Bottle and Plastics Deposits, no more plastic bags, manage waste
Aug 112012
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National Greenhouse Accounts Factors-July 2012 – Think Change
www.climatechange.gov.au
The National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors has been prepared by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and is designed for use by companies and individuals to estimate greenhouse gas emissions. The NGA Factors is not published for the purposes of reporting under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (the NGER Act).
Jul 192012
Australia’s Open Garden Scheme
What is Open Gardens Australia?
Open Gardens Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that opens private gardens and organises garden-themed events for public enjoyment around the country.
Our aim is to promote the enjoyment, knowledge, and benefits of gardens and gardening in the Australian community, and to build strong public support for the development of gardens across the nation.
Established in 1987 as Victoria’s Open Garden Scheme, our path to national expansion occurred over a period of two decades, with the final territory being added in 2000, when we truly became Australia’s Open Garden Scheme.
From 2011, the organisation has been renamed Open Gardens Australia, to better reflect the nature of our role as the premier national body opening private gardens to the public, rather than our operational framework (ie. Scheme).
What sort of gardens open?
We open private gardens of every size, style and description. Old and young, large and small, from inner city courtyards to grand country estates, from tropical gardens to the more traditional gardens of the temperate south.
Where are they?
We open gardens right across Australia. There are gardens open in every state and territory..
Jul 182012
Permaculture Crowd Funding · WeTheTrees
www.wethetrees.com
WeTheTrees enables and empowers people from all over the world to raise the funds needed to manifest their dreams, big and small.
Jul 182012
Transition Bondi’s Green Map – Google Maps. of Community Gardens.
Let us know about more and lets reach out to the north and west.
Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Jul 182012
What is the Tankulator?
The Tankulator is an online rain harvesting calculator that can help you plan for a new rainwater tank or improve the performance of an existing tank. The Tankulator has been developed by the Alternative Technology Association, Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisation promoting sustainable solutions for the home.
Jul 182012
Carbon Planet – Global, Full Spectrum Carbon Management
www.carbonplanet.com
Carbon Planet develops and hosts software for performing greenhouse gas emissions and energy audits, and provides scientific and commercialisation services for large carbon projects.
Jul 182012
About the ProjectWhen Annie Leonard and her friends at Free Range Studios set out in 2007 to share what she’d learned about the way we make, use and throw away Stuff, they thought 50,000 views would be a good result for her ‘20-minute cartoon about trash.’ Today, with over 15 million views and counting, The Story of Stuff is one of the most watched environmental-themed online movies of all time.
Annie founded the non-profit Story of Stuff Project in 2008 to respond to tens of thousands of viewer requests for more information and ways to get involved. We create short, easily shareable online movies that explore some of the key features of our relationship with Stuff—including how we can make things better; we provide high quality educational resources and programs to everyone from teachers and people of faith to business and community leaders; and we support the learning and action of the over 350,000 members of the Story of Stuff community.
The Story of Stuff Project is proud to be fiscally sponsored by San Francisco’s Tides Center. We are supported by grants from private and public foundations, revenue from speaking appearances and DVD and book sales, and contributions from people like you.
Please help us keep our films and other content free by making a secure, tax-deductible on-line contribution today.
Jul 042012
Canberra grants pave way for world’s biggest wave turbine – reneweconomy.com.au : Renew Economy
The Australian government as upped its investment in two nascent, Australian-developed wave energy technologies, announcing new grants worth almost $10 million to help bring the two new systems to the market, including what is believed to be the world’s biggest wave energy turbine.
Jun 082012
Project Australia >> Start, scale and sustain community projects
http://projectaustralia.org.au/
Harnessed fully, there are more talents and resources within any small group of passionate citizens than are actually needed to manifest deep social change.
Project Australia is a not-for-profit organisation helping people start, scale and sustain community projects across 12 theme areas. We provide inspiration, resources, processes and advice to help people put their ideas into action.
We are a progressive social enterprise, free from political or religious influence, founded in 2006 by a young social innovator, Donnie Maclurcan. Any profits we make go back into the services we deliver. We have grown thanks to unconditional donations, fundraising events, merchandise sales, revenue from our youth speakers’ bureau and the hard work of more than 200 volunteers since we began. Our budget for 2012-13 is $30,000.
Our team currently includes a one-day per week Executive Director, ten volunteers and five committee members. We operate out of Sydney, but our team and work is national.