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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
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
A Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) is a government legislated requirement on electricity retailers to source specific proportions of total electricity sales from renewable energy sources according to a fixed timeframe. The additional cost is distributed across most customers by increases in other tariffs. The cost of this measure is therefore not funded by government budgets, except… Continue reading Mandatory Renewable Energy Target
The CERES electric car project is a community-based volunteer initiative at CERES Community Environment Park in East Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia that has recently converted a Citroen Berlingo from a petrol powered motor to an electric motor, paving the way for more environmentally sustainable transport in the future. Funding was generously provided by the Lord Mayor’s Fund & Donkey Wheel.… Continue reading CERES electric car project
John Brumby replaced Steve Bracks as the Premier of Victoria in 2007. In 1995 John Brumby was the Opposition Leader of the state Labor Party when the Victorian Liberal Party was in power under Jeff Kennett. At that time Mr Brumby was big on promises to protect Victoria’s old-growth forest. When John Brumby was in opposition,… Continue reading John Brumby
