The towers in the background vent water vapor. Nuclear power is regarded by some as a solution for addressing climate change. Proponents claim that it is a “clean” source of… Continue reading Nuclear power
Cyclone Yasi, NASA Modis Rapid Response Extreme weather events and costs associated with climate change are occurring across the world. 2011 2010 2009 2007 References
Some options for green sports and recreation to reduce and minimise your environmental impact are list below. While nearly every form of sport are recreation needs primary products and embodied energy for manufactured items, and often involves some car (or airplane) travel to get around, you can make choices to reduce your enviromental impact. External links
Home heating can be require significant energy and is often a large component of the greenhouse gas emissions of a house. Options for home heating include: Wood Gas (fossil fuel) Fuel oil or kerosene (fossil fuel) Electrical Solar power Other
A talk (by videolink) to the Australian climate action summit 2011 University of Melbourne, 9 April 2011 Clive Hamilton The difficulty and importance of the global warming campaign is many times greater than every other environmental struggle. Controlling carbon pollution requires a wholesale industrial restructuring and defeat of the most powerful industry coalition ever assembled. Yet… Continue reading Environmentalism – The Way Forward
Three hundred climate advocates from across the country participated in their national climate summit in Melbourne from 9 to 10 April 2011. Delegates to the summit represented a range of climate groups from across Australia. Summit Communique The 2011 Summit media release: Australia’s Climate Action Summit calls for raised ambition appears below: Three hundred grassroots… Continue reading Australian climate action summit 2011
Electric Vehicles (EV) offer much greater energy efficiency than internal combustion engines. The only way electric vehicles are going to make a big difference in people’s lives is if they can do everything a gas car can do and more. They have to look great and they have to be safe. Electric Vehicle conversions use currently… Continue reading EV Conversions
