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Natural cleaning or green cleaning is a way to clean your home with fewer cleaning products and safer alternatives – producing less waste and reducing the need for harmful chemicals. All the following ingredients can be bought inexpensively from your local supermarket: These products cost a little more but are worth the investment This is cheap but… Continue reading Green cleaning
“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 Crossways Eco Arch house was designed by Richard, who is an architect, for his family residence. The house is constructed around a unique parabolic arch constructed from hand made clay tiles glued together. The foundations are a concrete slab made from 50% recycled content. Timber frame boxes provide the house structure under and protruding from the… Continue reading Crossways Eco Arch house
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
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
