Greenlivingpedia is a resource for creating and sharing information and collaborating to lighten our footprint on the planet and live in harmony with nature and our environment.
“Clean coal” is a term coined by industry and government to describe as yet unproven methods of burning coal for producing energy with reduced carbon emissions. The term is actually misleading as burning coal for energy will never result in zero emissions. The term “clean coal”, which has been described by some as an oxymoron[1], is… Continue reading Clean coal
The Human sign event was held on Sunday 17 May at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne, Australia. The message was “Climate change – our future is in your hands”. The catch-cry was devised by Sophie Dickinson, 11, a grade six student at St Michael’s Grammar in St Kilda. 5000 people gathered to form the sign to highlight their… Continue reading Human sign St Kilda 2009
The SecretarySubmissions2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal CommissionGPO Box 4358Melbourne VIC 3001AustraliaVia email Author: Peter Campbell Content of this submission was partly sourced from: 2009 Victorian bushfires Armstrong Creek Water Catchment Introduction I welcome the opportunity to provide a submission to this 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. The tragic events associated with the 2009 Victorian bushfires on and… Continue reading 2009 Victorian bushfires Royal Commission submission
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is an emissions trading scheme proposed for introduction in Australia in late 2010. Summary of criticisms The structure of the scheme has been widely criticised, including by the Government’s previously appointed climate change policy adviser [Professor Ross Garnaut] [1], for the following reasons: Structure The structure of the CPRS is not yet finalised.… Continue reading Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
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 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
These are quotes relating to the 2009 Victorian bushfires which occurred on Saturday 7 February 2009 and were the worst bushfires in Australia’s history, surpassing both the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983 and the Black Friday fires in 1939. Senator Bob Brown Greens leader 8/02/2009 Higher temperatures, due to climate change, would fuel a greater number of bushfires… Continue reading Quotes on 2009 Victorian bushfires
Speech at a public rally protesting against logging in Melbourne’s water catchments by Cr. Samantha Dunn, Yarra Ranges Shire, Warbuton, November 23, 2008 Council motion It was back in October 2007 when I learnt about the clearfelling proposed for the Armstrong and Cement Creek Catchments. I was shocked, I was angry and I knew that logging… Continue reading Stop logging Melbourne water catchments speech, Samantha Dunn
Philip Sutton (born 1951) is co-author of the 2008 climate change book Climate Code Red, and an environmental and political activist in Australia. He was the Convenor of the Greenleap Strategic Institute and Assistant Convenor of the Climate Emergency Network[1]. Current work Philip Sutton’s work currently focusses on the development of strategies for very rapidly achieving an ecologically sustainable economy,… Continue reading Philip Sutton
Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action is a 2008 book which presents scientific evidence that the climate change and global warming crisis is worse than official reports and national governments have so far indicated. The book argues that we are facing a “sustainability emergency” that requires a clear break from business-as-usual politics. The authors explain that… Continue reading Climate Code Red
